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A new video on YouTube takes viewers on a visit to Plattner Racing's Rondeberg training stables in the Western Cape.

- Mike Moon

While enjoying the sight of thoroughbreds galloping on West Coast fynbos, or walking on the nearby Atlantic Ocean beach sands, you can hear trainer Andre Nel explaining the equine philosophy of the woman who made it all possible: Sabine Plattner.

"The horse's welfare is paramount; that takes precedence over everything," says Nel, who is private trainer to Plattner.

"Racing is almost a byproduct of what we do here," he says, gazing bemusedly at the idyllic setting.