Win for women as Ashley Fortune makes top 10 in trainers log
Johan Janse van Vuuren provided the other notable achievement of the season by shooting up from 16th place to 10th
It is appropriate that in women’s month this August, a member of the fairer sex is the success story in trainer ranks for the recently completed 2019/2020 season. Ashley Fortune’s ninth-place finish in the national log is nothing short of remarkable when one considers that she did not feature in the top 30 for the 2018/2019 campaign.
Formerly an assistant to Noelene Peech in Zimbabwe before joining Joey Ramsden’s yard, Fortune is following in the footsteps of some big-name female trainers. In an early interview, she said: “Lady trainers have a great record in this country. I have read of the likes of Anne Upton, Jean Heming and Eileen Bestel. We have at least 15 current fairer sex conditioners making a living in what is largely a man’s world.”..
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