Any Top Jocks made it as trainers?

Have any of our former top jocks made it as trainers?

Basil Marcus...... Gavin van Zyl

Ziets was a top bush rider

David Payne.

Plus he won the July as a jockey and trainer.

Brian Cherry, Fred Rickaby,Garth Puller, Bert Abacrombie, Johnny Mc Creedy,

Many of you would not have heard of John Gorton......Tops of the Top... ( I know Naresh will have all his details).

Won a very big race in France for Omar Sharif, a story for another day!....



P.S Maybe Muis Roberts could also be considered as a trainer.........

Countrymember wrote: Many of you would not have heard of John Gorton......Tops of the Top... ( I know Naresh will have all his details).

Won a very big race in France for Omar Sharif, a story for another day!....



P.S Maybe Muis Roberts could also be considered as a trainer.........

Before my time but off my head I know John Gorton rode Jollify who dead heated with Sea Cottage. I shall check what else I can find.

peter kannemeyer

TOPIC: So who is S.A.'s most famous TRAINER who was an ex JOCKEY (2011)...

A lot on that page re this topic.......we still had the Expert Magic helping us out!!!

naresh wrote:

Countrymember wrote: Many of you would not have heard of John Gorton......Tops of the Top... ( I know Naresh will have all his details).

Won a very big race in France for Omar Sharif, a story for another day!....



P.S Maybe Muis Roberts could also be considered as a trainer.........

Before my time but off my head I know John Gorton rode Jollify who dead heated with Sea Cottage. I shall check what else I can find.

His father was Jackie Gorton who trained at Clairwood for my dad and uncle,,,Faro and Summer Dream were 2 of ours that shone...the rest were fairly average, Jackie also trained a bullet calle Fuzzy Rag...but that was not ours,,Johnny rode with a lot of success in Australia he returned to SA and was a private trainer to the Oppenheimers, In 2013 he became the Mongolian Racing Club's president and Director of Racing ....

naresh wrote: David Payne.

Plus he won the July as a jockey and trainer.

Training in South Africa for over 30 years, David achieved a feat rarely matched by any other – training the winners of every Group One race held in South Africa. Having also trained the winners of 100 individual Group One races in South Africa, David is the only person to ride and train a winner of South Africa’s prestigious Group One Durban July Handicap.

Titch wrote:

naresh wrote:

Countrymember wrote: Many of you would not have heard of John Gorton......Tops of the Top... ( I know Naresh will have all his details).

Won a very big race in France for Omar Sharif, a story for another day!....



P.S Maybe Muis Roberts could also be considered as a trainer.........

Before my time but off my head I know John Gorton rode Jollify who dead heated with Sea Cottage. I shall check what else I can find.

His father was Jackie Gorton who trained at Clairwood for my dad and uncle,,,Faro and Summer Dream were 2 that shone...the rest were fairly average, Jackie also trained a bullet calle Fuzzy Rag...but that was not ours,,In 2013 John became the Mongolian Racing Club's president and Director of Racing ....

I was told that the Gorton Family, bred, owned, trained and rode a July winner (all different horses)????