Interference: Van Niekerk Suspended
Jockey van Niekerk waived his Right of Appeal and was granted permission to take his suspension after his last carded ride from 30 March 2021 to 5 April 2021, both dates inclusive
Jockey van Niekerk waived his Right of Appeal and was granted permission to take his suspension after his last carded ride from 30 March 2021 to 5 April 2021, both dates inclusive
He told the Stipes that he had confused the finishing post of the inside track in relation to his position at the 100m in this race
The Licencing Committee ruled that Mr van Niekerk be provisionally licenced for a period from 19 June 2020 to 18 September 2020 on condition that he enrols in and completes an Anger and Stress Management Course
Hong Kong racing media report that SA jockey Grant van Niekerk’s shock sacking by the Hong Kong Jockey Club on Monday was apparently related to a domestic dispute
a ‘conduct-related matter which does not pertain to any race riding or integrity-related matter’.
Grant van Niekerk bagged a hat-trick at Happy Valley yesterday and has struck a rich seam of success lately
He shares the title of Hong Kong’s most-suspended jockey but Grant van Niekerk is looking to make amends for his on-track misdemeanours at Happy Valley today
Jockey Grant van Niekerk has maintained his good form since the start of the year, and, after a double on Sunday, followed up with a brace at Happy Valley on Wednesday
Just hours after his colleague and friend Aldo Domeyer had dazzled the Met day crowd, Grant van Niekerk was doing his own winning at Sha Tin
Grant van Niekerk is carrying the SA flag with pride in Hong Kong. Here he chats to Hong Kong Direct:
One man who has settled in well to the challenges of Hong Kong is Capetonian Grant van Niekerk