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‘Spare’ gets them home for Puller
The Mercury
|July 10, 2025
LEGENDARY jockey and trainer Garth Puller is not easily pleased when it comes to the riders that he puts on his horses but he has stayed loyal and mentored former SAJA Head Boy Siphesihle Hlengwa, known affectionately to all at Summerveld as ‘Spare’.
Hlengwa
Unassuming and polite, Hlengwa got two home for Puller at Hollywoodbets Scottsville yesterday.
Kanaal Skater looked to be home and dry in the third to add to Dean Kannemeyer'’s Hollywoodbets Durban July victory last Saturday but was treading water late as Cardinal Chief pedaled past under Hlengwa to run him out of it with early leader Xenophon staying on for third.
Celestial Diamond found plenty of support in the market for the Gallop Form Maiden Plate, next up on the card, but Hlengwa went one better after being run out of it late last time out, to keep the favourite at bay.
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