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Strydom on Championship

South Africa’s champion jockey talks about the jockey title race, Khumalo’s guilty verdict, his own July ride and a veteran trainer who is obviously an avid reader of his weekly column

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Top Of The Tree

What a day for the Oppenheimer family! A race sponsored by daughter Mary Slack is won by Mum Bridget Oppenheimer with a horse by Tiger Ridge out of a Fort Wood mare!

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Figgy Retires

Guillermo “Willy” Figueroa, one of South Africa’s most popular jockeys, has retired from race riding.

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Richie The Recordbreaker!

After a record-shattering 2023/24 season, reigning SA Champion jockey Richard Fourie continues to rewrite the history books and broke the East Cape season winner record at Fairview on Friday

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