De Kock – Meydan Saturday
The highly regarded Zahee is set to contest the Nova Stakes over 1200m on turf with Christophe Soumillon at the helm.
28th February 2015
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The highly regarded Zahee is set to contest the Nova Stakes over 1200m on turf with Christophe Soumillon at the helm.
“We will be racing Anjaal in blinkers and I expect him to run to his form. I wouldn’t leave him out this time. He has improved the most I’ve ever seen a horse improve from race to race.”
The magnificent chestnut had no rivals on the race track and one can only wonder what he may have achieved
When Horse Chestnut’s sire Fort Wood passed away just a few short weeks ago, Jessica Slack posted on Facebook that she could imagine her grandparents feeding him carrots up in heaven. It seems their stable is expanding. RIP Horse Chestnut, a true South African legend.
Umgiyo a flawless winner of his Dubai debut, is Mike de Kock’s feature-race contender at Meydan’s Carnival meeting tonight
This year’s Dubai World Cup Night, the 20th running, has attracted a star-studded cast, of the 20 highest-rated thoroughbreds in the world
Journeyman provided Mike De Kock a last-minute birthday winner in the featured 1600m Xpress turf handicap
The US-bred former Aidan O’Brien-trained General Marshall makes his debut for Mike de Kock today
It is not every day that a Mike De Kock runner jumps at such generous odds and this also happened to be a 4yo Australian-bred colt – like the odds on favourite. But that observation wouldn’t have helped the Willow Magic supporters.
Two former Dubai Golden Shaheen winners line up in the in Gr3 Al Shindagha Sprint at Meydan on Thursday evening
Tiger Territory slams the improved again Anger in the Lightning Stakes, while Sarve does punters no ‘favours’ in the Summer Speedsters as she overhauls Ha Lucy late in the race
The R1 million Gr1 Douglas Whyte Stakes Grade is the opening leg of the projected R15 million Pick 6 pool at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday
Cape Racing’s ongoing tussle with Mother Nature in what has been a wet July to beat all July’s, produced a fairytale at a sunny, but very chilly, Hollywoodbets Durbanville on Thursday
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
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
