NEWSLETTER October 2009

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1 NEWSLETTER October 2009 A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals. Larry Bird From the Head Master s Desk Dear Parents and Friends of the Academy There are only two issues that I want to speak about this month, the first is that our matrics have started their final exams and I am sure that everyone would want to wish them well. We know that the matric exam time is a stressful time under normal circumstances. However our apprentices continue with their work riding and racing during the exam process. So we really do wish them all the best. The other issue that I would like to mention is how proud I am of our apprentices and the way they have been performing lately on the race track. A number of the apprentices have ridden doubles during this month and a treble and we congratulate, Derrick David who rode a double on the 2 nd October at Arlington. Donavan Mansour then went and rode a treble on the 3 rd October at Turffontein. On the same day Aldo Domeyer rode a double at Kenilworth. On the 10 th October Karis rode a double at Kenilworth. Then there was a first ever double for Ryan Curling while riding at Clairwood on the 14 th October. On the 15 th October Derreck David then rode another double at the Vaal. Donavan Mansour then recorded another double on the 20 th October while riding at Turffontein. Karis then pulled another double riding at Fairview on the 25 th October. Then we had a double first ever double when Gareth Wright and Jassurick Jordaan both rode doubles on the 30 th October at Greyville. While one recognises the effort and hard work that the apprentices put in I really want to congratulate the riding masters who spend a lot of time with the apprentices. These men assist and put in a lot of effort to ensure that the quality of riding is of a high standard. I also want to really thank the trainers who use the apprentices on their horses and also assist these young men and women in progressing in their riding ability. My concluding comment is directed at the apprentices and to simply say to them that they themselves have set the bench mark, it is now up to them to maintain the standard. Best wishes Graham Bailey

2 Some important dates to remember DATE Wednesday 11 November Friday 11 December Tuesday 15 December Sunday 3 January 2010 Tuesday 5 January Forthcoming Events ACTIVITY Exams start for Grade 10, 11 & Post Matrics 4 th Term ends School closes as well as kitchen and domitories 2 nd 5 th year apprentices return to the Academy 1 st year apprentices arrive at the Academy DATE EVENT Tuesday 8 December Prize Giving Ceremony at the Summerveld Clubhouse January 2010 Teambuilding at Sweetdale Camp Introducing our New Nursing Sister The Academy welcomes Sr. Deborah Butt to our staff. Debbie is a registered nurse who qualified at the end of 1995 from St. Augustine s Hospital where she did a 4 year Diploma in general nursing, Midwifery, Community nursing and Psychiatric nursing. She was awarded the best general nurse of her group on completion of her studies. Since then she has worked in both medical and surgical wards holding charge nurse positions in both areas. She has also worked overseas and is most proud of being made the first non EU citizen to hold a senior charge sister post in the Republic of Irelands largest teaching hospital, St. James s Hospital in Dublin. Since returning from Ireland she worked at Westville Hospital running the Occupational Health Clinic and now joins us on a part-time contract. Since starting at the beginning of September this year she has been busy setting up our clinic and getting to know the apprentices, teachers and other staff members. She looks forward to the challenges the Academy has to offer and has really enjoyed her time with us so far. We all wish her a long and happy stay at the Academy! SAJA Racemeeting at Greyville On Friday 11 October, we hosted our final charity race meeting on a cold and drizzling evening at Greyville Racecourse. Fortunately the heavy rain held back resulting in no races being abandoned. The event was a great success raising over R for the Academy. 180 people attended the function in the Classic Room. The atmosphere was fantastic and the food at Greyville was, as usual, outstanding. We have received many compliments from guests that attended. Evert Pheiffer won the Mattress King Apprentice FM 67 Handicap on the night with Aldo Domeyer coming in second, Derreck David third and Andile Mlaba fourth. 2

3 Weld-Mech Erections (Melishini s family & friends) Hillcrest Toyota kathy Krog & guests South African Jockey Academy Botha s Hill Butchery Equi-Feeds KZN Lee Naidoo & guests Graeme Hawkins from Gold Circle & guests 3

