Ryan Munger enjoyed a red-letter day at Turffontein on Saturday, bagging three feature successes, and continues to provide his loyal sponsors Bryanston Auctioneers with plenty of top-line exposure.
The progressive jockey is being rewarded for hard work, with regular travels to the Eastern and Western Cape to supplement his Gauteng home base.
With a unique incentive-to-win from Bryanston Auctioneers, where the Highveld Horse Care Unit benefit directly, Munger is flying, holding sixth position on the national log with 80 winners in what is his best season to date.
On Saturday he capped top rides on Ipso Facto (SA Oaks) and Good Council (Aquanaut Handicap) , with a determined and well-judged ride to round the Pick 6 off on the 12-1 Apache Fighter to win the R150 000 Sun Chariot Handicap, a 2400m non black-type contest for the fairer sex.
Ryan makes it three as Apache Fighter strolls in (Pic – JC Photos)
Off a sedentary pace, Munger produced the Roy Magner-trained 4yo Apache Fighter with a sustained finish to beat the fairly consistent Kind Judy (10-1) by 3,25 lengths in a time of 156,67 secs.
The year younger male Good Council carried 2kgs more to win the Aquanaut in a time that was 2,26 secs faster earlier in the day.
Bred by Stewart Robinson, who races the winner in partnership with his son Gavin, Apache Fighter is a rare representative for the nominally exposed and now defunct Mogok stallion The Apache, an international winner on three continents and Equus Champion of his year.
She is out of the four-time winning Spaceship mare Class Of Her Own, who has produced a winner up to 2400m.
Now a winner of 3 races with 4 places from 11 starts, the lightly tried Apache Fighter took her stakes earnings to R250 375.
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