De Kock Filly For UAE Derby
Argentine-bred three-year-old filly Vale Dori will be pointed at the Gr2 UAE Derby over 1900m on dirt on Dubai World Cup night
4th March 2016
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Argentine-bred three-year-old filly Vale Dori will be pointed at the Gr2 UAE Derby over 1900m on dirt on Dubai World Cup night
Mubtaahij and Ertijaal are very well ahead of the big meeting at Meydan this Saturday
Today sees the first leg of this week’s Double Header at Meydan and eight of Mike de Kock’s runners will contest the meeting
“If Johan Strauss were to fight this out it will be a bonus, we’d like to see him running strongly and coming out of the race well, he’s a horse with a future.” Paul Lafferty’s Harry’s Son also runs in the Zabeel Mile
Laura King speaks to him about most of his 2016 Carnival runners including Mubtaahij, Forries Waltz and Liquid Mercury
Cape Derby winner Ertijaal will revert to turf and will be pointed at the Gr1 Jebel Hatta over 1800m on Meydan’s Super Saturday, 5 March
With his turf rating of 111, four-year-old Ertijaal (AUS) will race under top weight of 60kg in Thursday evening’s Land Rover Discovery Sport Handicap over 1900m at Meydan
There were smiles all round in the winner’s enclosure at Meydan on Thursday night after Liquid Mercury had galloped to a commanding win the $US175,000 Gulf News Handicap over 2435m
There are two Dubai Carnival race meetings and a big day at Abu Dhabi this weekend and Mike de Kock’s Blue Stables will be represented at all three
Noah From Goa’s Cape Guineas win earned him a shot at winning the Triple Crown, as it forms one of two alternate first leg races
One of South Africa’s most successful jockey-trainer combinations of recent years has been dissolved following the decision of Anthony Delpech to sever his informal commitments to the Mike de Kock yard and go it alone as a freelance
A Pick 6 carryover of R2 million is set to take the exotic pool to R15 million, while the World Pool Gr3 Gold Cup sees a Quartet carryover of R1 million and a likely pool of R5 million
