A Fortune In Diamonds
The Tienie Prinlsoo trained Judpot gelding Pontedera turned the R100 000 RA Diamond Stayers run at Flamingo Park on Saturday into a procession
9th August 2015
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The Tienie Prinlsoo trained Judpot gelding Pontedera turned the R100 000 RA Diamond Stayers run at Flamingo Park on Saturday into a procession
Jockey Andrew Fortune is a genius in the saddle and one of the greatest jockeys this country has ever produced. So when he is not riding, extra care should be taken to inform punters.
Trainer Corne Spies is the undisputed king of the Kimberley Nursery. Today he bids for an extraordinary fifth win in the R100 000 sand baby feature in six years and plays a very decent three card hand
Charisma and entertainment value don’t come in much smarter packages in the jockey ranks than former SA champion Andrew Fortune. In the space of a matter of weeks the legendary rider has brightened the Gauteng racing scene
“People are telling me ‘You are tired, you are old’ and when I ring them they are not answering the phone”
He is a comeback kid of note. A cat with ninety nine lives. The legend is back and rides a heavy odds-on shot for Joey Ramsden in the third at Kenilworth today
I had mixed emotions when I picked up my cell phone the other morning and saw I had been Whats App’ed and included in a “whinger’s” group about handicapping
“I look at the TV and see who is riding winners. My God – and they haven’t got half the talent I’ve got. Do you want me to give up everything? I gave up drugs and I gave up sex but I love my food.”
It is a case of topping your Pops. Defending champion Aldo Domeyer was thrown a curved ball in his quest for the Jockeys Chase title defence when the organisers announced today that his father, the champion competitor Andrew Fortune, would line up on Saturday. Will it be respect or simply wait for age…?
Andrew Fortune returns to ride him and he has told Hodgson that he will be able to do the 61kg. The horse has the speed to overcome his bad draw and his duel with Captain Bagg could be a highlight
It was interesting to see the writer did not bother to phone a single trainer to find out any facts and took the word of the SA Grooms Association leader and Phindi Kema, who is described as a racehorse breeder. To my knowledge, she is not a registered breeder, has never bred a racehorse and will never breed a racehorse
The premature loss of Lancaster Bomber (War Front) was a sad setback to the South African thoroughbred industry
The highest-rated horses in all but one race – Parisian Walkway, who achieved his highest performance figure over 1600m – claimed the top four positions in each of this past weekend’s Grade 1 and Grade 2 races (excluding the two-year-old races).This provides strong validation regarding the effectiveness of the rating system!
In one of the most high-profile in-race incidents of the past five years, former SA champion jockey Gavin Lerena was found guilty of four charges, while Jason Gates didn’t escape punishment
Glistian Events’ Joao da Mata chats to Cape Racing Chairman Greg Bortz about the path ahead for SA horseracing
