HORSE RACING
Racing fans fear for their safety at Sun Met after threat
Cosatu threatens to disrupt Saturday’s Sun Met if ‘looter’ Markus Jooste’s horses are not excluded
Racing enthusiasts are calling on the National Horseracing Authority (NHRA) to disclose what steps it is taking following the threat by trade union body Cosatu to disrupt Saturday’s Sun Met meeting at Kenilworth. Cosatu provincial secretary Tony Ehrenreich has demanded that all horses owned by former Steinhoff International CEO Markus Jooste be excluded from the 2018 Sun Met. "Markus Jooste is nothing but a looter who collapsed Steinhoff taking billions in rands from poor people’s pension funds. He did this while he and his girlfriend are riding around in luxury sedans," Ehrenreich said. "He has also invested millions of rand in the horse racing industry and monopolised the racing and horse sale fraternity. "Cosatu is concerned that Absa allows him to further milk the assets that he squandered from Steinhoff and related companies. We demand an undertaking be given by the organisers that no horses with links to Jooste will be allowed to participate in the race, failing which Cosatu w...
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