Short Heads - some Summer snippets
Robbie Hill receives his trophy for Camphoratus Gr1 Empress Club victory from Princess Charlene (Pic – JC Photos)
Robbie Hill, who saddles the Byword mare and KZN raider Camphoratus, is the only trainer in the 2019 renewal of the Gr1 Gauteng Summer Cup to have won the race as a jockey.
He was aboard El Picha for Geoff Woodruff in 1999.
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