De Kock To Seal It
Mike de Kock, is set to saddle 13 runners at Meydan Racecourse on Saturday evening, including Treasure Beach, in the world’s richest horse race, the US$10 million Dubai World Cup
28th March 2013
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Mike de Kock, is set to saddle 13 runners at Meydan Racecourse on Saturday evening, including Treasure Beach, in the world’s richest horse race, the US$10 million Dubai World Cup
There should be no doubt we are hounds of value, rarely backing short priced horses and taking the risk looking for horses above fair value.
Mike De Kock remains bullish about the 18th running of the Dubai World Cup on Saturday 30 March that will feature nine group races and prize money of US$27.25 million.
SA Champion trainer Mike De Kock looks to be building a powerful assault team for the 2013 Dubai International Carnival. A valuable cargo departs from Mauritius any day soon…
ROBYN LOUW: Why should we be rewarding what are essentially medicated cripples? Our views and priorities become seriously skewed when it’s only the results that count.
From Epsom to Dubai, the Corsica-born Mickaël Barzalona is developing into a young jockey with a happy talent for winning the biggest events, and doing so in style.
Mike de Kock said on Saturday morning that he’d be happy to come away from the world’s richest race meeting with a pair of seconds, he got exactly that. Mike de Kock’s stable enjoyed another good Carnival.
Seven Graded races (including a trio of Gr1’s) form the bulk of this Saturday’s card on the Turffontein standside course, with the Dubai World Cup from Meydan thrown in as race 12 for good measure. Let’s have a quick peek at each of these intriguing contests.
As the world’s richest horse race, the Dubai World Cup approaches, James Trotter takes a beady eye at the fields, dangers and how our South African connections could feature
When Chantal Sutherland climbs on board Game On Dude at the Dubai World Cup (G1), she can be assured of one thing — the cheers of every woman present at Meydan Racecourse as she bids to make racing history.
Saturday at Meydan in Dubai produced a mixed bag of results with two winners for De Kock and one for Brown.
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
JP van der Merwe is not the only guilty party in the matter. In simple terms, he is the only rider to have exercised the NHA’s offer of an Acknowledgement Of Guilt and moved on with his life
Andrew Fortune made it three winners on the Family Day public holiday as Tenango breezed home to win the Gr3 feature
