Big Race Incident – Yeni Gets 14 Days
Jockey Muzi Yeni will serve a suspension from 7 to 20 May after an incident at the1600m marker of Saturday’s 4Racing Gr1 Premier’s Champions Challenge
4th May 2021
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Jockey Muzi Yeni will serve a suspension from 7 to 20 May after an incident at the1600m marker of Saturday’s 4Racing Gr1 Premier’s Champions Challenge
The Inquiry Board found Strydom guilty as charged and considered all factors in mitigation, including the manner in which Jockey Yeni rode his horse at the time of this incident
The recordbreaking champion appeared to lose his cool just strides before the line…
With earnings of over a half million rand in her short career, Paul Matchett’s astute R30 000 purchase War Of Athena enjoyed an impressive return to winning ways
Brett Crawford became the first Cape-based trainer since Joey Ramsden in 2001 to saddle the Gr2 Peermont Emperors Palace Charity Mile winner
Favourite fails as Gauteng raider storms to victory in opening feature on Vodacom Durban July Day
‘I’m going in with confidence and hopefully I will get a bit of luck in running as well’ – Muzi Yeni
The aptly named and very gutsy Brave Tin Soldier filly Running Brave returned to the scene of her greatest triumph with a rousing end-to-end victory
‘ Believe me, I want to win the July – but more importantly, I want to enjoy it!’
Maybe the man to follow is Muzi Yeni, who returned from a three months plus suspension under two weeks ago, and now soon finds himself on the sidelines again – this time through none of his own doing and with the rest of the racing world
‘At least the fans know I haven’t forgotten how to ride winners. Hopefully the owners and trainers remember too’
The South African bred former Equus Champion Sprinter Isivunguvungu made a terrific winning debut on US soil for trainer Graham Motion and confirmed his Prevagen $1million Gr1 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint aspirations
The evergreen hero travelled to Vereeniging on Thursday for a 100% strike rate from two rides that saw him bring up his recordbreaking 5555th winner milestone
‘The Breeders Cup Distaff is definitely still on the cards and Beach Bomb will probably have one more race before then’ – Gaynor Rupert
It will be good news for South African racing fans that, despite a number of offers from abroad, Gerald and Karen Kalil’s multiple champion Quid Pro Quo will continue her 3yo season on African soil
