IN PICS | Champion jockey is hard at work training his horse for Durban July: Horse trainer and former British and South African champion jockey Michael Roberts is hard at work training his horse hoping to end a drought that has seen no KwaZulu-Natal…
Roberts wakes up at dawn every day to train See It Again, this year's favourite to win the race on July 1.
“I had a couple of winners for the queen . She used to love racing and was very knowledgeable. It was a great honour for me being from South Africa to meet the royal family. I won the Durban July with Super Quality in 1997. I have over 53 years' experience in horse racing” said Roberts. Horse trainer Michael Roberts,69, feeds See It Again at a stable in Summerveld Horse Training Centre.Three-year-old See It Again is a half brother of Do It Again who won the HDJ in 2019 and 2022. They are both the offspring of Twice Over, a stallion which won the UK Champion Racehorse 2009 and Joint European Champion 2009 titles. See It Again's mother is the sister of Do It Again's mother.
“Nick Jonsson bought it at the CTS yearling sale and he gave it to me [to train]. He said he could see from an early stage in training that he was above average. He progressed and matured so nicely and he just keeps improving and improving. He won the Group 1 Cape Derby in March, returned home and also won the Group 1 Daily News 2000 in Durban.
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