More records for fourie

Henk Steenkamp

He might not be chasing the national record this season but Richard Fourie continues to rewrite the Eastern Cape jockeys record books.

Fourie only needs one more winner to reach 100 winners at Fairview for this season.

He will become the first jockey to ride 100 or more winners in more than one season in the Eastern Cape when this happens – maybe in the first race at Friday’s Polytrack meeting.

Last season Fourie rode 119 winners which bettered Greg Cheyne’s tally of 116 in 2019. Cheyne is the only other jockey to have past 100 winners in an East Cape season.

Fourie looks set to win the East Cape jockey title for a third consecutive season. It will be his fourth EC title after he won it in 2012 for the first time.

His own EC season record of 119 winners will probably not last very long with Fourie already on 99, with more than four months left.

The combination of EC champion trainer Alan Greeff and Fourie has been in tremendous form at Fairview this season.

Greeff can also better his EC record for the most wins in a season – 176 set in 2019. He is at 139.

Friday’s meeting of nine races starts at 12:20, with Greeff and Fourie combining with the favourite Duchess Of Seville in the first.

Greeff and Fourie will be a factor throughout the day once again. Coral Creek (race 5), Arabian Red (race 6) and Sharapova (race 7) are the strong Greeff favourites on the day.

As always, let’s give it a go!