David Thiselton

S’Manga Khumalo was in devastating form at the Vaal Classic track yesterday riding six winners. He rode the first four on the card, then finished third in both the fifth and sixth races. He then won the seventh and eighth races which gave him and opportunity to equal the South African record of seven winners in a day in the last race. He was on the favourite Pecan Pie in the last but this horse failed to kick on from a handy position and finished fourth. The SA record of seven in a day is held by Jeff Lloyd ( three times in SA, once in Australia), Piere Strydom (twice), Harold “Tiger” Wright and Garth Puller.