HORSE RACING
Champion trainer Justin Snaith readies four top jockeys to meet the Met
Snaith has assembled a quartet of top jockeys for the R5m Sun Met — SA's richest race
Champion trainer Justin Snaith has assembled an army of top jockeys for his assault on the country’s richest race — the R5m Sun Met — at Kenilworth on January 26. The quartet of riders are: • Richard Fourie, who has been in outstanding form this season and, having won the Queen’s Plate on Do It Again, retains the ride on the 2018 Vodacom Durban July winner. • Piere Strydom, who last won the Met in 2003, partners Doublemint, and the doyen of SA riders for many years is sure to get the best out of his mount. • S’manga Khumalo, who won the 2013 Durban July, has not had the best past 12 months. Lyle Hewitson is getting the plum rides for the Sean Tarry stable, but Snaith has faith in Khumalo and has secured his services for Made To Conquer, second in last season’s July. • Bernard Fayd’Herbe, who will be riding Oh Susanna. With Anton Marcus booked for Rainbow Bridge, Snaith stepped in quickly to book Fayd’Herbe — another jockey with huge experience — for his talented filly. He is in Duba...
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