An emotional victory in the Flaming Rock silks for the 6yo Doublemint in the R110 000 New Turf Carriers Listed Jet Master Stakes kept the Snaith team’s champagne Derby day celebrations on a roll
The former SA Champion trainer saddled seven winners over the two days
Multiple SA champion jockey Piere Strydom is the latest jockey to have a Sun Met ride confirmed
“I must catch a wake-up.” The words of jockey Richard Fourie who tumbled out of the saddle of the fancied Bunker Hunt at the start of the Politician Stakes but who would go on to win the very next three races – two Gr1’s and a Gr2!
After an emotional hangover that probably lasted most of the week following the Vodacom Durban July, Hong-Kong bound Grant van Niekerk bade his Kenilworth home base a fond farewell at his final racemeeting
Doublemint put his hand up as a classic prospect after a good win in the traditional Derby trial
‘I called the owner and before I could even make the offer he excitedly told me that a certain South African bookmaker had just called 10 minutes earlier to make an offer of R5m’
It’s clear that eight incidents of crop excesses is unacceptable for a sport keen to maintain a good public image, and the time appears to have arrived for a review of the crop rules for work riders on the Highveld
