Another Aussie Gr1 For David Payne
The David Payne-trained Montefilia emerged as a star of the future with a brilliant win in Saturday’s Gr1 Flight Stakes at Randwick.
3rd October 2020
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The David Payne-trained Montefilia emerged as a star of the future with a brilliant win in Saturday’s Gr1 Flight Stakes at Randwick.
Trainer of 107 Gr1 Winners, David Payne moved to Australia from South Africa in 2002, without any horses, wanting to make a new start
Wendy Whitehead got her new barn off to a flying start with their first winner at Scottsville on Sunday
He often passed on some of his faults, but you closed your eyes and bought them anyway, because that’s how they ran.
A former SA champion jockey saddled the winner of Australia’s oldest classic at Flemington on Saturday
He was a small man and he liked to wear hats. He was very sharp and always full of jokes and laughs. He was a great person always willing to help people and he was very good to us. Once you’d met Mr Cherry, you wouldn’t have forgotten him.
A Cape-based stallion; some big name owners and breeders; a former champion jockey turned champion trainer and a top former KZN based jockey – it all adds up to a more than sentimental interest for us in a big Gr1 raceday Down Under
I am riding for the in-form stable; Chris Waller is flying and it’s a privilege to be riding for him
Racing history is full of champion horses and colourful characters. Legends of the Turf will be filming reconstructions of some of the pivotal moments in our racing history and are appealing for racing fans to come down and join in the fun
“He’s a wonderful rider and one of the hardest working I’ve met. It’s great to have him back,” says David Payne
Get the full story as told by those who watched every stride, as well as Richard Fourie’s personal insights of the season in his own words
The seven-time Hong Kong Champion Jockey reached the 1814-win milestone with a double at the city circuit to edge past the long-standing mark of 1813 wins set by the legendary Douglas Whyte
A dual Grade 1 winner and South Africa’s highest rated racehorse, the Vaughan Marshall trained One Stripe will campaign in a partnership of Hollywood Racing and Rikesh Sewgoolam
A seasoned racing fan writes that in the zone between 15 and 3 minutes before the official race time, nobody is interested in listening to the personal fancies and various constructions of the presenters’ exotic permutations
