Crime hits racing as jockey Karl Zechner bolts to Australia
Gauteng jockey heads overseas after wife and young son are held up at gunpoint on a Joburg highway
17 February 2020 - 16:10
Everyone has heard of the “brain drain” because of the country’s crime — now we can add “jockey drain” for the same reason.
Gauteng jockey Karl Zechner has moved to Australia after his family were the victims of a robbery on a Johannesburg highway just before Christmas...
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