New Turf Carriers Rider Cup- Final Standings

The Highveld Hawks snatched a short-head decision as they landed the New Turf Carriers Rider Cup at Scottsville yesterday. At the end of the four-legged contest, the Hawks scraped home by five points ahead of the KZN Falcons with the Cape Eagles a rather distant third.

The Falcons were seemingly cruising going into the third leg but Gavin Lerena pulled one out of the bag on outsider Sonar Active for Mike Miller and Marco van Rensburg and Lyle Hewitson, a late replacement for S’manga Khumalo, also collecting a bag-full of points for the Hawks.

Diamond In The Sky was the only runner in the final leg not to have a cross behind her name denoting a chance in the Computaform but Kom Naidoo had her spot on in her first outing for the yard and Falcons rider Warren Kennedy drove her hard for an upset win with less than two lengths covering the first seven home.

It was too little too late for the Falcons as Lerena and Hewitson, along with Van Rensburg and Zackey earning enough points to scrape in by five.

Some consolation for the Falcons was that Anton Marcus finished Victor Ludorum, eight points clear of second-placed Hawks rider Gavin Lerena who had a lucrative afternoon, booting home a double.

Points schedule was as follows:

I see Byleveld and Cheyne were the top two Cape jockeys.

shrek wrote: I see Byleveld and Cheyne were the top two Cape jockeys.

Also wrote this on my FB

No surprizes here :lol: