Principled. Robyn Louw was villified on Tellytrack by the RA CEO
The International Jockey Test will go ahead next weekend, but those riders representing the South African team will not be granted their national colours.
This emerged in a live Tellytrack interview this morning where Racing Association CEO Larry Wainstein called the largely self-inflicted predicament in which the event organisers find themselves, a ‘sad state of affairs.’
Wainstein named the Sporting Post’s Equus Award winning journalist Robyn Louw and well known owner Advocate Brett Maselle as the driving forces behind the decision that led to the Racing Association going public and making the announcement.
The fact that the Racing Association had apparently failed to respect the legal requirements and fundamental administrative procedure in the accreditation process appears to have been conveniently overlooked.
The unprecedented attack on two independent professionals on our industry funded television channel, where no opportunity was given to convey a balanced story to the public also borders on the comical.
It is in fact quite outrageous.
Wainstein has once again failed to acknowledge that the situation has largely arisen through arrogance and incompetences and the wearing of blinkers on the side of the organisers. Their passion for the game has never been questioned.
Is he not in effect suggesting that pulling the wool over the public eye, whether intentional or not, would have been a far better route to have followed?
Pointing Fingers. RA CEO Larry Wainstein
Wainstein’s inference of corporate sabotage when sarcastically congratulating Louw and Maselle on their achievements is misguided and misses the target by a mile. As was his suggestion that it was time that South African horseracing rid itself of people that were apparently intent on ‘destroying the industry.’
Novelist Samuel Butler observed that ‘the truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance.’
The last word has not been spoken.
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