Top Jock Back In The Irons
Top Cape jockey Greg Cheyne makes a welcome return to action at Kenilworth on Saturday
12th August 2016
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Top Cape jockey Greg Cheyne makes a welcome return to action at Kenilworth on Saturday
Avontuur-sponsored jockey Greg Cheyne is the latest addition to the casualty list of local riders after he broke a foot in three places when his mount reared and unseated him in the first race at Kenilworth on Sunday
The decision to run the first leg of the International Jockeys’ Challenge at Fairview could be a stroke of genius – but it could land up giving form-studiers a stroke by the time they reach the third race!
In what appears to be a bizarre attempt to muscle in and effectively hijack an event in which they had little involvement, Tex Lerena of the Jockeys Association of SA (JASA) has been threatened with legal action
I cannot wait to get back to Kenilworth – and hopefully the new course – as soon as possible. I am sick and tired of this ridiculous system of entering horses at Durbanville and then drawing 45 or 50 and the fields then end up with only eight runners
Hong Kong based owner Edmond Siu enjoyed a great double at Fairview on Friday with the lightly raced Silvano colt Nottinghamshire winning the R75 000 Racing Association Plate
“It is always said that jockeys just take from the horseracing game and never give anything back. We felt that hosting a charity race day would be a wonderful way of giving something back to retired racehorses and the grooms, who are a big part of our lives. Our aim is to try and get as many people as we can to the racecourse…“
“So far as I know neither the jockeys nor the trainers were approached to give their opinions and it makes a mockery of the honours boards in the Kenilworth grandstand. We intend writing a letter to request a return to the old system.” – Karl Neisius
The question of the determination of champion status for trainers and jockeys in the regional awards were discussed by Paul Lafferty and James Goodman on Monday evening’s Winning Ways show
After the scintillating high of the Vodacom Durban July on Saturday, we gear down into the midweek idle of the run-of-the-mill stuff today
The in-form Mike Bass saddled the R250 000 Gr3 Winter Classic exacta at Kenilworth on Sunday as 2009 Equus Champion Sprinter Rebel King broke the ice siring his first stakes winner
Charl Pretorius writes in his Off The Record column on the 4Racing website that owners, trainers and racing fans are gravely concerned about the state of our industry
‘One reason why Phumelela did not succeed in its objectives was the misunderstanding of the business of gambling by its board, and its failure to recognize the major TRENDS in gambling and gaming’ – Robin Bruss
