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Hennenman Memorial Race Day: 2026

Posted on Saturday, 11 April 2026

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In memorial of the Hennenman Air Disaster of 12 April 1988 and the 24 lives lost when a United Airways flight from Bloemfontein, carrying a number of prominent members of the racing community, crashed into a field near the town of Hennenman.

The lives lost were:

Jockeys:

  • Warren Bailie
  • Keith Basel
  • Michael Coetzee
  • Bennie de Wet
  • Johannes “Rooies” Fourie
  • Greg Holme
  • Danny Lombard
  • John McMurtry
  • Mark Nel
  • Simon Rahilly
  • Lawrence Riley
  • Douglas Roper
  • Gordon Sterley

Officials:

  • Dave Bullock
  • Henry Havergal
  • Graham Kent
  • Ginger Masterton
  • Johannes van der Linden

Owners:

  • Neville Blignaut
  • Jacobus Viljoen

Trainer:

  • Hennie van Wyk

Air Crew:

  • Jacob Kalt
  • Harold Whitehead
  • Jacqueline Henderson

Gone, but never forgotten.

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