South African horse racing

A riot at Fairview Racecourse in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, on Thursday morning has resulted in the death of at least one horse while others were injured, according to published reports. The reasons behind the protest vary somewhat between publications, but the most commonly-cited factor is that grooms were standing in solidarity with a groom that had been fired from the yard of trainer Yvette Bremner months earlier-some publications citing that the groom in question had been fired for stabbing a horse. The SA Police Service tweeted that 150 to...