Image for illustration. Picture: Tracey Lee Stark
Tough decisions have been foisted upon South Africa’s intrepid knights of the irons by the latest coronavirus lockdown rules, which oblige them to select one of four provinces in which to base themselves and race for most of the month of January. The jocks have not taken this decree lying down – first pleading, in vain, with the National Horseracing Authority to have a heart and relax its new rule, then threatening High Court action, citing restraint of trade and restriction of livelihood etc. Racing officialdom is standing firm, for now, understandably jumpy about a Covid-19 outbreak sullying the game’s.