17th November 2020
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Jeff Lloyd’s swansong racemeeting at Doomben on Saturday failed to produce a fairytale exit
Champion jockey Jeff Lloyd, who returned to South Africa in 2018 in a final bid to win the Gr1 Vodacom Durban July, will ride in his final racemeeting on Saturday
Champion Brisbane jockey Jeff Lloyd was meant to be retired by now but those plans have been put on hold and he could ride on to the end of the season
On the first day of the new season last Wednesday, he rode a treble
The photographs with R6 punters and anonymous members of the adoring Durban racing public on social media tell the true story of the legend
“If I am not happy with the pace I have to grab it by the horns – I am only here for this last time!”
His trip sponsor Kuda Insurance’s connection to Rocket Countdown may have led to deductions and assumptions
Jeff Lloyd will have his final throw of the Vodacom Durban July dice on board Rocket Countdown if the Selangor Cup winner makes the cut
Jeff Lloyd has confirmed that the 2018 Brisbane Winter Carnival will be his last.
The July is the only South African major to elude Jeff Lloyd’s grasp, but he will be looking to set the record straight in 2018
Just 48 hours after Cheeky Wink’s smart win at Tipperary, the Kieswetter and Heffer families enjoyed another champagne moment at Sandown
Ridgemont’s Rafeef fairytale received more endorsement on the Championships Finale at Turffontein on Saturday when his daughter, Chasing Happiness, ran her eight opponents off their feet to register her second stakes success when winning the TAB Gr2 Senor Santa Stakes
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
