HORSE RACING
Jockey Fayd’Herbe the star attraction at the Vaal
Bernard Fayd’Herbe, who has ridden in more countries than most people have visited, makes a rare appearance at the Vaal on Thursday to partner two favourites for the powerful stable of Mike De Kock. The 36-year-old Fayd’Herbe, best known for his partnership with Pocket Power whom he rode 33 times, is the grandson of Tiger Wright and has kept the family flag flying with numerous big-race successes. His most recent major win came on Marinaresco in the 2017 Vodacom Durban July, but his CV also includes a victory on JJ The Jet Plane in the 2011 Al Quoz Sprint in Dubai and a third placing on Neil Bruss’s runner Paris Perfect in the Dubai World Cup in 2009. Fayd’Herbe is no stranger to riding for the De Kock team and he was in Dubai in 2017 when he was booked for Fawree — a difficult customer at the starting gate — in the UAE Derby. If bookies have got their sums right, Fayd’Herbe should win Thursday’s opening event on De Kock’s two-year-old colt Barahin. The youngster made a pleasing deb...
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