Gary Rich (back) after Majestic Power, part-owned by former trainer Julie Guthrie (front), had won the fifth race on Wednesday under Cole Dicken (Candiese Lenferna).
Gary Rich won the fifth race on the Hollywoodbets Greyville poly on Wednesday just an hour after he had become a grandfather.
Gary’s daughter and son-in-law Tessa and Mike Zietsman had earlier welcomed into the world their baby boy ‘Zak”.
The name of the winning horse was Majestic Power.
The Just As Well gelding stayed on late to win by quarter of a length.
Zak was a week overdue but finally arrived and Gary quipped he had also run on well.
Tessa is assistant trainer to Kumaran Naidoo.
Julie Guthrie, a former trainer colleague of Gary’s at Ashburton, is a member of the syndicate of owners.
Gary will soon be making the compulsory move to Summerveld after the recent announcement of the closure of Ashburton.