4 The Academy wishes to thank the following organisations that sponsored a race on the day: Lyric Consulting Betting World KwaZulu Natal Trainers Association Mattress King Richdens SuperSpar Dr. AMP Chetty & Dr. S Naidoo Hillcrest Toyota Equi-Feeds KZN A big thank you to the following that supported this event by taking a hospitality table: Gold Circle Kathy Krog our dietician Executrade Botha s Hill Butchery Golden Horse Casino Weld-Mech Erections Standard Bank Hillcrest Lee Naidoo Hillcrest Lawnmower Centre The Academy also extends our sincere thanks to the following: Gold Circle in particular Monica Holman, Precious Mbatha and the rest of their team for all their assistance in making this event a success. Southern Sun Leisure Resorts for sponsoring two nights accommodation and breakfast for two at the Drakensberg Sun as a prize for our fundraising raffle. Holland Wybrow & Associates for their kind cash donation Charles Grey our Marketing Manager for organizing the event. Grade 11 s & Post Matric s visit Summerhill Stud As part of our Equine Studies Curriculum, the Grade 11 s and Post Matric s got the amazing opportunity to visit to the famous and beautiful Summerhill Stud situated near Mooi River for a period of three days. On our first night we were woken up at about 11pm to witness foals being born. In total we saw the birth of approximately eight foals. While observing one of the mares foaling she began to experience difficulties and the vet had to perform an emergency caesarian operation. 4

5 Each morning we were woken up at 6am to saddle, trot and canter the two year olds. During our time at Summerhill we assisted with the teasing of mares and watched coverings. One of the stallions that we watched covering a mare was the racing legend Kahal. We also assisted the staff at Summerhill with taking temperatures of the sick foals and we also learned how to administer drips. Jaswick and Teaque cuddling a foal During our time at Summerhill we had to cook our own meal which was great fun and went fishing. Teaque caught a big bass and gave it to one of the grooms and I sure he and family enjoyed it for dinner. On behalf of all the apprentices, I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone at Summerhill Stud for allowing us to ride their horses and for providing us with this fantastic educational experience. One of these days we ll be winning on the horses we met. By Teaque Gould & Stallone Lee Naidoo 5

6 A Fun Day for apprentices To distress before the final exams, our apprentices participated in a fun day at the Academy. Activities included a treasure hunt, soccer, boerewors braai and a crazy relay competition in our covered arena. A great time was had by all. 6

7 Apprentices recognized and rewarded for their academic achievements during the third term Apprentices that received awards: subjects (7 on rating scale = 80% and above) are as follows: NAME DESCRIPTION AWARD GRADE 10 Tanya Gee Math Literacy s Consumer Studies Business Studies Equine Studies 1 st position in class Sanele Duma Stable Management & Equine Studies Consistent effort & good attitude towards academic work s & 1 prep off Keagan de Melo Stable Management Lincoln Masikela Life Orientation Luzayn Lombard Life Orientation GRADE 11 Teaque Gould Maths Literacy & Life orientation 1 st position in class Consistent effort & good attitude towards academic work Stallone Lee Naidoo Maths Literacy & Stable Management Consistent effort & good attitude towards academic work Jayson Dladla Stable Management Consistent effort & good attitude towards academic work s & 1 prep off s Johannes Greyling Stable Management Athandiwe Mgudlwa Stable Management GRADE 12 Gareth Wright Maths Literacy & Life Orientation s Neo Qaule Justine King 1 st position in class Life Orientation Consistent effort & good attitude towards academic work Life Orientation Consistent effort & good attitude towards academic work & 1 prep off 7

8 Apprentices recognized and rewarded for their riding skills NAME DESCRIPTION AWARD Donavan Mansour 50 Winners Blazer & Horseshoe Badge Donovan Howell 30 Winners Horseshoe Badge Ryan Roy Curling 1 st Double Win Best Rider - September & R200 Nooresh Juglall Professional Apprentice of the Month Exemplary Riding Style & Gold Cap Gareth Wright Most race rides for the month of & R100 September Doctor Lembethe 1 st race ride & Scroll Justine King Exemplary Riding Style Sadick Watson Jumping out of starting stalls for the first time Lincoln Masikela Jumping out of starting stalls for the first time Keagon de Melo Riding more than 15 horses at track Neo presents Nooresh with his Gold Cap Gareth receiving his certificate from Graham Bailey General Awards... NAME DESCRIPTION AWARD Julius Mariba For keeping his stable well maintained and clean One prep off Ryan Roy Curling Good ambassador for the Academy Stallone Lee Naidoo For keeping his stable well maintained and clean One prep off Teaque Gould Good ambassador for the Academy & R100 Sadick Watson Exemplary horse care Gareth Wright Continuous good interviews on Tellytrack Jason Smitsdorff For always being honest 8

