Another raceday, another record!
That will be the enduring memory of Winning Form wizard Richard Fourie when we reflect back on the 2023/24 racing season.
The SA champion elect wrote his name into the history books again at Fairview on Tuesday when setting a new bar for most East Cape winners in a season.
Breaking records, writing history – Congratulations Richard Fourie! (Pic – Pauline Herman)
Multiple past regional champion Greg Cheyne set the previous standard of 116 winners in the 2019/20 season.
Producing a typically polished ride, Fourie got the 3yo Ridgemont bred Canford Cliffs filly Catch Your Breath up late in the fourth race, an MR 68 Handicap, to register a memorable victory – and sentimentally appropriately in the Hollywood Syndicate silks! The winner is trained by Alan Greeff.
Fourie banked the Hollywoodbets sponsored R1 million cash award in the Delpech 334 Challenge when he made his mark as the first jockey to ride 335 winners in a single campaign, achieved on Justin Snaith’s Double Grand Slam at Hollywoodbets Greyville on 8 June.
The Delpech magic mark of 334, set in the 1998/99 season, shattered Piere Strydom’s existing record at the time, and had thus stood the test of a quarter of a century of intense competition featuring some of the world’s greatest jockeys.
Fourie is currently on 367 winners for the season. That’s ultimately a shade over a winner a day, with two weeks yet to run of the term.
Any guesses on what number he will end on?
