Three provincial teams featuring 12 of the country’s top jockeys will compete over four races at Greyville Racecourse (Races 2,3,4 and 5) today for the inaugural Interprov Rider Cup. The meeting features the Gr1 Mercury Sprint.
Western Cape Eagles
Greg Cheyne
Donovan Dillon
Richard Fourie
Corne Orffer
Highveld Hawks
Raymond Danielson
S’Manga Khumalo
Gavin Lerena
Piere Strydom
KZN Falcons
Sean Cormack
Anthony Delpech
Anton Marcus
Muzi Yeni
The competition will be run over four consecutive races (Greyville R2, R3, R4, R5) with points being allocated as follows:
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th Scr
20 16 14 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 7
Because of the narrow band of points allocation it is hoped that competition will be close and contain a little “needle”.
In order to give all riders an equal opportunity, the horses in each race have been seeded by a panel of form experts into four categories of three from top to bottom. The riders from each team will get a chance to ride in each category with the choice of horses done by ballot. This will give each rider a chance to showcase their skills on the best and the worst rated runners
