A former owner-trainer, racing administrator, published author and a deep thinker on a wide range of issues relating to horseracing, Ian Jayes passed away peacefully at his Johannesburg home
If ABSA stated that Mayfair was “hopelessly insolvent”, how has an insolvent company been allowed to still have racing colours, trade and incur expenses?
“It’s said that all those who go racing are rogues and vagabonds. That may not be true. But it is true that all rogues and vagabonds go racing.” Ian Jayes talks to us about his memoirs, ‘Footsteps, Heartbeats and Hoofbeats’
Why did the Gauteng provincial government sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with horse racing stakeholders to prop up a soon-to-be-listed company with the free transfer of three racecourses, and tax concessions?
On race day horses, jockeys, grooms, trainers and racehorse owners converge to battle it out. But there is another head-to-head simmering behind the scenes – between racehorse owners and the company that runs their industry
I am not pleased with the manner in which horseracing in South Africa is being administered by the operators, the National Horseracing Authority (“NHA”) and the Racing Association (“RA”). There is a complaint, which affects owners, which I need to bring to the fore.
Ian Jayes has had the courage to voice his opinion and Sporting Post has also had the courage to publish it
Joe van Streepen writes: I agree with Ian Jayes’ article. For those that are ill-informed, like Mr. Du Plessis, herewith the history of being forced to hand over our Gauteng horse racing to a BEE compliant public company
Thank you Rian! The Phumelela experience has shown that collective ownership for the benefit of all is far better than private ownership for the benefit of a priviledged few
Who could ever have thought that horseracing would be reduced to such a sorry state that Julius Malema could be mooted as a possible saviour of the sport and industry.
It’s a heads up heads down to the Champion Jockey title for racing in South Africa. Anton Marcus may have sealed it with 5 superb winners
‘I called the owner and before I could even make the offer he excitedly told me that a certain South African bookmaker had just called 10 minutes earlier to make an offer of R5m’