9 Apprentice birthdays celebrated during October Jaswick Jordaan Jason Smitsdorff Gavin Coetzee turned 21 congrats! Anthony Andrews turned 21 congrats! Lincoln Masikela Tshepiso Matsoele Julius Mariba Ryan Roy Curling Nicolas Ithier Here s wishing you guys a very happy birthday and trust that you all had an awesome day!!! Phumelela Gold Apprentice Challenge Congratulation to Evert Phieffer on winning both challenges in October. The first win was for trainer Ivan Moore on Prima Tiara run at Greyville race course and the second win was on Silver Jet for trainer Ernie Anderson run at Turffontein race course. This has now put apprentice Evert Phieffer in front for the Phumelela & Gold Circle apprentice challenge. The points to date are as follows: Pos PHASE ONE 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Total 1 Evert Pheiffer Tshwaro Appie Ryan Curling Juan Paul van der Merwe Derreck David Victor Morake Gareth Wright Aldo Domeyer Donavan Mansour Nicola Welch Andile Mlaba Aldo Domeyer Andile Mlaba Jassurick Jordaan Jonathan Soll Gavin Coetzee 1 3 The points system is as follows: 1 st Place 10 points 2 nd Place 6 points 3 rd Place 4 points 4 th Place 3 points 5 th Place 2 points 6 th Place 1 points By Robert Moore 9

10 Apprentice Log Positions to Date for the Current Season (as at the 31 October 2009) LOG POSITION APPRENTICE WINS PLACES RIDES STRIKE RATE % 1 Derreck David Donavan Mansour Aldo Domeyer Karis Teetan Victor Morake Evert Pheiffer Ryan Roy Curling Jasurick Jordaan Gareth Wright Donald Bogaleboile Nicola Welch Grant van Niekerk Juan Paul v/d Merwe Tshwaro Appie Jonathan Soll By Karla Higgs Apprentice Race Results October 2009 DATE RACECOURSE APPRENTICE RACE RESULTS 01/10/09 Vaal Evert Pheiffer 1 win Donavan Mansour 1 win & 1 place Nicola Welch 2 places Derreck David 1 place 02/10/09 Arlington Derreck David 2 wins & 1 place Donald Bogaleboile 1 place Roby Bheekary 1 place Jonathan Soll 2 places 03/10/09 Turffontein Derreck David 1 win & 3 places Donavan Mansour 3 wins Ryan Roy Curling 1 win Tshwaro Appie 1 place 03/10/09 Kenilworth Aldo Domeyer 2 wins & 1 place Karis Teetan 1 win & 3 places Grant van Niekerk 1 win & 2 places Jesen Vyapooree 1 place 04/10/09 Clairwood Melishini Pillay 1 place Aldo Domeyer 3 places Jonathan Soll 2 places Hennie Greyling 1 place Donavan Mansour 1 place 10

11 05/10/09 Flamingo Park Evert Pheiffer 1 win & 1 place Derreck David 1 win & 1 place Tshwaro Appie 1 place Victor Morake 2 places Nicola Welch 2 places 06/10/09 Vaal Victor Morake 1 win Derreck David 1 win & 3 places Tshwaro Appie 1 place 07/10/09 Greyville Jassurick Jordaan 2 places Andile Mlaba 1 place 07/10/09 Durbanville Aldo Domeyer 1 place Karis Teetan 2 places 08/10/09 Vaal Donavan Mansour 3 places Derreck David 1 place Victor Morake 1 place Evert Pheiffer 1 place 09/10/09 Greyville Jassurick Jordaan 1 win Evert Pheiffer 1 win Aldo Domeyer 1 win & 3 places Gareth Wright 2 places Derreck David 4 places Andile Mlaba 2 places Donavan Mansour 2 places 09/10/09 Arlington Vikram Sola 1 win Donald Bogaleboile 1 place 10/10/09 Turffontein Derreck David 3 places 10/10/09 Kenilworth Karis Teetan 2 wins & 1 place Aldo Domeyer 1 win & 1 place Grant van Niekerk 2 places 13/10/09 Vaal Nicola Welch 1 win Derreck David 1 place 14/10/09 Clairwood Ryan Roy Curling 2 wins (congratulations on your 1 st double!) Jassurick Jordaan 1 win Gareth Wright 1 place Donavan Mansour 1 place 15/10/09 Vaal Derreck David 2 wins & 3 places Nicola Welch 1 place Evert Pheiffer 1 place Donavan Mansour 1 place 16/10/09 Arlington Donald Bogaleboile 1 win Derreck David 1 place 17/10/09 Turffontein Tshwaro Appie 1 place 17/10/09 Kenilworth Donavan Mansour 1 win Karis Teetan 1 win & 1 place Grant van Niekerk 1 win & 2 places Devin Ashby 1 place Jesen Vyapooree 1 place 11

