Champion jockey's Turffontein ride under spotlight
The National Horseracing Authority has confirmed that an Inquiry will be held on Wednesday 9 September 2015, into Jockey Piere Strydom’s riding of the horse Dublin Rebel in the concluding stages of Race 3 run at Turffontein Racecourse on Thursday 27 August 2015.
Read some of the background here.
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