Greater heights await Sanele Mchunu

SANELE MCHUNU has made giant strides as Race Coast's Zulu horseracing commentator and has already commentated two Hollywoodbets Durban Julys with the feed going live on Supersport as well as on to the normal Gallop TV stream.

- DAVID THISELTON

It all started for him when he landed a job as a cameraman for Gold Circle back in 2015.

He said, "I was so privileged when I started my job as I was working closely with the presenters Kevin Shea, Warren Lenferna, Deez Dayanand and Sheldon Peters. They were sending me to take their bets, so I started learning about betting and about the horses and I started grasping all the information related to punting. I couldn't always rely on them to give me tips, so I started studying form so I could take my own bets. I would say I am an average punter. I do have my good days and I do have my bad days.

Sentbydestiny

“My best moment was when the Candice Dawson-trained filly Sentbydestiny won the Gr 1 Premiers Champion Stakes. She was running against big horses like Tempting Fate, who was the short-priced favourite, but I liked her and picked her and she won paying R25.20 on The Tote."

Sanele was given an opportunity to be the first Zulu commentator in the country last year and jumped at it.

He said, "I had to teach myself, there was nobody to teach me, but I studied the Zulu commentaries in other sports to find a model that would appeal to a Zulu audience."