HORSE RACING
Wheel of fortune turns for Pettigrew and Surcharge at Greyville
Talented three-year-old Surcharge at last gets a favourable draw in the R2m Daily News 2,000
Exasperation is the word that best sums up the first five months of the year for trainer Stuart Pettigrew and his talented three-year-old Surcharge. The Randjesfontein trainer could be excused uttering a few expletives as Surcharge drew the widest barrier in the Gauteng Guineas, SA Classic and SA Derby. The result was that Pettigrew had to settle for the runner-up cheque on each occasion. The wheel of fortune eventually turns and that is the case here, with Surcharge at last given a favourable draw in the R2m Daily News 2,000 to be run at Greyville on June 2. It is an important date in the racing calendar with the world’s most famous race, the Investec Derby, being run at Epsom in the UK. Surcharge has drawn barrier six in the Daily News, but now Pettigrew faces another hurdle. The horse’s regular pilot, Piere Strydom, is sidelined with an injury so the hunt is on for a replacement jockey. That is not the easiest of tasks with three other top riders — Anthony Delpech, Anton Marcus a...
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