Lockdown – Getting To Us?
A reader says he is very disappointed with some of the comments which followed the Mike de Kock interview
22nd May 2020
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A reader says he is very disappointed with some of the comments which followed the Mike de Kock interview
Multiple champion trainer Mike de Kock tells veteran broadcaster Andrew Bensley about the frustrations of the lockdown and says he and others are close to some’hard decisions’
‘It is disingenuous to say that the TT has been tasked with ‘safeguarding, re-capitalising and restructuring the racing industry’
Racing Association Directors Mike de Kock and Charles Savage will be live today at 12h00 on Bizweb’s interactive Rational Radio show.
‘We’ve had to play the cards we have been dealt to help everyone actively working in this industry to the best of our ability’
‘Early on I was concerned alcohol would not be available but that seems to be okay. In fact, the odd few who used to come to work bleary eyed the morning after payday are now arriving at the stable bright-eyed and bushy tailed.’
‘It is such a shame that all racehorses can’t retire in the dignified fashion they deserve’m – Mike de Kock
Just a week earlier, Mary Slack was thrilled to have had a daughter of Wilgerbosdrift’s Gr1 winning sire Flower Alley chasing Summer Pudding home in the SA Fillies Classic
Matthew de Kock and his partner Monique Mansour, a long-time assistant to Sean Tarry and sister to jockey Donovan Mansour, fly out to Australia today
Bella Fever has arrived in Riyadh accompanied by Mike, Declan Cronin and groom, Shorty Feni
Trainer Mike de Kock is due to arrive in Saudi Arabia this week to saddle his 3yo Bella Fever in this weekend’s inaugural Saudi Cup meeting
The official report states that an investigation has been opened into the circumstances which led to Babelicious (A Fortune), which paraded and proceeded to the start in red earmuffs, racing without blinkers, as carded
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
