‘Hong Kong Made Me Tougher’ – Lerena
Former SA champion jockey says he would pack his bags if he got the chance to ride in England
4th August 2016
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Former SA champion jockey says he would pack his bags if he got the chance to ride in England
Two of the three riders representing the Rest of The World Team in the 2016 Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup, the world’s premier international jockeys’ team competition, will be available for interviews in London today
Competition is being taken out of the racing with the way the champion is allowed to control his ride selection
Reigning British champion jockey Silvestre de Sousa heads the Rest of the World team, with another pair of Cup debutants, South African champion Gavin Lerena and Japan Cup-winning jockey Kenichi Ikezoe
SA champion jockey Gavin Lerena rode his first Hong Kong winner in his current stint at Sha Tin on Sunday
Gavin Lerena came through his first two Hong Kong meetings last Sunday and Wednesday unscathed. While he only managed a fourth from five rides on Sunday, he produced two thirds from four rides today
As one top rider departs our sorely depleted jockey ranks – several top riders are sidelined at the moment including Piere Strydom, Weichong Marwing and Sean Cormack – punters will be hoping another is on his way back
Cleared to return to ride in Hong Kong from 28 February until 1 May.
SA champion and recent Longines International Jockeys’ Challenge winner Gavin Lerena will represent his country in Kenya in January
Jockey of the year is Gavin Lerena. – he is an old friend, who deservedly won the SA title
“I love Hong Kong,” shouted Gavin Lerena as he returned to winner’s box after securing the Longines International Jockey’s Championship on Superoi. It seems Hong Kong loves him back.
The R1 million Gr1 Douglas Whyte Stakes Grade is the opening leg of the projected R15 million Pick 6 pool at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday
Cape Racing’s ongoing tussle with Mother Nature in what has been a wet July to beat all July’s, produced a fairytale at a sunny, but very chilly, Hollywoodbets Durbanville on Thursday
A Cape jockey has told of the enormous relief and the burden lifted from his shoulders on Friday after two well-known racing men took the cudgels up on his behalf some months ago to defend the father of four against an NHRA charge
A Pick 6 carryover of R2 million is set to take the exotic pool to R15 million, while the World Pool Gr3 Gold Cup sees a Quartet carryover of R1 million and a likely pool of R5 million
