Lerena thanked Tony Millard who gave him the ride in the first enabling him to get used to the track. “It’s a very fair track and I had a great time. Thank you Hong Kong”, he said. “It is fantastic to be able to ride with such great jockeys.”
South African champion Gavin Lerena has a smart book of rides, according to local reporters, for the prestigious Longines International Jockeys’ Championship at Happy Valley tonight.
I have been home for a good few days now from Singapore and all I can say is I really missed beautiful South Africa
Eight international stars will compete alongside four of Hong Kong’s elite squad of jockeys in the annual four-race showpiece that rewards the outright champion with a first prize of HK$500,000
The decision to run the first leg of the International Jockeys’ Challenge at Fairview could be a stroke of genius – but it could land up giving form-studiers a stroke by the time they reach the third race!
Alec Laird turned the heat up on his Summer Cup aspirations and recorded his second consecutive Gr2 Charity Mile success, when the Argentinian-bred gelding Bouclette Top produced an electrifying turn of foot under our champion jock
The Inquiry Board also considered that the welfare of the horse is paramount and everything must be done by the role players to ensure that when in the unfortunate event of a horse breaking down, that immediate assistance is given to the animal
Emotion and sentimentality are two familiar trademarks of the Mike Azzie racing machine and the victory of the Australian-bred filly Mella Maria in the Greyville opener on Friday evening brought back some gloriously memorable flashbacks to the Gr1 Premier’s Champion Stakes run at the same venue, four years ago
The title chasing jockey issued a challenge at Scottsville on Saturday, calling for the rest of the industry to equal or better his contribution. Freeman Stallions are the first to respond
The ‘Piddy plan’ came together handsomely, and all’s well that ends well – as a happy looking Glen and Kathi Kotzen, together with their elegantly attired local assistant Lunga Gila attested, with broad smiles and much joy in the winner’s enclosure.
With less than eight weeks left in the current season, S’manga ‘Bling’ Khumalo is just ahead of rival Gavin ‘Speed-Dial’ Lerena with 163 wins to 161, making this year’s race for the Champion Jockey title a thriller
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
