There were smiles all round in the winner’s enclosure at Meydan on Thursday night after Liquid Mercury had galloped to a commanding win the $US175,000 Gulf News Handicap over 2435m
There are two Dubai Carnival race meetings and a big day at Abu Dhabi this weekend and Mike de Kock’s Blue Stables will be represented at all three
Five Mike De Kock runners destined for campaigns at the 2016 Dubai International Racing Carnival arrived at Newmarket, UK, from their spell in quarantine in Mauritius last week.
Superior fitness, a touch of genuine class and a top drawer ride by Bernard Fayd’herbe saw the Joey Ramsden-trained Liquid Mercury lift the honours in a hard fought Winter Derby at Kenilworth on Saturday
With the Cape Winter Series first leg winner Act Of War a likely runner in next weekend’s Gr1 Rising Sun Gold Challenge at Greyville, the path is opened for his talented stablemate Liquid Mercury to step into the void and make a name for himself in today’s Gr3 Winter Classic
There was a unique South African connection in the background as the Ralph Beckett-trained Bluestocking charged to victory under Rossa Ryan to win the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe on Sunday
