The Sharon Kotzen-trained Red William gives Richard Fourie a four-timer and William Longsword a double (Pauline Herman Photography)
Richard Fourie has been in devastating form and a four-timer on the Fairview poly on Tuesday saw him just one win behind Craig Zackey on the national jockeys log.
Fourie had had just eight wins by the end of August to Zackey’s 19, but he has had 24 wins already this month at a strike rate of 29.27%.
His 32 overall wins have been at a strike rate of 26.89%
Zackey is on 33 win at 14.29%
Serino Moodley is in third place on 26 wins at 16.56%.
Calvin Habib is on 25 wns at 13.59%.
Muzi Yeni is next best on 23 wins at 12.85%.
Three of Fourie’s wins were for Alan Greeff
Emanuel Kaknis sent out a double today and Gavin Smith and Charles Ndlovu both scored individual doubles too.
Greeff is already on 27 wins for the season at 19.01%.
Gavin Smith is on 15 wins at 9.68%.
Emanuel Kaknis is on four wins at 6.78%.
Charles Ndlovu is on three wins at 6.52%.
Fourie’s run today began in the second race when the Greeff-trained What A Winter gelding Winter Emeralds was dropped out to last from draw six of six in a 1600m race and after relaxing well in the running he stormed home to a comfortable 2,50 length victory.
In the third race over 1200m in a Middle Stakes event he was aboard the unbeaten Greeff-trained four-year-old Canford Cliffs filly Baie Mooi, but after starting favourite against the boys at 5/4 she was never traveling well and finished last in the five horse field. She is better than that and can bounce back.
In the fifth race over 1400m Fourie dropped Greeff-trained Erik The Red filly Augusto Rosso in to midfield in the eight runner field and from there she found a strong finish to win by a head in a result which saw the first eight separated by 0,90 lengths.
In the sixth over 1400m the Greeff-trained Rafeef filly Exquisite was having her second start in the East Cape since arriving from Cape Town and outclassed them to win by half-a-length.
In the seventh over 2000m the Sharon Kotzen-trained Red William finished strongly to score an individual hattrick and he gave William Longsword a double on the day and Fourie his four-timer.
Fourie failed by a quarter of a length to make it five in the last race in which the strong-finishing Kaknis-trained San Quintin justified support from 14/1 into 7/2 and gave Ndlovu his double.
