Marwing has been given 40 boxes and will likely move gradually over the next few months, as the Highveld Spring Season is just getting into full swing. Expect more detailed coverage of the relocation next week.

Meanwhile, Gary Rich is expecting to have his trainer’s licence officially renewed by next week. He has been allocated 20 boxes at Ashburton and currently has six horses there, with another two on the way and he will be attending the Ready To Run Sales in Johannesburg in an attempt to increase his numbers.

Gary is the son of Des, who trained the 1977 Durban July winner Lightning Shot. Gary had just left school at the time of Lightning Shot’s famous victory and was working for his father, although he started his national service the following week. Gary took over the reins from Des in 1989 and kept his license until the year 2002.

He then took up a position at the South African Jockey’s Academy as a riding master. He worked at the Summerveld Academy for three-and-a-half years before moving to Port Elizabeth, where he held a Riding Master and management position for another three-and-a-half years.

He then left in July 2009 to become the assistant to private KZN midlands trainer Adam Kethro. He was with Kethro until January this year. Rich said there had been “many highlights” in his career but none had yet matched Lightning Shot’s July win.