Hit us with your favourites

Idea Copied from a social media, we’ve probably done the same in the past but I like this kind of stuff

Who’s your all-time favourites

Current Jockey: Lyle Hewitson
Retired Jockey: Pat Eddery
Trainer: Michael Stoute
Race: Gold Cup ( Cheltenham)
Festival: Cheltenham
Track Memory: Knocking a bookie of the stool at Musselburgh trying to get on... The look on his face when I was 1st in line to collect

At first I though it was a thread dedicated to Dave.

Current Jockey: Richard Fourie
Retired Jockey: Figgy
Trainer: Alec Laird
Race: Grand National
Festival: Ascot
Track Memory: I was 18 and was sitting in the betting shop in Margate. I already had a sizable bet on London News and had R200 left in my bank account. An hour before the race decided to run 2km to the ATM draw my last R200 and run back to back him again. Nearly everyone in the betting shop was on London News and the celebrations afterwards was epic.

Current Jockey : Richard Fourie (without much enthusiasm)
Retired Jockey : Bert Abercrombie
Trainer : Donald McCain (don't ask me why!)
Race ; Cheltenham Gold Cup, Grand National, King George
Festivals : Cheltenham, Aintree, Royal Ascot, Glorious Goodwood.
Track Memory : Losing a substantial winning bet ticket and still being paid (a month later).

Let's spice this up with a few 'hates' :

Worst Track : Greyville since they butchered the grass track.
Worst Race : Durban July - a third rate handicap race desperately in need of modernisation and a makeover.
Least Favourite Jockey : Bernard 'panelbeater' Fayd'Herbe

......sorry did a CAP on previous post.....:blush:

Current Jockey : Randal Simmons
Retired Jockey : Raymond Rhodes
Trainer : Candice Dawson
Race Queens Plate
Festivals : Royal Ascot, Glorious Goodwood.
Track Memory : Newmarket Night meetings

Let's spice this up with a few 'hates' :

Worst Track : Greyville since they butchered the grass track.
Worst Race : Durban July - a third rate handicap race desperately in need of modernization and a makeover.
Least Favourite Jockey : Rather not mention

Current Jockey: Superman of course
Retired Jockey: Manne Fortune
Trainer: Muis Roberts
Race: July
Festival: Cheltenham
Track Memory: London News winning the July and the bookies where still paying out 2 races later :woohoo: :woohoo:
Worst Track : Kimberley
Worst Race : Summer Cup
Least Favourite Jockey : where to start :lol: but Ryan " Overrated " Moore will always be on top

Current Jockey: Anton Marcus
Retired Jockey: Felix the cat
Trainer: Richard Hannon Snr
Race: July
Festival: Ascot..York
Track Memory: Backing Eventuail in the July With Bernard on board and pay a dbl figures for a placr and 2% of the quaretet
Worst Track : Greyville after redo
Worst Race : Summer Cup

Current jockey. Anton Marcus
Retired. Lester Piggott
Trainer. Syd Laird
Race. Vodacom July
Festival. Ascot( hopefully Queens plate soon)
Track memory.Thandolwami running in the July and although cleaned up he wasn't beaten far. Incredible feeling to train and have a runner in the July.

Punting since I was in grade 2.. now 50 years later...

Current Jockey. Nothing beat Striker.

Retired Jockey. Bartie Leisher

Trainer. Nic Claasen

Race. Durban July by far. Illustrador my first July on course, attended every July but one (28) since then (1990).

Track Memory. Worst- Ice cold day July in 1996, London News won, 6 of us shared in Jersey, 5 minutes each trying to get warmer....

Best- Marinaresco winning the July after I told everybody I know to punt it Tab paying R21 a win... Even told Zietsman online after he tiped a quarted picking 15 horses for 4th.. not mentioning Marinaresco..

Also, attending the 2014 Arc de Triomph at Longchamps when Treve won it's second Arc... The second race that day was won by a horse named FOUND and I never seen a better/faster horse alive. He won the Breeders Cup I think and the Arc afterwards.

Worst track. VAAL... And I speaking out of my pocket...

Worst race/ festival. LM/Queens Plate weekend, very overrated. Being advertised as one of the top 5 racing festivals/days in the world... Not even top 5 in South Africa IMO. dream on.

Least Favourite Jockey. Gavin Lerena. Most unfriendly person in racing.

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Fav course: Ascot Bulawayo (Defunct)
Fav horse: Cool Gambler (thank you for the memories)
Fav trainer: retired Tom Fleming
Fav owner: late Jane Redrup
Fav Jockey now retired: Jimmy Anderson
Fav race: The Sports Pools (defunct)

Fav course now: Kenilworth
Worst course: Again, the butchered Grenville
Fav SA horse: Hawaii (I wish I knew him)
Best horse I have ever seen: What A Winter
Bucket list meeting: Laytown (flight ticket is booked for Sep)
Best bet: Strike It Rich winning the 1980 Castle Tankard


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Current Jockey: Striker

Retired Jockey: A Fortune

Trainer: MF de Kock

Horse: Horse Chestnut

Race: July by far

Festival: Dubai

Track Memory:

BEST: Ipi Tombe winning the July! I was on Angus big time, got 20-1 ante post at Bruma! Fukc!! But what a race! If you watch the race I am at the winning post with a grey sweater on! Grandstand side with my arms, then arm, then nothing in the air, all eyes fixed on Angus the entire race and only saw Ipi Tombe after the line!



2nd best: Horse Chestnut playing with July winners in the Met



Worst: Sharing a jersey with ‘The Saint’ at my first and centenary running of the then Rothmans July - London News! Extremely cold but also a great race! Had 2 horses in my JP and P6, Eldoriza and London News! Eldoriza was coupled with Sleek Machine who ran second! Fukc again

Worst Track : Kimberley

Worst Race : Summer Cup

Least Favourite Jockey : A Marcus and M Khan


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Current jockey. Muzi Yeni - for all his travels
Retired. Andrew Fortune.
Trainer. Jean Heming
Race. Computaform Sprint
Festival. Breeders Cup
Track memory. Kwiktan winning the derby
Fav course: Newmarket - Alberton
Fav Horse : Barbaro

Some great posts guys keep em coming