Cormack Emerges Down Under
Top KZN jockey returns to saddle two years after giving up on medical grounds
14th February 2018
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Top KZN jockey returns to saddle two years after giving up on medical grounds
I have been home for a good few days now from Singapore and all I can say is I really missed beautiful South Africa
An eight-race programme with an average of just over nine runners per race, and where more than one trainer observed that they had been requested to leave horses in, or risk losing races, does not bode well – when we are already nicely into summer.
Trainer Dennis Drier and jockey Sean Cormack opened and closed the Super Saturday meeting, with a Gr1 disappointment in the middle. The performance of Barbosa in winning the R150 000 Listed Umngeni Handicap would have perked up the team spirit dramatically.
Jockey Sean Cormack, who was injured at Greyville on Saturday, when his mount in the fourth race, Zacharias, collapsed after a heart attack, has posted a poignant message on Facebook.
A former course record holder over the Kenilworth 1200m, the Var colt Generalissimo can fly when in the mood and he gave his rivals a galloping lesson to win the R120 000 eThekwini Sprint at Greyville
Trainer Dennis Drier was back on his favourite hunting ground on Saturday and he and jockey Sean Cormack got the 2015 KZN Winter Challenge Series under way when the lightly raced Sea Fever won the sprint leg in rousing style
“She wasn’t striding out on the grass but she would work beautifully on the sand on the beach. Then one day I worked her at low tide (when the sand was firm) and I saw she wasn’t striding properly. The next morning I took the shoes off and she strode out nicely once more”
Trainer Dennis Drier and jockey Sean Cormack got the J&B Met day show under way in flying style on Saturday
“He did a severe tendon. I made it public that I was devastated as we had very high hopes for him. We gave Hassen the confidence of our belief in his recovery by taking a share and said there would be no bills. Ashraf Mohamed also got involved…”
For Cormack, Saturday’s objection would have brought back memories of the 2013 Gr1 SA Classic when he rode Paul Lafferty’s Love Struck to a last gasp win over Tellina
A dual Grade 1 winner and South Africa’s highest rated racehorse, the Vaughan Marshall trained One Stripe will campaign in a partnership of Hollywood Racing and Rikesh Sewgoolam
A seasoned racing fan writes that in the zone between 15 and 3 minutes before the official race time, nobody is interested in listening to the personal fancies and various constructions of the presenters’ exotic permutations
A final field of 17 will face the starter at the Hollywoodbets Kenilworth 2000m marker on Saturday 25 January for the 163rd renewal of the R5 million World Sports Betting Gr1 Cape Town Met
