The Dean Smith-trained Algoa Cup hero Zatara Magic (Rabada) makes it three on the trot and secures a four-timer for Craig Zackey and the third leg of a four timer for Smith on the Fairview poly on Monday (Pauline Herman Photography)
Richard Fourie had been steadily closing the gap on national log leader Craig Zackey in the race for the Jockeys Championship, but today (monday) on the Fairview poly Zackey had a four-timer to Fourie’s blank and this saw him going eleven wins clear.
Dean Smith also scored a four-timer, two of them brought home by Zackey, and Cliffie Miller scored a double.
Champion owners Hollywood Racing clinched a treble and Hemel ‘N Aarde Stud bred two of the day’s winners.
Zackey is now on 109 wins for the season and has done it at a strike rate of 17.03%.
Dean Smith is on 17 wins at 14.91%, although the Smith yard have now had 43 wins for the season with 26 of them registered under the late Gavin Smith’s name.
Cliffie Miller has had nine wins at 6.29%.
Hollywood Racing have had a phenomenal 80 wins already this season at a strike rate of 15.56%, so they are likely to smash their own record of 128 in a season.
Hemel ‘N Aarde have had 23 winners of 27 races this season.
