Pocket: A Racing Legend
SARAH WHITELAW: Pocket Power stole the show, and he clearly has taken to show jumping like a duck to water.
7th December 2011
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SARAH WHITELAW: Pocket Power stole the show, and he clearly has taken to show jumping like a duck to water.
The stable had been a little less confident than usual about the What A Winter’s return to the track since undergoing his joint chip removal surgery. Here’s a direct link to his trainer Mike Bass’ website…
A champion trainer and a champion jockey agreed to differ on a piece of equipment. The end result was Bravura’s brilliant victory in the Gr2 Green Point Stakes
Pocket Power, River Jetez, Floatyourboat … no trainer had an affinity with Jet Master progeny like Mike Bass. Here’s a direct link to the Mike Bass website, with a video tribute by Andrew Bon
Trainer still in two minds about having a crack at the Guineas. Here’s a direct link to the Mike Bass website..
Gary Lemke is a name synonymous with sports writing. He has been closely involved in the career of one of our best and most well-loved turf stars, Pocket Power. Who better then, to tell his story.
Hammie’s Dynasty, a impressive winner at Durbanville on Wednesday 26 October, gets all the accolades. Here’s a link to the website of his trainer Mike Bass
Mike Bass comments on his runners. Here’s a direct link to the Mike Bass website
Champion Cape trainer on what to expect in the next few months. Here’s a direct link to the Bass website
Apprentice jockey Grant Van Niekerk swept into the top ten on the SA jockey log with an impressive hat-trick at Durbanville on 28 September. The
Mike Bass trained both the sire and his first winner. Here’s a direct link to the Bass website
The Rafeef purple patch continued in the 2025 Champions Season opener at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday with another crackerjack performer in the shape of Mon Petit Cherie who won the World Sports Betting Gr2 Fillies Guineas
A Transkei-born horseman who started as a Groom, the groundbreaking Lunga learnt the ropes from top men like Mitch Wiese, Glen Kotzen and Kumaran Naidoo
Better known as having raced iconic legend of the turf Pocket Power, the affable Marsh Shirtliff is fast making a name for himself in the breeding fraternity
On the eve of the launch of the 2025 Champions Season this coming Saturday, South African horseracing awoke to a brand new chapter in its history on the Workers’ Day public holiday
