HORSE RACING
Big movers at top of latest trainers log
Here is the list of trainers whose stars are in the ascendant and those whose marks are disappointing
The national statistics for the 2016-17 season have been released and, like end-of-term school reports, there are those trainers whose stars are in the ascendant and those whose marks are disappointing. As reported last week, the national trainers log has been dominated by Sean Tarry whose stake earnings total was R15m more than that of his nearest rival, Justin Snaith. However, rather like discovering how your favourite club fared in the Premier League, the table showing who made the top 20 is of particular interest. Here — in alphabetical order — are those movers compared to the 2015-16 campaign. BRETT CRAWFORD What a season for the amicable Cape-based trainer who moved up from 12th to third place in the national log. He went from 81 to 112 winners, including Sun Met victor Whisky Baron, who has to be on the shortlist for Equus Horse of the Year. ALAN GREEFF He saddled the third-most winners and runners last season (behind Tarry and Snaith) and improved from 15th to eighth place ...
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