Hollywood Star of the week - Menno Malherbe

Only a handful of workriders have made a successful transition from workrider to jockey. MENNO MALHERBE is one of them, but he had to wait until he was 26 years old before he could start his apprenticeship. Fortunately, for him, his father was friendly with Mike Nunes who suggested that Menno try to be a jockey. When riding work for Geoff Woodruff it was he who suggested Menno apply to get into the special apprentices program. The two jockeys he follows, and tries to emulate, are Piere Strydom and Anton Marcus. If he manages to absorb much of what they do he will go a long way to achieving big things as a jockey. Fortunately for Menno he can ride at 50kg’s which gives him every chance of riding top horses with light masses.READ MORE

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