Lockdown – Getting To Us?
A reader says he is very disappointed with some of the comments which followed the Mike de Kock interview
22nd May 2020
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A reader says he is very disappointed with some of the comments which followed the Mike de Kock interview
Multiple champion trainer Mike de Kock tells veteran broadcaster Andrew Bensley about the frustrations of the lockdown and says he and others are close to some’hard decisions’
‘It is disingenuous to say that the TT has been tasked with ‘safeguarding, re-capitalising and restructuring the racing industry’
Racing Association Directors Mike de Kock and Charles Savage will be live today at 12h00 on Bizweb’s interactive Rational Radio show.
‘We’ve had to play the cards we have been dealt to help everyone actively working in this industry to the best of our ability’
‘Early on I was concerned alcohol would not be available but that seems to be okay. In fact, the odd few who used to come to work bleary eyed the morning after payday are now arriving at the stable bright-eyed and bushy tailed.’
‘It is such a shame that all racehorses can’t retire in the dignified fashion they deserve’m – Mike de Kock
Just a week earlier, Mary Slack was thrilled to have had a daughter of Wilgerbosdrift’s Gr1 winning sire Flower Alley chasing Summer Pudding home in the SA Fillies Classic
Matthew de Kock and his partner Monique Mansour, a long-time assistant to Sean Tarry and sister to jockey Donovan Mansour, fly out to Australia today
Bella Fever has arrived in Riyadh accompanied by Mike, Declan Cronin and groom, Shorty Feni
Trainer Mike de Kock is due to arrive in Saudi Arabia this week to saddle his 3yo Bella Fever in this weekend’s inaugural Saudi Cup meeting
Beyond the pending investigations, things ended well enough for the Bass-Robinson yard when the improving Rainbow Lorikeet stamped her Paddock Stakes prospects with a gutsy victory under a top-notch ride by Aldo Domeyer
