The Phillip Labuschagne-trained Kiss Of Fire (Erupt) secures a treble for 4kg claiming apprentice Girish Samo-Burthia (JC Photos)
Mauritian jockey Girish Samo-Burthia is learning his trade at the South African Jockey Academy and, despite only having ridden six wins in his fledgling career before the meeting, he scored a treble at The Vaal on Thursday.
The 4kg claimer scored on the Tony Peter-trained Sea Wolf (Vercingetorix) at odds of 18/10, the Grant Maroun-trained In The Ether (Announce) at odds of 8/1 and the Phillip Labuschagne-trained Kiss Of Fire (Erupt) at odds of 6/1.
Serino Moodley rode a double for Fanie Bronkhorst and St. John Gray bred two of the winners on the day, owning and training one of them.
Prominent jockeys on the log, Craig Zackey, S’Manga Khumalo and Calvin Habib, all had blanks on the day.
Zackey and Moodley lead on 16 win at 15.09% and 21.33% respectively.
Samo-Burthia has had four wins at 25%.
Bronkhorst has had six wins at 11.11%.
