HORSE RACING
Jockey Craig Zackey selected for national team
Zackey will join the South African team to ride against an international side at Turffontein
Jockey Craig Zackey has gained just reward for his successful 2016-17 season with a call-up to the South African team that are to take on an international side at Turffontein in November. Zackey, 22, rode in more races (1,400) than any other rider in the last campaign and finished in sixth place on the national log, with 138 winners. He will be part of the South African side that will ride against the international side at the city track on November 19. As he was champion jockey last term with 195 winners, the honour of captaining the side goes to KwaZulu-Natal-based rider Anthony Delpech. The other members of the side will be Greg Cheyne, Gavin Lerena, Anton Marcus and S’manga Khumalo. Although he had the excellent strike rate of 21% winners to rides, there is no place for former champion Piere Strydom. The international side is yet to be announced and racing fans will be hoping that Frankie Dettori — the star of Sunday’s Arc in Paris — will make another trip. Zackey has seven book...
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