The battle for the third slot in the SA team to take on the UK, Australia and Asia in the PGI Jockeys Challenge in Singapore on 25 September gained further momentum on Friday
A split second apparent lapse of concentration in the dying stages of the Fairview Friday feature almost ruined a good day at the office for jockey Grant van Niekerk
Trained by Jacques Strydom, the winner showed his versatility with a variation on his usual racing style. He tracked the pacesetting Blaze Of Fire the whole way around and then bounced clear down the outside at the 300m under ‘super sub’ Raymond Danielson
The next time your trainer makes excuses about not running your horses, cite the Blaze Of Fire precedent. This gutsy 6yo entire was pacing it out behind Futura in the Gr1 Champions Cup on Super Saturday and just six days later came out and did more pace work at Fairview
