As early birthday presents go, it does not get much better than the one handed by trainer Paul Peter to jockey Gavin Lerena. Three weeks before turning 35, the popular rider will be reunited with top three-year-old filly Summer Pudding.

It is not a gift Peter had planned on giving Lerena, but due to Lockdown level 3 rules restricting movement between provinces Summer Pudding's regular pilot Warren Kennedy will have to watch the action in the Wilgerbosdrift Oaks at Turffontein on TV in KwaZulu-Natal...

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