3 Wins – 3 Meetings Left
The great South African jockey championship race goes down to the wire this week as Muzi Yeni edged closer to Lyle Hewitson after a winner at Turffontein yesterday
29th July 2019
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The great South African jockey championship race goes down to the wire this week as Muzi Yeni edged closer to Lyle Hewitson after a winner at Turffontein yesterday
After a quiet period in which I felt the jockeys’ championship might be slipping away from me, I have managed to pull back Lyle’s lead to just five
The 21 year old Avontuur-sponsored Lyle Hewitson rides at his final big race day on Saturday at Hollywoodbets Greyville
Marcus has yet to decide on his options and Hewitson has appealed
An optimistically hot pace off a tailwind in the home straight may have played right into the hands of recent Greyville polytrack maiden winner
With betting turnovers under pressure and some punters probably bored of the dominance of kingpins like Zac Purton, the announcement is awaited with interest
The Winning Form sponsored jockey took a heavy tumble off Fiorella in the Gr2 WSB 1900 at Greyville last Friday and has made a quick return to action
The race for the SA jockey title took another twist and turn at Greyville on Saturday
Winning Form sponsored Muzi Yeni’s two winners at Flamingo Park on Monday boosted the Northern Cape champion to lead the national log on 143 winners with reigning champion Lyle Hewitson level pegging
As the rider of Klever Kathy he failed to ensure that he did not cause interference to March Music
