Namibians blame inexperience for poor race

Thursday, April 09, 2015

Mascom officials award the winning horse at the Mascom Derby held during the Easter Holidays. PIC ; BONIFACE KEAKABETSE

MAUN: A Namibian Ministry of Youth and Sports official, Stanley Tjozongoro has attributed their poor showing at the Mascom Derby Horse Racing event held here recently to inexperience.

He said unlike last year, they brought inexperienced horses and hoped that by next year’s event, the horses would be familiar with the competition and hence acquit themselves well.

They brought a total of seven horses, which were chosen from national trials in Namibia.

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Namibians blame inexperience for poor race

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