Karel and Ken on the MR appeals boards

The National Horseracing Authority National Board have annnounced that they have appointed the Sporting Post’s Karel Miedema and former NHA Handicapper Ken Nicol as members of their Merit Ratings Appeal panel with effect from 8 February 2019.

Both men bring plenty of experience to the table.

Ken Nicol joined the Sporting Post as a handicapper in 2005. In 2010 he was offered a handicapping post at the NHA, a position he held until March 2017.

Since then he has been employed by Phumelela Publishing.

Editor of South Africa’s premier racing and breeding publication Sporting Post for the past 25 years, Karel Miedema is a widely respected handicapping and pedigree expert.