Grant van Niekerk at Hollywoodbets Durbanville on Wednesday (Pic – Chase Liebenberg)
Jockey Grant van Niekerk, who is currently under an interim suspension imposed on Wednesday 26 March 2025, has requested that the undermentioned statement issued by himself on Saturday 29 March, be published.
Without any admission of any wrongdoing or misconduct of any nature by me, I hereby make an unequivocal undertaking that, pending the final conclusion of any inquiry into my statements and/or behavior on 26 March 2025, I will not;
- Partake in any media pre – and/or post race interviews and/or podcasts
- Save for the publication of this undertaking and to my legal representatives and in any proceedings conducted by the NHA, make to any other person including any representative of the media, any remarks, comments and/or allegations with regards to the incident that occurred in race 8 on 16 March 2025 or the inquiry that was held on 25 March 2025 as well as the findings thereof and sanctions imposed on me by that inquiry board
- Make any defamatory and/or unlawful statements of any nature whatsoever regarding the NHA and/or its employees and/or its directors.
