VESUVIO Thoroughbred



Vesuvio is a thoroughbred horse born in South Africa in 2019. Race horse Vesuvio is by Erupt (IRE) out of Via Cosa Coma (SAF) , trained by Tyrone Zackey. Vesuvio form is available here. Owned by MR K P & MRS N M BACKOS & MESSRS S GOVENDER & SUVEN GOVENDER.


Pedigree :
Sire ERUPT (IRE) 2012
Dam VIA COSA COMA (SAF) 2004
Dam Sire AL MUFTI (USA) 1985

About the horse :
Foal Date 09 Nov 2019
Description 6yo B Gelding
Trainer Tyrone Zackey
Owner Mr K P & Mrs N M Backos & Messrs S Govender & Suven Govender
Career 8 Wins (14%) - 10 Placings (32%) - 56 starts
Wins 1200m (1), 1600m (2), 2000m (2), 2400m (2), 2600m (1)
PM South Africa : ZAR R696,420

Sale Information :
offline

2021 CTS Farm Yearling Sale (107)  

Ridgemont Highlands 

Nadine Backos

ZAR R 110,000



Starts:

56

Win Rate:

14%

Place Rate:

32%










Vesuvio Past Races

6 of 9, 30 Apr 2026, R5 RACING240 MR 84 HANDICAP 1800m | ZAR R 125,000 | 60.0kg | J: P MXOLI | T: T ZACKEY | | 1:53.94 | Winner: WORLD OF ROYALTY
6 of 10, 09 Apr 2026, R6 #YOUCANBETONUS! MIDDLE STAKES 2000m | ZAR R 160,000 | 52.0kg | J: B MARX-JACOBSON | T: T ZACKEY | | 2:08.55 | Winner: THE PLAYBOY BOMBER
6 of 8, 27 Jan 2026, R4 CLASSIC DAY 7 MARCH MIDDLE STAKES 2000m | ZAR R 160,000 | 58.0kg | J: R MUNGER | T: T ZACKEY | Got Bk-Just even | 2:02.65 | Winner: ONE MORE STAR



Horse Stat

Jockey
Win
Win%
Place
Place%
Starts
PM
Profit
POT
GAVIN LERENA 2 100% 0 0% 2 $9,399 108 540
N KLINK 2 67% 0 0% 3 $11,300 70 267
RYAN MUNGER 1 20% 2 40% 5 $7,600 10 100
JUAN PAUL V'D MERWE 1 50% 0 0% 2 $4,800 490 2500
G PIETERSE 1 50% 0 0% 2 $4,412 90 500
S'MANGA KHUMALO 1 100% 0 0% 1 $4,257 28 280
D W SCHWARZ 0 0% 0 0% 2 $0 -20 0
CHASE MAUJEAN 0 0% 0 0% 2 $0 -20 0
K A BREWER 0 0% 2 17% 12 $4,076 -120 0
M K KATJEDI 0 0% 0 0% 2 $175 -20 0
CRAIG ZACKEY 0 0% 0 0% 2 $300 -20 0
K MATSUNYANE 0 0% 0 0% 2 $0 -20 0
J GATES 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
DIEGO DE GOUVEIA 0 0% 0 0% 1 $199 -10 0
P MXOLI 0 0% 3 30% 10 $6,045 -100 0
RICHARD FOURIE 0 0% 0 0% 1 $100 -10 0
N NASTILI 0 0% 1 50% 2 $2,500 -20 0
TRENT MAYHEW 0 0% 1 100% 1 $1,200 -10 0
J PENNY 0 0% 1 100% 1 $1,080 -10 0
CALVIN NGCOBO 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
BLAINE MARX-JACOBSON 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0

Course
Win
Win%
Place
Place%
Starts
PM
Profit
POT
TURFFONTEIN INSIDE 4 21% 2 11% 19 $22,521 535 361
TURFFONTEIN STANDSIDE 2 9% 6 26% 23 $20,286 -154 24
VAAL 2 14% 2 14% 14 $14,636 5 89