Gareth van Zyl

Alyson Wright took the lead in the tight race for KZN’s Champion Trainer with a rare five-timer at Hollywoodbets Greyville putting her three winners ahead of closest rival Gareth van Zyl. However, Gareth was only one behind her with five winners to Alyson’s six for the month but he took a calculated gamble in supplementing Flag Man for the Gr1 Hollywoodbets Durban July off his 96 merit rating. After running hot favourite Green With Envy to a head in the Gr1 Daily News 2000, Flag Man took a massive 34-point hit in the ratings, one pound less than the ruling July ante-post favourite but also catapulted Gareth’s runner into a live runner for Africa’s greatest horserace. 

Gareth van Zyl is Gold Circle’s Trainer of the Month for May