De Kock Slams Forum Phantoms
‘If racing is so bad, why are you still around? Why don’t you do us all a favour and get out?’
7th February 2020
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‘If racing is so bad, why are you still around? Why don’t you do us all a favour and get out?’
Mike de Kock is very happy with the condition of Hawwaam ahead of Saturday’s Sun Met and is actually pleased he is drawn wide, although
‘I really don’t know what to say. It’s unprecedented, I’ve never seen anything like this!’
Mike de Kock’s Queen Supreme galloped into the record books at Kenilworth on Saturday and joined the illustrious ranks of his previous Paddock Stakes winners
Mike de Kock’s superstar 4yo Hawwaam was put through his paces by big race rider Anton Marcus under glorious Cape summer skies on Saturday
Multiple champion trainer says it’s all systems go for the big WFA mile on 11 January
Mike de Kock’s Australia—bound Hawwaam is set to shorten dramatically in the betting for the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate and the Sun Met after a facile first victory in the Cape at Kenilworth on Saturday
Mike de Kock’s power duo of Saturday’s Summer Cup runner-up Soqrat and superstar Hawaam are set to launch an attack on the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate-Sun Met double before being exported to Australia
The champion trainer’s quote of the week included a reference to the honour and privilege of having three horses rated 131 and above in his yard
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
