The 2014 SA Triple Crown winner Louis The King got off the mark as a first crop sire in the best way possible when his first ever runner, Michael The King, scored an emotionally charged victory
‘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
