Striker: ‘Trainers Have Their Moments’
His own genius in the saddle, wider trainer support and a tweak of his agent’s remuneration package – Striker’s 34% win strike rate made simple!
25th August 2014
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His own genius in the saddle, wider trainer support and a tweak of his agent’s remuneration package – Striker’s 34% win strike rate made simple!
“Derreck David and JP van der Merwe are my stable jockeys, but sometimes one has to make strategic decisions” says the astute Azzie, as he also concedes he is ‘like a child in a sweet shop at the sales’
Our aim is to fulfill one dream to the very best of our ability, to inspire hope and hopefully give the children the courage and belief that tomorrow is worth fighting for
His first July win came aboard London News in 1996, and he also won on Trademark and then Pomodoro just two years ago
There is a lot of talk about the Daily News and what happened in the running. The bottom line is that everything went wrong for Legislate and he still won. That is a major positive. He is a worthy favourite. But, I have been there before and am not going down without a fight…
“The Vaal has to be one of the worst tracks in the world,” said the multiple champion jockey when quizzed about the condition of the sand surface after his colleague Gavin Lerena had labelled the track ‘appalling’ after riding a winner last Thursday.
South Africa’s champion jockey talks about the jockey title race, Khumalo’s guilty verdict, his own July ride and a veteran trainer who is obviously an avid reader of his weekly column
Piere Strydom, one of the greatest jockeys ever to grace the turf in this country, expresses his disappointment and puzzlement at the ongoing ‘chirps’ from various sectors. Striker has always been forthcoming with his views and opinions but says that he will be keeping the information to himself in future. Can we blame him?
The 6yo Lecture gelding Copper Parade has a great Gr1 relationship with champion jockey Piere Strydom and he finished powerfully to beat SA sprinting Queen Via Africa in a thrilling finish to the Computaform Sprint
Whiteline Fever wins the Gr2 Hawaii Stakes for the second year running as he outguns nine rivals in the wet
Finding the words ‘excitement’ and ‘insurance’ in the same sentence is as rare as breeding a Triple Crown winner!
