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Keagan de Melo the man to watch on Charity Mile Day

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Keagan de Melo the man to watch on Charity Mile Day

Keagan de Melo is the man to watch on Charity Mile Day at Turffontein Racecourse on Saturday. De Mela has ridden nine winners in the last five days.

De Melo is the 2022/23 season's leading rider. He has notched up 79 winners from 334 rides in less than three months. Puerto Manzano is a consistent top-level campaigner for the Johan Janse van Vuuren stable. De Mela's best winning chances are in the last two races on the card, Races 9 and 10. He rides 33-10 favourite Black Thorn and 4-1 shot Another Level. Black Thorsion won the Gold Vase at Greyville on Durban July day. Another Thoursion finished fourth in Gold Cup despite a tough passage.

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