Following an Appeal heard on 14 August 2025 and the press release below, Jockey van Niekerk subsequently filed papers in the Gauteng South High Court on 25 September 2025. The application sought was to have an interdict granted on an urgent basis to have his penalty held in abeyance, until the potential hearing and finalisation of an intended review application by his legal representatives. 

Judge Noko concluded that “the application is fraught with some insurmountable difficulties and is bound to fail”. 

The judgment was handed down electronically by Judge MV Noko on 10 October 2025, as follows: 

The application is struck off the roll for lack of urgency, with costs including the costs of counsel on Scale B. 

Michael Shackleton

NHA Legal Advisor