WHEN it comes to commitment to your job, Durban-born jockey Muzi Yeni is a great example to other sportsmen.He rides all over the country in search of winners and last season, rode in 1,363 races — only seven fewer than champion S’manga Khumalo.While Yeni is happy booting home winners in lower centres such as Kimberley and Port Elizabeth, he has not had as much big race success as Khumalo, who has won the Durban July twice.Yeni could change that this weekend as he has as good a chance as any of capturing the inaugural running of the R750,000 World Sports Betting Grand Heritage race at the Vaal on Saturday.He has been booked for Tony Rivalland’s Kwa-Zulu-Natal raider, Humidor, and there has been significant support for the son of Miesque’s Approval in the ante-post market. He has shortened from 20-1 to 12-1 in latest betting.Anton Marcus partnered Humidor to a good win at Scottsville in June and Rivalland, who has enjoyed considerable success with his raiders to the Highveld, obvious...
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