Eternal Spirit (Master Of My Fate) got an incredible day for Dean Smith and Craig Zackey off to a fine start (Picture: Pauline Herman)
Dean Smith scored an amazing six-timer on the Fairview turf today (Friday) and five of them were ridden by stable jockey Craig Zackey.
That means Smith has won ten races in the last two East Cape meetings, as he had a four-timer on Wednesday, and Zackey has had eight wins across those two meetings having had a treble on Wednesday.
Smith won the last five races at today’s meeting, meaning he saddled both the first and second Jackpots on the day.
Stallone Naidoo was aboard his winner of the fifth race, so Zackey did not ride either of the Jackpots.
Smith has now had 23 wins this season at a strike rate of 18.85% and he was four wins clear of Justin Snaith in the Lucky Fish Trainers Championship by the close of the Fairview meeting and five clear of traditional East Cape rival Alan Greeff.
Zackey’s five-timer took him to 19 wins for the season at 22.09%.
He was ten wins behind Lucky Fish Jockeys Championship leader Keagan de Melo by the end of day and was in joint-second place with Kabelo Matsunyane.
De Melo was set to have a few rides at the Hollywoodbets Greyville meeting on Friday night, so might have increased his lead by the close of play tonight.
The latest standings in the Lucky Fish Championships:
