The story is boring, but the racing is heart-stopping

Well, it has become one the most boring previews, writing about jockey Richard Fourie continuing his march to the jockey championship title, and in the process breaking the record for riding the most winners in a season.

Yawn.

But while his dominance has become the topic of the year, it does give bettors some sort of guide as to picking their bankers at every race meeting where Fourie is in action. Tomorrow at Fairview, where he has partnered up with trainer Alan Greeff, Fourie could take another few strides to his ultimate goal.

Fourie and Greeff, in partnership, have been a formidable force this season and a meeting double is probably the lowest target they will be aiming for. The first of Fourie’s rides to catch the eye is Gideon’s Daughter in Race 5, a MR 76 Handicap for fillies and mares over 1900m.

This daughter of Skitt Skizzle proved costly to follow earlier in her career but she is getting better and stronger since upped in distance.

The three-year-old has won twice in nine starts with both wins coming on the Polytrack.

Gideon’s Daughter was impressive with back-to-back victories in December/January over 1600m and has held her form well since then.

She was entered for the East Cape Derby last Friday so picking this race instead could add another feather in the cap for Greeff.

A race earlier, unreliable Meetatthewindsor could go close to winning for the Fourie-Greeff combination in this Classified Stakes over 1600m.

The Pomodoro gelding has been at very best on the turf but is distance-suited and did enough in his effort on the surface on 12 March when a fast-finishing fourth to suggest he can win on the Polytrack.

Current Eastern Cape champion trainer Gavin Smith also continues to have a steady stream of winners and Gimme’s Laddie in Race 7 and Globetonic in Race 8 could both get Smith on the scoreboard.

Gimme’s Laddie won on local debut on the Polytrack. It was only his second run since being gelded so a three-point penalty may not be enough to stop him.

Globetonic, a Great Britain-gelding, has won four of his 16 starts and most of those were at very decent odds.

Jockey Louie Mxothwa has a solid strike rate with Smith and won on Globetonic the only time he rode him.

JC Photographics Nobody can make this up. Nine-year-old Whorly Whorly last week scored his fourteenth career win when going to post for the 85th time. And who was in the saddle? Piere Strydom. Striker has ridden this Great Britain-gelding to five victories, the first dating back to 2020. The enigmatic Andrew Fortune was the first to sit atop Whorly Whorly in the winner’s enclosure back in 2017. The two veteran jockeys might both claim prime spot should Whorly Whorly get to be saddled for the 100th time. /