Jockey Championship

Not sure of the current standings so far.. bt pretty sure these 2 are fairly high up on the boards.
Pierre Strydom n Shawn Cormack, call me biased, coz I'm also a durbanite bt I'm really rooting for shawn, quality jockey nw riding in the cape mostly for Snaith n Drier, gives him the perfect opportunity to mount a proper challenge for the jockey championship against S.A's current champion Anton marcus.
Same appliers to Pierre strydom, riding like absolute masterpiece, perfect example on sunday, Gray's champ, flew from the back of the field, devouring the ground with each n every stride piloted by striker, and if he continues with Tarry, we might very well see a very exciting journey to the jockey championship title between, Shawn, Pierre and Anton.

Jockey log up to and including the 16th December:-

1 Piere Strydom ~ 81
2 Anton Marcus ~ 63
3 Sean Cormack ~ 56
4 Robbie Fradd ~ 50
5 Muzi Yeni ~ 44
6 Anthony Delpech ~ 42
7 Gavin Lerena ~ 38
8 Sherman Brown ~ 37
9 Bernard Fayd'Herbe ~ 35
10 M J Byleveld ~ 35

Marcus 15/10 and would guess will catch Striker when traveling kicks in

Seems to be no hunger/ambition amongst Cape Jockeys
Must be the first time in 20+ yrs we have none in the top five
The best { Felix Coetzee and Andrew Fortune} injured
The most promising and exiting SA prospect, Richard Fourie lost to HongKong

err...maybe R250 000 not worth chasing?:S

Maybe Titch could help here but when a jockey travels at R5,000 ? A time and 4 times a week = R20,000 x 4 per month = R 80,000 x say 10 months = R800,000 ?

The R5000 maybe high but if I wanted to jump on a plane to Cape and back in short notice or might stay over?

The travel costs must be high to chase 1/4 of a Million, I am aware it's a bonus over and above the winnings and riding fees but must be a substantial factor.

I'm interested to see Musi Yeni right up there with them. I knew he was doing well but wasn't aware he was doing THAT well ... good to see.

Strydom only had 43 winners at this stage last season....
Marcus 61

Muzi has the poorest win strike rate of the top jocks

scotia Wrote:

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> Maybe Titch could help here but when a jockey
> travels at R5,000 ? A time and 4 times a week =
> R20,000 x 4 per month = R 80,000 x say 10 months =
> R800,000 ?
>
> The R5000 maybe high but if I wanted to jump on a
> plane to Cape and back in short notice or might
> stay over?
>
> The travel costs must be high to chase 1/4 of a
> Million, I am aware it's a bonus over and above
> the winnings and riding fees but must be a
> substantial factor.

Scotty most of the jocks that travel have a sponsor or are covered by the stable they ride for (partially) and I believe that they can use the travel costs as a tax write off...

johnnycomelately Wrote:

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> Seems to be no hunger/ambition amongst Cape
> Jockeys
> Must be the first time in 20+ yrs we have none in
> the top five
> The best { Felix Coetzee and Andrew Fortune}
> injured
> The most promising and exiting SA prospect,
> Richard Fourie lost to HongKong
>
> err...maybe R250 000 not worth chasing?:S


He is enjoying his time there and riding some good winners......won't be rushing back here for 250k!!!!!!!

10 winners already and earned nearly R14m in prizemoney

Nothing and nobody will beat Strydom this year.....he said it in the beginning of the season and he will prove it.....you dont have to travel all the time to win the championship,you only travel for big races.....and he surely riding everyone to pieces this year.....best in this country