‘Anyone who bemoans a penalty after a weight-for-age event knowing that they were competing against higher rated older horses, doesn’t understand how weight-for-age or merit rating works’
Multiple champion trainer Mike de Kock has labelled Mount Pleasant ‘a horse of international quality’ and a candidate to win a Gr1 in Australia
How will the handicappers rate the performance of Mike de Kock’s unbeaten 3yo Mount Pleasant?
Champion Trainer Mike de Kock spared no daggers in his disdain for the NHRA handicappers after his smart Soft Falling Rain filly Gin Fizz held on to win the non black-type
‘The future of South African racing and the employment of tens of thousands of workers in our industry rest on the shoulders of the EU’ – multiple champion trainer
Described as a ‘solid rock of a horse’ by champion trainer Mike De Kock, the Australian-bred Mount Pleasant got the better of his stablemate Najem Suhail
Trainers Sean Tarry and Mike de Kock have had the jockeys they declared for Sunday’s Gr1 races at Hollywoodbets Greyville declined and removed by the National Horseracing Authority
Mike de Kock’s newsmaking star Hawwaam returned to winning ways in style at Turffontein on Saturday
Vodacom Durban July All Time Greats, Sean Tarry on his Vaal Tuesday runners and some Bundesliga action
Just 48 hours after Cheeky Wink’s smart win at Tipperary, the Kieswetter and Heffer families enjoyed another champagne moment at Sandown
Ridgemont’s Rafeef fairytale received more endorsement on the Championships Finale at Turffontein on Saturday when his daughter, Chasing Happiness, ran her eight opponents off their feet to register her second stakes success when winning the TAB Gr2 Senor Santa Stakes
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
