The great South African jockey championship race goes down to the wire this week as Muzi Yeni edged closer to Lyle Hewitson after a winner at Turffontein yesterday
The Fairview turf track is officially soft (pen reading of 30) as it hosts the final feature of the 2018/19 season on an eight race programme today
There are eight races on the Fairview polytrack today with the first jumping at 12h25
The nine-race programme is headlined by the R150 000 Listed East Cape Breeders Stakes to be run over 1200m
The false rail is set at zero to the 800m mark, with a 2.5m spur
The withdrawal of the unbeaten Viking Moon from today’s Dahlia Plate at Fairview has thrown the race wide open
The false rail is set at 4m off zero to the 1200, increasing to 4.5m at the 800m, with a 4.5m spur at the 800m
Former SA Champion jockey Andrew Fortune’s six month quest to be relicenced to ride again reaches something of a watershed