De Kock’s Met Filly?
The Paddock Stakes and Sun Met were mentioned by the high-riding Mike de Kock as possible future targets for Saturday’s Gr3 Yellowwood Handicap winner Queen Supreme
3rd November 2019
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The Paddock Stakes and Sun Met were mentioned by the high-riding Mike de Kock as possible future targets for Saturday’s Gr3 Yellowwood Handicap winner Queen Supreme
Gavin Lerena rounded off a Charity Mile feature double when timing his run to perfection on the Silvano mare Sylvan On Fire
There is no stopping the Mike de Kock machine in top form and the former multiple champion trainer saddled his third winner of the first four races at Turffontein on Saturday
The beautifully bred Silvano filly Girl On The Run showed her class as she stepped on the power late to score a deserved career first stakes success
A change of tactics has made the world of difference to Mike De Kock’s New Zealand bred, The Centenary
Mike De Kock suggested rather modestly that the daughter of Captain Al has improvement to come and that she probably got a little lucky that her major opposition were burdened by being drawn out in the sticks.
Mike De Kock used the Gr3 Yellowwood Handicap as the launching pad for an extraordinary Summer Cup victory in 2010 for a top-class Silvano filly called Flirtation. Can the master unfold the plan again tonight?
Note: Postponed 24 hours! A double feature billing at Turffontein on Wednesday evening should make for some spectacular racing
The Stipes Report indicates that trainer Paul Peter was questioned regarding Enchanted Kingdom’s improved performance. It says that he explained that this mare was better suited to the longer distance of this race. What about the tongue-tie, the health issues and the good work?
This race produced the 2010 Gr1 Summer Cup winner when Flirtation won it for Mike De Kock. Is there a possibility of history repeating itself?
‘I called the owner and before I could even make the offer he excitedly told me that a certain South African bookmaker had just called 10 minutes earlier to make an offer of R5m’
