Richard Fourie rode a fine tactical race on Gold Giboski to clinch individual doubles for both himself and Justin Snaith (Picture: Wayne Marks)
Richard Fourie and Justin Snaith had individual doubles at Wednesday’s Hollywoodbets Kenilworth meeting,
There were also doubles for owner Francis Carruthers and for the combination of Ravi Naidoo, EN Isdell and Master Of My Fate.
Fourie had to be at his best to get the Shane Humby-trained 46/100 chance by Captain Of All, Digby, up in the first race over 1000m.
Digby is owned by Francis Carruthers in partnership with Mesdames K Bosman & J Hunter, E Hector & Ian Robinson.
Carruthers later scored a double when the horse he owns outright, the Eric Sands-trained Pomodoro gelding Kebonalasedi won a Class 5 race over 1400m by a neck under Callan Murray.
Fourie was at his best once again in the last race, a Class 4 race over 1000m, where he rode the Justin Snaith-trained Gold Giboski. Some would not have been pleased to see him taking a strong hold on the latter at the start, which ensured he was in last place in this fast race over the minimum trip.
However, it was all part of the plan and when Fourie switched the Gold Standard gelding outward in the latter stages it was clear he was going to accelerate past the field and he duly did so to win by half-a-length.
Snaith’s first win had been with the Master Of My Fate gelding Master Of Paris, who was bought to the outside by JP van der Merwe to win the 2200m event by 2,50 lengths.
Master Of Paris is owned by Nancy Cossack in partnership with Ravi Naidoo’s Kalinga and EN Isdell.
Naidoo and Isdell had also won the previous race over 1500m with the talented Candice Bass-trained Master Of My Fate gelding Major Master. The bay had sat in last place under Grant van NIekerk but produced devastating turn of foot in the straight to win by 0,40 lengths.
Fourie’s double took him to 82 wins for the season, just 12 behind national log leader Craig Zackey. He has done it at a strike rate of 25.79%.
Snaith has had 50 wins at 14.33%, which is seven less than Alan Greeff, although he is beating Greeff by a comfortable margin in stakes.
