Hollers The Dodger: The Story Of A South African Racehorse

A noble, heartwarming and triumphant story as told by Hollers The Dodger. A racehorse that is rescued from the clutches of the Cape Flats gangsters. Throughout the story, a golden thread of love, self-sacrifice, bravery, and healing weaves through the story from start to finish. This is a short story, but it is powerful.

Clapping her little hands, a small girl skipped and jumped down the stairs, and as she neared us, she shyly held out a grubby palm. I stretched out my nose and blew onto her upturned face. She shouted out and giggled, putting her hands on either side of my face and kissing me on the nose.

“No, no! He is not a girlie horse, Poppy.”

The boys, Joe and Danny, chorused together. Much argument and discussion arose, with piping little voices putting forward the merits of me being either a ‘girlie horse’ or a ‘boy horse’.