Sunday’s International Jockeys Challenge ended in a rare win for the visitors with nine-time Irish champion Pat Smullen leading his team to victory after some determined performances by himself and his fellow riders. Although it was a meeting to forget for SA captain Anthony Delpech, followers of the Business Day tips last Friday were rewarded with two good-priced winners in the international races — Smullen scoring on 7-1 chance Dromedaris and PJ Macdonald victorious on 8-1 shot Monarch Air. Jockey Gavin Lerena managed to win one of the international races for the home side and he travels to the Vaal on Tuesday. The pick of his quartet should be Geoff Woodruff’s No Mans Land in the seventh race. No Mans Land gets the vote to beat home Master Boulder and Truly who represents the in-form stable of Dorrie Sham. Lerena will be hoping that Celtic Lady can finally make it to the No1 box in the eighth race. But two females from the same yard, Osculation and Ilha Da Var, both have clear-cu...

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