Reigning SA champion trainer Sean Tarry and his arch rival Justin Snaith are level at 46th position on the most recently published TRC Global Rankings.
Trainer Sean Tarry – champion
The two South African conditioners are tied with Australians Kris Lees and Anthony Freedman on a log headed by the unstoppable Aidan O’Brien.
Snaith and Tarry have been the dominant duo over the past five seasons here, with the latter gaining the ascendancy by R9 million in 2015/16 and by over R13 million last term.
Tarry won the championship for the first time in 2014/15 and is thus on a four-timer.
But the Cape based team of Snaith Racing have a R2 million lead as we enter the final quarter of this season. Mike de Kock is a further R3 million away in third.
Snaith won the SA Championship in 2013/14 and has a powerful SA Champions Season attack which could well give him the edge over the title-holder.
Time will tell, but the rare failure of Sean Tarry’s champion Legal Eagle in the Gr1 Premier’s Champions Challenge at Turffontein last Saturday may well prove to have been a turning point in the championship race!
Snaith family values – Justin, Chris and Jono
The TRC Global Rankings are a measure of an individual’s level of achievement over a rolling three-year period.
They are not based on prize money the individuals’ representatives have won but on the quality of the performances those runners have put up in Group and Graded races. There are about 1450 qualifying races around the world every year.
