Henny Hughes in the Sunday Times

Interesting article in the sunday times regards Henny and Pointing North.

Where do you find the energy Henny???

must be to ugly to publish

U talking the fat blob of shit

turned on bbc4 the other night there was a programme on called the cricketer and the bookmaker he was being interviewed on it it was followed by a programme about basil doliviera

Quite right, i think it was a whole show on Hansie. I missed it, a mate told me about it. Apparantly Marlon was on it...

thats right told you the story he was asked about his side of events

Our Henny is a fresh breeze on this site. I just love his comments, regardless if they are right or wrong. Most of the time he is just stiring the pot.

Henny you are welcome here.

Former bookie Marlon Aronstam has put a wealthy Arab royal in his place over unpaid debt.




Aronstam, who emerged as the man who had bribed late cricketer Hansie Cronje during the country’s match-fixing scandal several years ago, went to court to attach a R1.8-million winning horse belonging to Dubai’s Sheikh Rashid bin Mohammed Al Maktoum.

In the process Aronstam outed the young royal, who had tried to hide his secret splurge on horses in South Africa from his father, Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

The two parties have since reached a confidential out-of-court settlement.

But in papers filed at the Johannesburg High Court, Aronstam, through his company, Anfield Sport, said he had facilitated the sheikh’s purchase of a string of horses to the tune of more than R30-million over several years.

While Rashid always paid for the horses he bought, he had not honoured the commission of about R1.7-million due to Anfield Sport.

Aronstam panicked in March when he realised the prince’s most valuable asset in South Africa, an award-winning three-year-old horse called Pointing North, was about to be exported.

He obtained an order to attach the horse, pending a court ruling on whether he could sue Rashid in South Africa. The case was due back in court two weeks ago, but the parties settled, avoiding further court action.

In papers filed, though, Aronstam said the court was his last resort because he had nagged the sheikh for payment in various forms about 200 times.

He said the sheikh did not want his father to know exactly how much money he was spending on the horses, so details of the transactions were not sent to him directly.

“(Rashid) specifically instructed (Anfield) not to furnish him with these invoices,” because he did not want the commissions to be disclosed to his financial managers “and more particularly to his father”.

Aronstam said he believed the sheikh was an “honourable” man but that he was “misguided”. All attempts to get payment from him had “fallen on deaf ears”.


Tired of nagging, Aronstam finally resorted to legal action. The court initially granted an order for him to attach Pointing North, but following the out-of-court settlement the horse has now been released from the country.


This is not the first time Rashid’s passion for horses has got tongues wagging. He is believed to have chosen horses over a leadership position.

Although the oldest of the Dubai ruler’s sons, Rashid has been bypassed by his younger brothers in the leadership stakes.

In February, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s second-eldest son, Sheikh Hamdan, became Dubai’s crown prince and his younger brother, Sheikh Maktoum, became the country’s deputy ruler.

Go henny my boet!!

Rashid was a little Rash and the Marlin had every right to Sheik the youngster up a little.

Pity cause Rash Rashid showing great passion and character, choosing horses instead of leadership.

Hope the lad finds himself a world champ after having paid his dues.

Henny for President!!!

Of some club yeh.