HORSE RACING
Jockey Zackey works overtime to ride winners
It is fairly accurate to call up-and-coming Gauteng jockey Craig Zackey a "workaholic" as last season he rode in 1,401 races — 50 more than any rider in SA. The 22-year-old Johannesburg-born youngster had his best campaign to date finishing with 138 winners, which took him into sixth place on the national jockeys log. Zackey has started the new term in hot form and, while his book of rides at Turffontein on Thursday looks somewhat moderate, he will be hoping Aimee Sweet can produce her best form to win the sixth race. Trained by Grant Maroun, Aimee Sweet has won twice in 2017 with Zackey in the saddle, but the daughter of Great Britain needs to bounce back from a recent unplaced run. Aimee Sweet again renews rivalry with Varsity Princess and this daughter of Var should be right in the firing line despite the steadier of 62kg. Amazingly, jockey Sherman Brown, who rides the majority of Leon Erasmus’s horses, will be climbing aboard Varsity Princess for the first time. Aimee Sweet and ...
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