Cape Champ & Durban Demon Celebrate
South African racing fans enjoyed a thrilling opening to the 2019/20 Hong Kong Racing season at Sha Tin on Sunday
1st September 2019
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South African racing fans enjoyed a thrilling opening to the 2019/20 Hong Kong Racing season at Sha Tin on Sunday
‘If I can hit the board running pretty early that would be a great start. I’m really looking forward to it and I’m going to make the most of it’
Grant van Niekerk and Aldo Domeyer fly out of Cape Town on Saturday for Hong Kong
The Pomodoro gelding Destruction Boy’s victory at Kenilworth on Saturday gave Lucinda Woodruff her first success as an owner
Reigning Cape Champion jockey Aldo Domeyer bagged an early double on the Sha Tin card
The Cape contingent were rampant at Sha Tin on Sunday with Grant van Niekerk riding a treble, including his feature icebreaker, while fast settling new man Aldo Domeyer also grabbed a smart winner
SA Champion jockey Lyle Hewitson will join colleagues Aldo Domeyer and Grant van Niekerk for the new Hong Kong racing season.
Aldo Domeyer stopped the Zac Purton steamroller in his tracks on the 999 winner mark when he grabbed the feature race honours at Happy Valley on Wednesday evening
With betting turnovers under pressure and some punters probably bored of the dominance of kingpins like Zac Purton, the announcement is awaited with interest
Cape Champion jockey Aldo Domeyer and the Drakenstein bred Singapore Sling will be in action – seperately – in Singapore on Saturday
