While he will have to wait another year to try and realise his ambition of owning a Vodacom Durban July winner, the 86-year-old Mike Rattray enjoyed a thrilling end to the season at Hollywoodbets Greyville
Sun Met winner Rainbow Bridge has been purchased by Mike Rattray for an undisclosed sum and will remain in training with Eric Sands
Lot 221 Savannah Cat, a filly by Fort Wood out of Kapen Cat, was consigned by Lammerskraal Stud and became the most expensive filly ever sold in South Africa when the hammer fell at R4,75 million
‘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’
It’s clear that eight incidents of crop excesses is unacceptable for a sport keen to maintain a good public image, and the time appears to have arrived for a review of the crop rules for work riders on the Highveld
