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King Of Rains
Racing made a welcome return to Clairwood on Sunday 18 March after an enforced break at the South Durban track following the controversially abandoned meeting
Racing made a welcome return to Clairwood on Sunday 18 March after an enforced break at the South Durban track following the controversially abandoned meeting
There are no programming issues in Dubai racing it seems. As a perfect prep for world horseracing’s richest night on 31 March, Super Saturday provided
Saturday at Meydan in Dubai produced a mixed bag of results with two winners for De Kock and one for Brown.
Super Saturday was created to be a “Dubai World Cup Trial” night. The race card is composed of a set of races with the exact same conditions as that of World Cup night and is the perfect stepping stone to Dubai World Cup night
Mike De Kock has shown a brand of loyalty unique in horseracing. The champion trainer has stuck with a 21 year old newly qualified jockey
Champion trainer Mike de Kock stables 17 of the 31 entries for the R2-million President’s Champions Challenge to be run over 2000m at Turffontein on Saturday 28 April.
In what must surely be a world record for the De Kock yard in a Group race, punter’s woes continued when the champion trainer produced a 100-1 shot to win the R1 million Gr2 Betting World Gauteng Guineas run over 1600m.
Zanzamar’s smart win in Thursday’s Range Rover Cup at Meydan reminded the world of the capabilities of South African bred horses. And of the extraordinary talents of Mike De Kock as the Dubai World Cup Carnival heads to a peak with Super Saturday on 10 March and then a grand climax with the Dubai World Cup on 31 March.
Winning isn’t everything – it is the only thing. This applies most especially on the festival occasions like J&B Met day. The Sporting Post salutes
The big day looms. With less than twenty four hours to go to the 35th running of the Met under the J&B banner, the fascinating
Mike de Kock’s UAE specialist, Musir looks set to be campaigned for the Dubai Duty Free after romping home in the Group 3 Al Maktoum Challenge Round 1
Former SA Champion jockey Andrew Fortune’s six month quest to be relicenced to ride again reaches something of a watershed