‘Anyone who bemoans a penalty after a weight-for-age event knowing that they were competing against higher rated older horses, doesn’t understand how weight-for-age or merit rating works’
Multiple champion trainer Mike de Kock has labelled Mount Pleasant ‘a horse of international quality’ and a candidate to win a Gr1 in Australia
How will the handicappers rate the performance of Mike de Kock’s unbeaten 3yo Mount Pleasant?
Champion Trainer Mike de Kock spared no daggers in his disdain for the NHRA handicappers after his smart Soft Falling Rain filly Gin Fizz held on to win the non black-type
‘The future of South African racing and the employment of tens of thousands of workers in our industry rest on the shoulders of the EU’ – multiple champion trainer
Described as a ‘solid rock of a horse’ by champion trainer Mike De Kock, the Australian-bred Mount Pleasant got the better of his stablemate Najem Suhail
Trainers Sean Tarry and Mike de Kock have had the jockeys they declared for Sunday’s Gr1 races at Hollywoodbets Greyville declined and removed by the National Horseracing Authority
Mike de Kock’s newsmaking star Hawwaam returned to winning ways in style at Turffontein on Saturday
Vodacom Durban July All Time Greats, Sean Tarry on his Vaal Tuesday runners and some Bundesliga action
The premature loss of Lancaster Bomber (War Front) was a sad setback to the South African thoroughbred industry
In one of the most high-profile in-race incidents of the past five years, former SA champion jockey Gavin Lerena was found guilty of four charges, while Jason Gates didn’t escape punishment
Glistian Events’ Joao da Mata chats to Cape Racing Chairman Greg Bortz about the path ahead for SA horseracing
At the age of 93, Mr Ferraris is still active in racing as a training consultant, and he takes great joy in following the career of his grandson, Luke Ferraris, a successful jockey in Hong Kong
