Appie’s Double Delight
An unremarkable looking Vaal programme played itself out on a rather tatty looking sand surface on 22 November with one jockey casualty and a few
23rd November 2011
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An unremarkable looking Vaal programme played itself out on a rather tatty looking sand surface on 22 November with one jockey casualty and a few
Sean Tarry’s Royal Academy colt Verrochio stepped into the Emperors Palace Ready-To-Run Cup limelight with a scintillating win at Turffontein on 20 October. It is
Jockey Robbie Fradd and trainer Sean Tarry are developing into a formidable combination on the East Coast and they enjoyed an impressive double at Clairwood on 30 August.
A top jockey suggests the Clairwood track surface is not acceptable, especially after so little rain. Puzzling circumstances, indeed. But Robbie Fradd, with three winners and MJ Byleveld and Sean Cormack, with a double apiece, weren’t complaining.
The pace makes the race. Some of the races run at the Greyville night meeting on 19 July were seemingly infected by a dose of the ‘Cape
Champion jockey title or not, Messrs Delpech and Marcus will share the horseracing newsmakers of the year award. Their influence on and dominance of the run-of-the-mill meetings particularly, has been overwhelming. It must be tough being an ‘ordinary’ jockey and competing with the talented glamour boys.
Jockey Robbie Fradd made a winning return to race riding at Scottsville on 5 July after a three month absence from the saddle. The 46
Arlington on Friday 1 July resembled something of a war zone with the betting public dashing for cover as their July Day budgets took an advance hammering with awful results. But Punters have enjoyed quite a fortnight with Saftote commendably introducing a few innovative touches…
Robbie Fradd is back in South Africa after a lengthy stay in Hong Kong and Singapore. As yet he has no fixed plans as to his future but in the meantime local trainers, owners and racegoers will have the benefit of his experience.
Beyond the pending investigations, things ended well enough for the Bass-Robinson yard when the improving Rainbow Lorikeet stamped her Paddock Stakes prospects with a gutsy victory under a top-notch ride by Aldo Domeyer
