It is time to induct multiple champion KwaZulu-Natal trainer Dennis Drier into the SA racing Hall of Fame. The legendary 73-year-old saddled his eighth Gold Medallion (grade 1) winner at Hollywoodbets Scottsville last weekend.

The sport does not have to wait until people die before their achievements are recognised. Of those inducted in January 2019 — trainer Syd Laird, Bridget and Harry Oppenheimer, Muis Roberts and the racehorse Sea Cottage — only Roberts is still alive...

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