RICHARD FOURIE

There is no greater achievement in South African racing than winning the Vodacom Durban July and, in spite of still feeling the effects of his bad fall at Clairwood a month earlier and for which he is still being treated, Richard rode a courageous race on Legislate that was eventually declared the winner.

As one of the leading up and coming riders in the country, Richard has shown a high degree of professionalism and dedication which has seen him finishing high up on the national jockey log.

Well done Richard.

ANTHONY DELPECH

Anthony was a good man to follow for punters during the month and a R1 win bet on all his mounts would have given them a R22.10 profit.

Anton Marcus with nine winners and Keagan De Melo with eight also had good months.

With racing very competitive at this time of the year, Anthony managed to find the winner’s enclosure 13 times with another 17 of his rides finished in the placings giving him a 25% win and 57.7% win and place strike rate which was excellent.

Well done Anthony.

RICHARD FOURIE

If there is one jockey that is riding with the utmost confidence, it is the young Cape-based Richard Fourie who is fast showing the qualities of international standard and is being sought by trainers for his top class ability.

During the month he won on 35% of his 20 rides and booted home the winners of three classic races in Durban – the Grade 2 KRA Guineas, the Grade 1 Daily News 2000 and the Grade 1 Woolavington 2000.

He is a highly talented rider, particularly when it comes to front-running tactics, and has a very bright future ahead of him.

Well done Richard.

SEAN CORMACK

The Gold Circle Jockey Award for the month of April has been bestowed on Sean Cormack.

Riding with the confidence and talent of an international class jockey, Sean Cormack has been in great demand and has rewarded his stables and supporters with another fine performance during the month.

With an effortless style he has driven his mounts into the winner’s enclosure on nine occasions and has made the placings on 18 other occasions from his 41 rides. With his consistency of performance Sean has become a rider that exotic bet punters are reluctant to leave out of their permutations no matter what he is riding.

It was another sparkling performance worthy of the monthly award.

Well done Sean