Good friends but fierce rivals, Richard Fourie (left) and Craig Zackey (right), fight out the finish of this year’s Hollywoodbets Durban July (Chase Liebenberg Photography)
Richard Fourie does not agree with Hollywoodbets’ betting for the national jockeys championship in which they have him as 9/10 favourite and Craig Zackey 11/10.
Zackey is 16 wins clear of Fourie at present with nearly a third of the season finished.
He said, “I think they’ve got it all wrong, I think Craig Zackey should be 4/10. He’s working phenomenally well. He’s riding well. He’s travelling every day. I’ve made it very clear, I’ll go up and ride the feature race days, but I enjoy working in Cape Town and riding for Ridgemont.”
He added, “My aim is to ride as many winners as I can on the days that I ride. I’m concentrating on winning big races and working with my team.”
However, he did conclude by saying he might increase his travelling if he was within striking distance in the last couple of months of the season.
He said, “If I’m within reach of it, I’ll give it a full go.”
