MONDAY 13th - THURSDAY 16th JULY 2015
No. 2164 ISSN 1023 / 6996
Call Kelly could go one better this time
FLAMINGO PARK 12:20pm (Monday) p.3
VAAL 12:50pm (Tuesday) p.11
SCOTTSVILLE 11:55am (Wednesday) p.23
VAAL 12:20pm (Thursday) p.32
MR 80 HANDICAP at Vaal on Tuesday
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Charisma and entertainment value don’t come in much smarter packages in the jockey ranks than former SA champion Andrew Fortune. In the space of a matter of weeks the legendary rider has brightened the Gauteng racing scene – and lifted the fortunes of the Gary Alexander Stable with four well-taken winners. He is back in action at the Vaal on Tuesday, where he rides Call Kelly for St John Gray in the topliner. hile Call Kelly has some work to do in the MR 80 Handicap run over 1200m, the fact that Fortune takes the ride again after being humiliated by a greenhorn in Calvin Habib on Night
Editor at his last start, means that he may have a point to prove to himself, the trainer – or whoever.
Bestseller
The 47 year old claimed the SA jockey title in 2008/9 where he rode like a man
possessed – whilst restricted to a ridiculous 60kgs. No big name has ever walked that road over any season, but it was just another obstacle that ‘Manna’ has overcome in a life and career that has bestseller written all over it. His current sojourn in the North is proving a profitable
MR 118 Dynasty – Moonlit Prairie by Cozzene
Won x3 Gr1
• Second x2 Gr1 • Second x2 Gr2
one. “At this rate, I may even stay,” he said rather casually this week. From just a handful of meetings from 25 June to 7 July, he rode 4 winners from just 23 rides. And being a heavyweight, he is naturally limited to the scope of his opportunities.
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Cont. p.2
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