Mansour Update
Jockey Donavan Mansour underwent surgery yesterday after suffering a broken pelvis
1st November 2019
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Jockey Donavan Mansour underwent surgery yesterday after suffering a broken pelvis
Jockey Donavan Mansour was airlifted to hospital on Wednesday, following an incident near the starting gates in race two at Te Aroha
The Australian-bred entire Brazuca sailed in under the radar and wrong-footed punters with an impressive end-to-end win in the Turffontein Saturday topliner.
He failed to ride his filly out to the end of the race and thereby prejudiced his chances of obtaining fourth place
Don had reached something of a crossroads in his career when he left Johannesburg after an offer from Mayfair Speculators’ Derek Brugman to ride the Jooste horses in the Cape
The former Cape-based Captain Al gelding Captain Magpie made it five wins on the trot at the Champ de Mars on Saturday
The progressive Go Deputy stayer Arezzo outgunned a rather modest bunch to register his second career victory, when he ran away from his opposition to win the R150 000 Listed Settlers Trophy
Donavan Mansour is moving from Johannesburg to Cape Town and he rides at Kenilworth today for the first time since his apprenticeship days
A form reversal of schizophrenic proportions. That is the only way of describing the shock win at 25-1 by the Corne Spies trained Dancing Away
The new generation is making their mark on racing and it is time for the geriatrics to be put out to pasture. That is the
Despite deciding to become a jockey fairly late (for a jockey) Donavan has wasted no time in establishing himself as a very promising young rider. Before being accepted as an apprentice in SA he had to spend a year in New Zealand and Donavan freely admits that this was a very worthwhile and satisfying experience
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