‘The top stables really enjoy such an advantage having the services of top jockeys like S’manga Khumalo. The difference between riders like him and the rest of them is enormous….’
A typically well judged ride from the masterful Piere Strydom delivered the first leg of a 120-1 feature double at Turffontein on Saturday for the multiple champion
Charisma and entertainment value don’t come in much smarter packages in the jockey ranks than former SA champion Andrew Fortune. In the space of a matter of weeks the legendary rider has brightened the Gauteng racing scene
The St John Gray owned and trained Yer-Maan won the Gr1 $50 000 Castle Tankard run over 2000m at Borrowdale Park on Saturday
Sean confirmed that Tiger’s Retreat has ‘had his niggles’ when explaining away the statistics which show that the gelding has had only three runs since his big win here last season. He will be ridden again by the jockey who rode such a cracker on him last year
Trainer St John Gray and jockey JP van der Merwe threw a double lion amongst the pigeons in the Turffontein Pick 6 on Thursday when they teamed up with a massive outside double to turn the form book on its head. Thank heavens there’s Fairview on Friday!
A glance over the programme for the forthcoming week tells a story of some minefield fixtures, where form is more scarce than …
St John Gray bred, owns and trains the winner of the Listed Emerald Fillies Handicap at the Vaal on Saturday
It’s a classic tale of the battle hardened warrior versus the athletic skills and talent of a relative new upstart on the block at the Vaal on Tuesday.
Taking the good with the bad is a way of life in horseracing. Some days are better than others, some results make more sense than others. Even champion jockeys like Anton Marcus and Anthony Delpech make the good and bad choices when it comes to rides. Life goes on.
Dancewiththedevil recorded her fifth Gr 1 success – and her fourth against male rivals – when she trounced seven opponents to record a second successive triumph in the Gr1 Horse Chestnut Stakes
James McDonald closed a highly successful short-term stint in Hong Kong with a quartet at Sha Tin on Sunday
