Well done to jockey MJ Byleveld for apologising on Tellytrack for the few moments of madness that saw him responding rather irresponsibly to information badgering by enthusiastic punters in the Vodacom Durban July build-up week.
We have had sight of the exchanges and do not wish to comment on the specifics.
We all live under our own relative stress and the problem is that Twittering is a relatively new public medium where celebrities, sports personalities and Joe Public can mingle on a basis never previously experienced. This gives rise to unchartered liberty taking and natural frustration on both sides.
We have all said things we have regretted, and while jockeys and trainers need to accept that the R2 punter finances their lifestyles, it takes a man to say sorry.
Welcome To The Wacky World Of SA Racing!
11th January 2025
Charl Pretorius pokes a bit of fun as we brace ourselves for a rollercoaster ride through the absurd, the outrageous, and the downright unbelievable in South African horse racing
