When opportunity knocks
“If someone asked me if I could ride I wanted to be able to say yes” Some people make their own luck, and Andrew Nienaber does not let opportunity slip through his fingers
8th April 2014
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“If someone asked me if I could ride I wanted to be able to say yes” Some people make their own luck, and Andrew Nienaber does not let opportunity slip through his fingers
The Dubai racing season opened last Thursday with a 6 race card. Carded aboard Paschendale from the Al Muhairi yard, was Andrew Nienaber.
The Jockey’s Charity Dash, in aid of the oldest child welfare organisation in SA, will be run at Kenilworth on Saturday.
A muddling pace saw the downfall of the fancied Drill Sargeant in Friday’s Lakeside Handicap at Fairview
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
JP van der Merwe is not the only guilty party in the matter. In simple terms, he is the only rider to have exercised the NHA’s offer of an Acknowledgement Of Guilt and moved on with his life
Andrew Fortune made it three winners on the Family Day public holiday as Tenango breezed home to win the Gr3 feature
The son of Master Of My Fate will likely side-step stablemate Eight On Eighteen in the Daily News and go via the Greyville 1900 and Cup Trial into the big one on 5 July
