Owners, trainers, jockeys, grooms and punters feel it
Piere Strydom – rode the disappointed horse
So do horses it seems.
The Vaal Stipes Report from Saturday tells the story of a disappointed horse.
Read more in our weekly snippets feature, Short Heads.
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