The National Horseracing Authority of Southern Africa (NHA) confirms that at an Inquiry held in Cape Town on 25 March 2025, Jockey Grant van Niekerk was charged with a contravention of Rule 62.2.7.
Grant van Niekerk wins the big one on All Out For Six (Pic – Candiese Lenferna)
The particulars being that whilst riding ALL OUT FOR SIX, he failed to ensure that he did not cause interference to THE GREY KING and ONE STRIPE when he shifted in at the 150m in Race 8, HSH Princess Charlene Big Cap, over 1400m at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth Racecourse on 16 March 2025.
Jockey van Niekerk pleaded not guilty but was found guilty of the charge.
The Inquiry Board considered the mitigating and aggravating factors, which included the value and status of the race, as well as Jockey van Niekerk’s poor riding record pertaining to interference related contraventions.
A penalty of a suspension from riding in races for a period of twenty-one (21) days and a fine of fifty thousand rand (R50 000) was imposed.
Jockey van Niekerk was given the Right of Appeal against both the finding and the penalty imposed.
- Media release by the NHA on Tuesday, 25 March 2025.
