Apprentice Damyan Pillay

Sean Veale, who now plies his trade between KZN and the Western Cape, was KZN’s leading jockey in December, winning ten races at an average of 25%. However, he was upstaged by apprentice Damyan Pillay with four winners from just 19 rides. Damyan scored his first ever win aboard Red Mountain for Robbie Hill back in early September and has since ridden six more winners, four of those coming in December at a 21% winning strike rate.

Damyan is Gold Circle’s Jockey of the Month for December.