HORSE RACING
Fourie flies north in bid to keep Gray on a roll
Trainer St John Gray's decision to engage Cape-based jockey Richard Fourie could reap rewards
With the engagement of Cape-based jockey Richard Fourie for five races on Saturday, trainer St John Gray hopes to increase his odds in the R500,000-a-piece seventh and eighth races. Trainer St John Gray's decision to engage Cape-based jockey Richard Fourie for five rides at Turffontein on Saturday could reap rewards, with both Strawberry Pavlova and Lake Kinneret serious runners in two of the World Sports Betting Grand Series races. With the meeting switched from the Vaal to Turffontein, the seventh and eighth races form the two legs of the Grand Series with a gross purse of R500,000 for each race. With the winning owner receiving R296,800, Gray will have gladly paid Fourie's airfare as the 32-year-old has been in hot form recently and is very much in the mix for his first jockeys title. At present he is in third place in the national log behind Muzi Yeni. Fourie's mount in the seventh race is the Kahal gelding Lake Kinneret, who has a favourable draw and low weight of 52.5kg. In fi...
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