Fast times in a quiet old town

25 May 2015 - 02:14
By Mike Moon

There's irony in South Africa's biggest horse racing sprint meeting being held in Pietermaritzburg. Whenever the day rolls around, as it does tomorrow, I'm reminded of my home town's amiable quietude - not a place you immediately associate with the urgency, intensity and downright fury of four Grade 1 sprints.

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