12 18/10/09 Clairwood Donavan Mansour 1 win & 2 places Aldo Domeyer 1 win & 2 places Gareth Wright 1 win Jassurick Jordaan 2 places 19/10/09 Arlington Vikram Sola 1 place Donald Bogaleboile 1 place Roby Bheekary 1 place 20/10/09 Turffontein Donavan Mansour 2 wins Derreck David 2 places Victor Morake 2 places 21/10/09 Durbanville Vicky Minott 1 place Grant van Niekerk 1 place Karis Teetan 1 place 22/10/09 Turffontein Evert Pheiffer 3 places Tshwaro Appie 2 places Nicola Welch 1 place Victor Morake 1 place Derreck David 3 places Donavan Mansour 1 place 23/10/09 Greyville Gavin Coetzee 1 win Jonathan Soll 1 win & 3 places Jassurick Jordaan 1 win Donavan Mansour 1 win & 1 place Aldo Domeyer 1 place Gareth Wright 1 place 23/10/09 Fairview Karis Teetan 1 win & 1 place Derreck David 4 places Roby Bheekary 1 place Donald Bogaleboile 2 places 24/10/09 Turffontein Derreck David 1 win & 2 places Evert Pheiffer 1 win 24/10/09 Kenilworth Aldo Domeyer 1 win & 3 places Grant van Niekerk 3 places Karis Teetan 2 places 25/10/09 Borrowdale Derreck David 1 win & 5 places 25/10/09 Scottsville Aldo Domeyer 1 win Ryan Roy Curling 2 places Gareth Wright 2 places Jonathan Soll 1 place 25/10/09 Fairview Karis Teetan 2 wins & 3 places Roby Bheekary 1 place Donald Bogaleboile 2 places 26/10/09 Flamingo Park Evert Pheiffer 1 win & 1 place Tshwaro Appie 3 places Victor Morake 2 places Nicola Welch 1 place 12

13 27/10/09 Turffontein Derreck David 1 win & 3 places Donavan Mansour 1 win Nicola Welch 1 place Tshwaro Appie 1 place 28/10/09 Durbanville Grant van Niekerk 2 places Devin Ashby 1 place 29/10/09 Vaal Derreck David 4 places 30/10/09 Fairview Roby Bheekary 1 win Donald Bogaleboile 2 places Derreck David 1 place 30/10/09 Greyville Gareth Wright 2 wins & 1 place Jassurick Jordaan 2 wins & 1 place Hennie Greyling 1 place Jonathan Soll 1 place Aldo Domeyer 2 places 31/10/09 Kenilworth Donavan Mansour 1 place Jesen Vyapooree 1 place 31/10/09 Turffontein Evert Pheiffer 1 win Ryan Roy Curling 1 win Gareth Wright 1 place Gavin Coetzee 1 place Derreck David 2 places Nicola Welch 1 place Ending off with a smile A horse showed up at a cricket match. He headed for the coach and said much to the coach s surprise, "I'd like to try out for the team." The manager eventually recovered from hearing a horse talk and said, "Really? Let me see you catch a few." The horse walked to the boundary and caught every ball hit to him. The manager asked him to bowl. The horse bowled the ball toward the batsman with amazing accuracy and speed taking the middle stump. Picking up bat a few minutes later, the horse proceeded to hit six after six. The manager said, "Not bad at all. Now let me see you run." The horse said, "If I could run, I'd be in the Vodacom Durban July!" The South African Jockey Academy s monthly Newsletter is compiled by Charles Grey Marketing Manager. Tel: Cell: marketing@theacademy.co.za 13