The forfeit of an objection deposit and the use of leather reins, outlawed some 15 years ago, are featured in the latest Stipes Report published after Friday’s Fairview meeting
Justin Snaith and jockey Richard Fourie soared off the high of an adrenaline charged Sun Met day and kept the tills ticking over with a low-key feature win at Fairview on Friday.
‘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’
