The Alyson Wright-trained Professor Lupin gives Keagan de Melo a treble (JC Photos)
Keagan de Melo scored a treble on the Hollywoodbets Greyville poly on Wednesday and although he is too far back in the national championship he has already put himself in contention for the KZN championship.
Calvin Habib rode a double for Wendy Whitehead to go third in the national championship, while Whitehead’s double took her into third place in the KZN trainers championship.
De Melo is now on 30 wins for the season and has done it at a strike rate of 16.67%.
He has had 19 of those wins in KZN and that puts him just 17 wins off the pace set by Serino Moodley, who 36 wins is four in front of Tristan Godden.
Moodley has just returned from a six-and-a-half week layoff for injury.
Habib is on 76 wins for the season at 12.12% and goes one ahead of Yeni and three ahead of Callan Murray in the tussle for third place on the national log.
Whitehead is on 18 wins at 9.42%.
All of her wins have been in KZN and she is in third place on the KZN log behind the joint leaders Gareth van Zyl and Alyson Wright, who are both on 27 wins in KZN.
