Lafferty Yard Assault Charge
Paul Lafferty Racing Assistant speaks out about NHA Assault Ruling
31st August 2016
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Paul Lafferty Racing Assistant speaks out about NHA Assault Ruling
On 8 July 2016 the NHA announced that it had taken the decision to wind down the Riders’ and Trainers’ Benevolent Fund. We try and find out why and what it means going forward
Robyn Louw revisits some of the events of Champions Day and ponders why the halls of power remain so silent
Lyndon Barends, seasoned businessman, philanthropist and now top man at the NHA. We get to know him better.
The death of 17 year old Olivia Inglis bonded the entire equestrian world together in honour of the young equestrienne. With the newly promulgated NHA rules, can racing do the same for retired racehorses?
They say the unexamined life is not worth living and life’s rear view mirror occasionally shows up details that weren’t obvious at first glance, so before we launch headlong into 2016, I thought it would be fun to look back at the year that was.
Once we start bending the rules, we have a broken system, not a broken rule.
For the past 5 years Andy has served as a Director of the Racing Association and served on the NHA National Board as the Racing Association’s appointee during 2013. He is a member of the Appeal Board of the NHA. Andy has a great desire to ensure that the credibility of the NHA is beyond reproach.
The Chairmanship of the National Board of the NHA has been delayed, pending the election of a Western Cape representative
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
JP van der Merwe is not the only guilty party in the matter. In simple terms, he is the only rider to have exercised the NHA’s offer of an Acknowledgement Of Guilt and moved on with his life
Andrew Fortune made it three winners on the Family Day public holiday as Tenango breezed home to win the Gr3 feature
