Elijah Moodley, proudly dressed in his Mano Pandaram colours complete with boots and whip, met his idol Keagan de Melo at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday (Candiese Lenferna Photography)
Elijah Shyle Moodley had a memorable third birthday watching and also playing an active part in his favourite sport, horse racing.
His grandfather Seelan Moodley explained, “Elijah loves horse racing and when we recently held his 3rd birthday the theme was horse racing.
We made a jockey outfit for him and attended the races at Hollywoodbets Greyville. He loves Keagan de Melo. We find ourselves going to the racecourse only for him to see Keagan riding. He also likes the other Jockeys like Tristan, Rachel and Sean Veale. He will scream for Keagan in the Parade ring and Keagan will always respond to Elijah. We reached out to Race Coast for Elijah to meet his Idol. On Sunday at Hollywoodbets Greyville Elijah met Keagan while dressed up in his Jockey outfit. Keagan gave Elijah his goggles, had a conversation and took pictures with him. Elijah also had the opportunity of going to the Parade ring and meeting Calvin, Tristan and some of the other Jockeys. After Calvin won his race, he came up to Elijah and gave him, his cap. While most of the other kids will be in the play area Elijah will go to the parade ring and then to the race track for the whole race meeting.”
“To Race Coast and the Jockeys especially Keagan , you’r’ll are superstars., for giving time to a three-year-old and making his day. For some this might seem like a small thing, but to Elijah & us it was massive!”
Below: Keagan de Melo gives young Elijah his racing goggles plus some other pictures of the enthusiastic boy’s big day (all pictures taken by Candiese Lenferna)
