“The agreement with Bernard was only up until Met day. He has commitments to another yard and his weight is also a problem. My operation is too big to have that and Richard is coming back. But Bernard will ride the odd one from now on.”
The blonde wannabee handicapper in the mod tight fitting suit threw the kitchen sink at the Met card – as he generally loves to do on the Cape’s two big days
Despite losing his whip at the start of the R400 000 Gr2 J&B Urban Honey Stayers, heavyweight jockey Bernard Fayd’herbe was able to keep the Australian-bred Ovidio in the race for the entire 2800m to score a convincing win.
Trainer Justin Snaith reeled off an extraordinary winning streak and marketing coup when saddling the first five winners on the flagship J&B Met card at Kenilworth on Saturday
“If it has four legs and is feeling good, it’s running. My horses are all really well and ready for action.”
Sensational sire Dynasty won the Gr1 Cape Derby in 2003 and produced his third son in five years to win the great race when the genius of Piere Strydom prevailed to deliver the Justin Snaith-trained It’s My Turn in an extraordinary tale of fate and good fortune
Justin Snaith stepped up the 3yo Cape Flyaway beyond the sprints for the first time at Fairview on Friday and the move produced immediate results
It is no wonder that Justin Snaith is keen to engage jockey Piere Strydom for the major Summer Of Champions racedays
The final field for the 2016 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate has been announced. South Africa’s premier weight-for-age mile contest was first run in 1861 and boasts an honour roll that includes the greatest horses to grace the turf in this country.
The former SA champion trainer has enjoyed extraordinary success with the Captain Al progeny and the speedy 3yo Victoria Lavelle put her hand up as a decent sprint prospect
Two past winners of the Cape’s premier summer speed clash are in the fifteen strong line-up
Charl Pretorius pokes a bit of fun as we brace ourselves for a rollercoaster ride through the absurd, the outrageous, and the downright unbelievable in South African horse racing
