Richard Fourie’s nine Gr 1 wins constituted 33,33% of the 27 Gr 1s available during the season. (Candiese Lenferna Photography)
Justin Snaith led the Gr 1 count among the trainers this season, landing five Gr 1s with two different horses as Eight On Eighteen (Lancaster Bomber) landed three Gr 1s and Double Grand Slam (Vercingetorix) two.
Sean Tarry had the most individual Gr 1 winners with his trio Cosmic Speed (Querari), Legend Of Arthur (Lancaster Bomber) and Mia Moo (Vercingetorix) all landing one Gr 1 apiece.
Alec Laird landed two Gr 1s with two different horses, Atticus Finch (Master Of My Fate) and Fire Attack (Fire Away) and so did Mike and Mathew de Kock with Dave The King (Global View) and Jan van Goyen (Master Of My Fate), Dean Kannemeyer with the full brothers Gimme A Prince (Gimmethegreenlight) and The Real Prince (Gimmethegreenlight), Glen Kotzen with Rascova (Lancaster Bomber) and Good For You (Legislate) and Alan Greeff with Direct Hit (Canford Cliffs) and Golden Palm (Master Of My Fate).
Vaughan Marshall landed two Gr 1s with one horse, One Stripe (One World) and Brett and James Crawford also landed two Gr 1s with one horse, Fatal Flaw (New Predator).
There were single Gr 1 wins for Joe Soma with Fiery Pegasus (Captain Of All), Fabian Habib with Confederate (Fire Away), Stuart Ferrie with Gladatorian (Vercingetorix), Tony Peter with Buffalo Storm Cody (Buffalo Bill Cody) and Corne Spies with William Robertson (Rafeef).
Lancster Bomber was the leading sire of Gr 1 winners for the season with his three individual Gr 1 winners winning five Gr 1s between them.
Vercingetorix also had three individual Gr 1 winners in the season and they landed four Gr 1s between them.
Master Of My Fate also had three individual Gr 1 winners, each landing one Gr 1 apiece.
Fire Away had two individual Gr 1 winners each winning one Gr 1 apiece.
Gimmethegreenlight also had two individual Gr 1 winners who won one Gr 1 each.
One World had one Gr 1 winner, One World, and he won two Gr 1s.
New Predator also had one individual Gr 1 winner, Fatal Flaw, who won two Gr 1s.
Sires who had one individual Gr 1 winner of one Gr 1 race were Rafeef, Global View, Legislate, Querari, Buffalo Bill Cody, Captain Of All and Canford Cliffs.
Richard Fourie was the leading Gr 1-winning rider with nine Gr 1s, which consituted 33,33% of the 27 Gr 1s available, Gavin Lerena had five Gr 1 wins, Craig Zackey had four, Callan Murray had three and there was one each for Piere Strydom, Chad Little, Sean Veale, Calvin Habib, Ryan Munger and Andrew Fortune.
The leading breeders of Gr 1 winners was Drakenstein Stud who bred three individual Gr 1 winners (Eight On Eighteen, One Stripe and Legend Of Arthur) who won six Gr 1s betwwen them.
Varsfontein Stud bred three individual Gr 1 winners too, Double Grand Slam, Atticus Finch and Golden Palm, who won four Gr 1s between them.
