Racing has its own unique magic, but you need to know the stories to fully appreciate it, It’s not a question of soft selling or rose-tinting anything, it’s just a question of knowing where to look.
It had to only be a matter of time before Mike De Kock would grab a Cape Summer Of Champions Gr1 trophy and the multiple champion trainer did it in style courtesy of a superb display of big race riding and timed-to–the-minute preparation to score his fourth win in the Cape’s premier classic
‘Even in wheelchairs, Anthony (Delpech) and Weichong (Marwing) could ride most of the guys in the jockey room to sleep’
Noah From Goa shares an entry to the forthcoming Dingaans with Mike de Kock stablemates Muwaary and Jubilee Line – and he’s done more than enough now to be considered a contender.
JP van der Merwe is not the only guilty party in the matter. In simple terms, he is the only rider to have exercised the NHA’s offer of an Acknowledgement Of Guilt and moved on with his life
Andrew Fortune made it three winners on the Family Day public holiday as Tenango breezed home to win the Gr3 feature
The son of Master Of My Fate will likely side-step stablemate Eight On Eighteen in the Daily News and go via the Greyville 1900 and Cup Trial into the big one on 5 July
Outstanding colt Nepotism (Brutal) scored one of the most remarkable Gr1 wins by a 2YO on an Australian racetrack in recent memory
