"Saturday’s WSB Summer Cup meeting had a dark cloud cast over it for South Africa’s most experienced racing television producer, Andrew Bon."
Reports the Sporting Post on 3 December 2020.
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Andrew Bon receives his Equus Award in 2014 from then
Phumelela Executive, Vee Moodley
"After a trying year for many self-employed folk in the racing industry, and particularly former Tellytrack contractors, the Equus Award winning journalist finds himself having effectively been declared persona non grata by Phumelela.
"This was the first Summer Cup meeting that Bon was not working at in close on 30 years.
"While we interviewed him prior to the WSB Summer Cup, Bon requested that this item not be published prior to the race as a distraction from the thrills and excitement of the WBS Summer Cup, the Highveld’s final big day of a rollercoaster 2020.
"The accomplished horseman, who looks after off the track thoroughbreds with his wife, says that in recent months, despite having been contracted by various clients to produce promotional and personal documentaries, he has had the door shut in his face by Phumelela management, who, he contends represent 'old guard interests'."
Racing Post
Formgrids has had a long association with Andrew Bon. He has supplied some great media for the Formgrids website. The quality of his work is very professional and top class.
We have always been very impressed with not only the quality of his work but his dedication to the racing industry in South Africa. Without dedicated people like Andrew Bon, the horse racing industry would be in a far worse situation than it currently finds itself in.
Everyone in the Formgrids team is puzzled by Phumelela's handling of this situation with Andrew Bon. At this time of crises in the South African racing world, we need every talented and hardworking racing professional fully on board, especially someone so highly skilled in the media as Bon is.
Thus we hope that this is just a misunderstanding that can be resolved for the sake of horse racing in South Africa.
Andrew has over 1200 postings on his YouTube channel: BONSKI CLAN. Here are a few selections.
The Kentucky Derby
South African Viewers get the opportunity to view the 141st running of the greatest racing in America with South Africa represented.
The Golden Wing Miracle
Here is a remarkable story of guts, courage and great love abounding.
The Deafening Silence: Turffontein Awaits
A fatal multiple car crash in slow motion. That’s how a leading KZN trainer described the desperate suspended state of horseracing around the country...
Larry King live at Turffontein
Larry King visited South Africa in February 2000 at the invitation of Investec. Andrew Bon was fortunate enough to interview the great man at the Turffontein racecourse.
2016 L'Ormarins Queen's Plate
Review of the 2016 L'Ormarins Queen's Plate at Kenilworth.
The Investec Derby
The Investec Derby Oaks review 2016. The greatest flat race on earth.
Ally Vance's first day for CNN in South Africa
The new face of Winning Post for CNN Global describes her day at Kenilworth on the day that the first million dollar horse race, the CTS Million was run. Uncut, unedited, frank and factual.