Dayalan's rainbow nation in the winners' circle

If a divided and fractious world is getting you down, spend a short while observing the winners' circle at a racecourse and your mood might be lifted.

- Mike Moon

Saturday at Turffontein provided a good example of this therapeutic effect, with people of all colours and peculiarities united in joyous celebration of the deeds of horses. For a moment, it was a microcosm of what some dreamers imagine this troubled land could be if it weren't for its devious, greedy politicians.

At the centre of it all was Dayalan Chinsammy, whose red and black silks were carried to three feature wins on Classic Day, one of Joburg's most important race meetings.

So besotted with racing is Chinsammy that he wants everyone to share in the fun and has assembled many large owner partnerships for the dozens of horses he owns in various parts of the country.