Tarry’s Exquisite Touch
SA champion trainer Sean Tarry dominated proceedings at Turffontein on Saturday, winning three of the six features on the ten race programme
12th March 2017
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SA champion trainer Sean Tarry dominated proceedings at Turffontein on Saturday, winning three of the six features on the ten race programme
Champion racemare Carry On Alice showed her courage and blue chip ability when withstanding a towering late challenge from her stablemate Trip To Heaven
Explosive performance from Trip To Heaven as he takes a step closer to Gr1 Cape Flying Championship glory
Trainer Sean Tarry edged ahead of Justin Snaith on the SA national log after winning fifty percent of the races on Summer Cup day
Backed into 6-1 and with a R2 870 277 Pick 6 dividend riding on her back, there was a fair amount of pressure on jockey S’manga Khumalo
SA champion jockey S’manga Khumalo found great form at a rain interrupted Turffontein meeting on Sunday
The very lightly raced Toreador gelding Bull Valley booked his Gr2 Merchants berth on Sansui Summer Cup day in three weeks from now
SA Champion Jockey S’manga Khumalo returns to Durbanville after a nine year absence – and he could ride a good few winners for his old boss
In-form Gavin Lerena and Grant van Niekerk have been thrown into the mix as wild cards
The SA champion jockey was charged with a contravention of Rule 62.2.1 in that he failed to take all reasonable and permissible measures to ensure that his horse had been given a full opportunity to win or obtain the best possible placing
Felix Coetzee may have retired from the saddle, but he has not retired from competitive racing. Far from it. He talks to us about helping S’manga Khumalo and Kei Chiong to their respective jockey titles
‘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’
It’s clear that eight incidents of crop excesses is unacceptable for a sport keen to maintain a good public image, and the time appears to have arrived for a review of the crop rules for work riders on the Highveld
