It is, quite simply, a remarkable sporting achievement. Trainer Sean Tarry has ended the 2016-17 season with his runners earning R36m in stake money. When Tarry finished the 2014-15 campaign with a total of R25.9m, pundits predicted it was a figure which might not be bettered for years. Just 12 months later, Tarry made a mockery of that forecast with his 2015-16 total reaching R500 shy of R28m. In that season, 48-year-old Tarry saddled 209 winners, but improved on that by six winners last term. It is 40 winners more than his nearest rival, Justin Snaith. Predictably, Snaith was again second on the log with his 175 winners earning more than R21m, but the success story of the campaign is another Cape trainer’s, Brett Crawford. In the 2015-16 season, he finished 12th on the national log. Now he shot up to third place with his runners earning more than R19.3m. His star performers included Sun Met winner Whisky Baron, Captain America and Sail South. In the top owners department, Markus J...
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