‘Respect All -Fear None’
With just over four days to go to the Gr1 Vodacom Durban July, Dom Zaki chats to the trainer of the favourite, Got The Greenlight
29th June 2021
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With just over four days to go to the Gr1 Vodacom Durban July, Dom Zaki chats to the trainer of the favourite, Got The Greenlight
‘Rain has disrupted training routines – but we have to start somewhere’
Clocking The Gallop’s Neil Andrews and Nico Kritsiotis visit the Turffontein stables of veteran trainer Joey Soma
Clocking The Gallop’s Neil Andrews and Nico Kritsiotis visit the Turffontein stables of veteran trainer Joey Soma
‘Getting a silver medal in the olympics of racing is no mean acheievement’ – Joey Soma
‘The deal with the Steinhoff two was a betrayal. At the time we knew that there was something more to the meeting with the Steinhoff two and what they had told us…’
A multiple Gr1 winning trainer, Joey Soma says that he is very pleased to be out of all the politics as it affords him the time to enjoy training horses, playing golf and punting
‘The people running the sport have not used this time in which we have no racing, to talk to all of us’ – Joey Soma
Everybody’s saying that the sport needs to be more transparent and give the customer the information to make non-lottery decisions…yet they don’t come to the party
Lobo’s Legend has already entered quarantine for the long trip ahead.
Veteran trainer Joey Soma pulled an ace out of the pack when stepping the lightly tried Lobo’s Legend up from the sprints to the 1800m
‘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’
