Jacques Strydom’s popular Go Deputy gelding Gogetthesheriff bounced back to his best form and grabbed the limelight with his characteristic late surge to score his first win in over a year
History shows that the ‘PE July’ is owned by away horses. Local man Jacques Strydom bucked that trend though when he saddled Surfin’ USA to win in 2009. He talks about this year’s renewal
The Racing Association Eastern Cape Chapter hosted the annual East Cape Racing Awards for the 2015/16 season on Saturday evening
Trainer suggests the handicapper could drop his charge’s merit rating
PE trainer Jacques Strydom saddles hot favourite Gogetthesheriff to land the historic inaugural Poly Triple Crown at Fairview today
Gogetthesheriff, who started a generous 18-10, won despite his wide draw, a relatively inexperienced first-time young rider in the irons and the ardent support for talented Cape visitor Silver Snaffles, who was backed to 7-2 to beat the local star.
Not many trainers can lay claim to the very rare distinction of improving on a Mike de Kock throwout. PE-based Jacques Strydom scoffs at the suggestion but there is no question that he has done a terrific job with Gogetthesheriff
PE trainer Jacques Strydom bought a real winner when he signed for the former Mike De Kock galloper Gogetthesheriff at the 2014 Michael Holmes Bloodstock Super Sale
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
‘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
