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Mike De Kock is approaching the Highveld and Cape Seasons with some big guns. He showed a small part of his hand at the Turffontein night meeting on 18 October
19th October 2011
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Mike De Kock is approaching the Highveld and Cape Seasons with some big guns. He showed a small part of his hand at the Turffontein night meeting on 18 October
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The sleeping giant awakes. Champion trainer Mike De Kock shook Turffontein to its foundations on 8 October with five brilliant winners, including a Gr3 double,
Flamboyant Tellytrack presenter Dave Mollett summed up the tough results at the Vaal on 6 October when suggesting that his planned dinner on the town
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A Cape jockey has told of the enormous relief and the burden lifted from his shoulders on Friday after two well-known racing men took the cudgels up on his behalf some months ago to defend the father of four against an NHRA charge
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