It’s a truly wonderful game this. No matter the petty politics, sideshows and debate raging in the corridors of power, the punters and the ponies soldier on and do what they do best day in and day out
The classy Snowdon showed his paces when winning a Pinnacle Stakes at the Vaal on Tuesday
‘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
