Racing gallops back from brink in slipstream of Cape ‘people’s horse’

Kommetdieding will try to achieve the rare feat this weekend of consecutive victories in the July and the Met

23 January 2022 - 00:00

In a Cape Flats fairy tale, an “ugly” horse bought for R55,000 has rescued the soul of horseracing from being captured by Markus Jooste and his cronies...

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