Age & Odds – Just Numbers Really!
Six-year-old Vikram showed age was no barrier to stakes success when he stormed to his first black type victory in the Gr2 Cape Merchants at Kenilworth on Saturday
24th November 2021
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Six-year-old Vikram showed age was no barrier to stakes success when he stormed to his first black type victory in the Gr2 Cape Merchants at Kenilworth on Saturday
The lightly raced Vikram, coming off a thirteen week break and having his fourth consecutive run at a different racetrack, finished too strongly for his opposition
‘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
