DONOVAN DILLON

The Gold Circle Jockey Award for the month of October has been bestowed on Donovan Dillon

With smaller fields the order of the day on the polytrack, the availability of rides for the younger jockeys is limited but apprentice Donovan Dillon has been in demand and during the month secured 66 rides from which he scored eight wins and finished in the placings 21 times.

Donovan has shown himself to be a very competent and talented young rider and his dedication to his profession is worthy of this month’s award.

Well done Donovan.

STUART RANDOLPH

As expected, as the Mike de Kock stable rider, Anthony Delpech had another good month with 10 winners and Anton Marcus made the most of his 22 rides to bag six. However, steady performances by Stuart Randolph brought him seven winners was deemed worthy of acknowledgement.

Hard-working and reliable and giving his mounts every chance, Stuart managed to get another 18 of his rides into the placings giving him the highest win-place rider percentage of 56.82% for the month.

Well done Stuart.

KEVIN SHEA

There has never been any doubt that Kevin has been one of the country’s finest riders and his success in races overseas is evidence of his ability to compete and beat some of the best in the world.

“Shezi”, as he is affectionately called, has always been one of the characters in racing but when he throws his leg over a thoroughbred it all becomes very serious and professional and in tight finishes, one of the toughest around.

After years of overseas campaigns with Mike de Kock he has settled back in South Africa and is riding winners on a regular basis.

During the month he rode seven winners and steered another 11 of his mounts into the placings from 28 rides giving him a 25% win strike rate with 64% of his rides finishing in the first four – an excellent performance.

Well done Kevin.

KEAGAN DE MELO

As expected, Anton Marcus continued to notch up the winners and he scored another 10 during the month keeping his followers in the money.

But a young man who is making the most of every ride he is given is Keagan and from his 54 rides in the month he managed nine wins and 16 places and punters that followed him with a R1 win bet on each of his mounts would have ended the month with a profit of R8.50.

It was an outstanding achievement.

Well done Keagan.

KEAGAN DE MELO

It was a hectic month for all in racing and Anton Marcus continued to dominate with impeccable skill and consistency to drive 16 of his 38 rides straight into the winner’s enclosure with 14 of his other mounts finishing in the placings.

However, the busiest of the riders in the month was Keagan who threw a leg over 52 runners and made the most of the opportunities to get 10 of them across the line first and nine others into the first four with his supporters profiting by R32.30 at the end of the month if they had wagered R1 win bet on all of his rides.

It was an outstanding effort of hard work and dedication and well worth the monthly award.

Well done Keagan.

BRANDON LERENA

As expected, Anton Marcus, Sean Cormack and Anthony Delpech enjoyed a successful month with 36 winners between them but young Brandon made the most of the opportunities he was given and those that followed him would have had a profitable month.

He managed five winners and 18 places from his 45 rides and a R1 win bet on all his horses would have given punters a R30.50 profit on their investment.

This likeable young rider has plenty of talent and is destined for greater things.

Well done Brandon.

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