ANTON MARCUS

Will Anton Marcus ever ride again??

Sammy Silver wrote:

Will Anton Marcus ever ride again??

When armchairs again available in SA??!!:whistle: Ryan Moore currently has exclusive access and use thereof...

Sammy Silver wrote:

Will Anton Marcus ever ride again??

I hope he does return.


Brilliant jockey.

10-15 years ago we had so many world class jocks riding in SA

Now we have a Richard Fourie at a push

The Academy masters need a shake

We could do with Anton back riding. Maybe also more than 10 active Appies would help.

Jockey Numbers last 6 season

2022/2023 83 season to date
2021/2022 103 end of season
2020/2021 107 end of season
2019/2020 102 end of season
2018/2019 116 end of season
2017/2018 122 end of season

And those numbers will keep decreasing

We were spoilt for choice in the past as we had the likes of:

- Jeff Lloyd (The Governor)
- Anthony Delpech (Bonjie)
- Michael Roberts (Muis)
- Felix Coetzee (The Cat)
- Basil Marcus
- Anton Marcus (Superman)
- Andrew Fortune (The Candyman)
- Robbie Fradd
- Robbie Sham
- Karl Niesius
- Doug Whyte
- Bartie Liesher
- Harold Wright (Tiger)
- Garth Puller
- Bertie Hayden
- Kevin Shea

These were the legend jockeys!!!

And the only top rated jockeys we have right now is :
Fourie
Gavin Lerena,
De Melo
Khumalo
Yeni
Van Niekerk..... runs hot an cold
Domayer
Venniker up and coming jock
STRIKER is on the verge of retiring
Munger up and coming, leaving for Singapore

How many decent IMPORTED jockeys are we going to get for this year's Durban July ?

Gerald Turner
Marty Schoman?

Many more ?

Dave Scott wrote:

Gerald Turner
Marty Schoman?

Many more ?

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Like to add.................

Charlie Barends
Mark Khan
Weichong Mawing
Rhys Van Wyk
Gavin Van Zyl

We have very short memories
All the jocks that we listed probably at one time or another cost a punter big money and many had their own crisis or scandal back in the day.

Most countries have a few top dogs a few elite riders and the bulk of riders waiting for a break.

When u on top of a horse going 60km per hour if u dont know what u doing the other jocks will sort u out. u a danger to all of them.

The jocks only use the rules made available to them in each country. The fact that the NHRA cant find their arse from their elbow does not make our current jocks less talented than previous eras.

100% Sylvester

The overall standard is poor... And none of the Jocks on Elvis's list are up and coming, they are all established and most veterans