How To Become SA Champion Jockey
Only winning rides within the borders of South Africa will count towards our national jockey title for this season. That makes a lot of sense!
15th August 2012
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Only winning rides within the borders of South Africa will count towards our national jockey title for this season. That makes a lot of sense!
The anomaly of incorporating Zimbabwe winners in the SA Jockey Championship stats detracts from the title race. Where on earth would another country’s winners be incorporated in a championship?
The premature loss of Lancaster Bomber (War Front) was a sad setback to the South African thoroughbred industry
The highest-rated horses in all but one race – Parisian Walkway, who achieved his highest performance figure over 1600m – claimed the top four positions in each of this past weekend’s Grade 1 and Grade 2 races (excluding the two-year-old races).This provides strong validation regarding the effectiveness of the rating system!
In one of the most high-profile in-race incidents of the past five years, former SA champion jockey Gavin Lerena was found guilty of four charges, while Jason Gates didn’t escape punishment
Glistian Events’ Joao da Mata chats to Cape Racing Chairman Greg Bortz about the path ahead for SA horseracing
