HORSE RACING
Jockey Muzi Yeni out to fulfil yen for more glory
Jockey Muzi Yeni — probably tired of apprentice Lyle Hewitson hogging all of the headlines — could grab his piece of the racing limelight when he rides Coral Fever in Saturday’s R4m Premier’s Champions Challenge at Turffontein. Yeni, 31, is enjoying another successful season and recently rode his 100th winner of the campaign and has built a good relationship with five-year-old Coral Fever. This inmate of Robbie Sage’s stable ran third behind Liege in the Sansui Summer Cup in November and won in good style over Saturday’s course and distance. Liege is trained by Sean Tarry and Yeni will be well aware that the champion trainer’s runner Legal Eagle is the horse to beat if he is going to take the handsome first cheque of R2,5m. With 13 wins and stake earnings of more than R11.5m, Legal Eagle has enjoyed a career that can be likened to that of AB de Villiers in cricket. Time and again, he has produced the goods when needed. Although Anton Marcus will give the six-year-old every assistanc...
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