A former assistant to veteran Ormond Ferraris, Sharon Kotzen has built her string up nicely and was celebrating her 54th winner – her first stakes success – since taking out her licence
Bruce Le Roux who stands exciting stallion prospect Just As Well at his Spring Valley Stud in KZN is thrilled by the quality of the progeny of the son of A.P.Indy – and the fact that he had his first winner at the Vaal on Thursday from a small first crop. The stallion has seven yearlings on offer in next week’s The Maslow National Yearling Sale
‘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
