Former De Kock Star Retires
Grade 1 winner Mubtaahij has been retired from racing and will likely head to South America for stud duty
8th February 2019
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Grade 1 winner Mubtaahij has been retired from racing and will likely head to South America for stud duty
Trainer Mike de Kock is seeking a third APQEII Cup win having triumphed in 2006 and 2008 with Irridescence and Archipenko.
Mike de Kock was not exactly smiling when Mubtaahij drew the outermost barrier gate 14
Mike de Kock’s dream of winning a race that has eluded him for many a long year has taken a sobering left hook
The latest instalment of the 2017 Dubai World Cup Carnival saw a treble for Godolphin and a promising prep run from Mubtaahij
The 2016 Dubai World Cup runner-up Mubtaahij will not have to face California Chrome in the 2017 renewal of the third richest race in the world
Mubtaahij, (Irad Oritz Jr), racing from the widest of draws in a quality nine-horse field, failed narrowly in Saturday’s Gr1 Woodward at Saratoga
“As it is I am stretched between the Southern and Northern Hemispheres and I don’t want to put my assistants under too much pressure as US racing and training is highly scrutinised by the media. It would be unfair to subject them to that pressure…”
“I tell you, we were beaten by some racehorse. California Chrome had to race wide throughout and his saddle slipped in the race, but look at the convincing way he won…”
While South African horses had to be content with places on Super Saturday, it turned out to be a memorable day for Musabah Al Muhairi with Super Fighter stamping his credentials in the Gr1 Al Maktoum Challenge
“Mubtaahij is being prepared for the Dubai World Cup, a race I believe he can win. What happens between now and 26 March is irrelevant!”
The highly anticipated first race on the revamped Hollywoodbets Greyville polytrack on Wednesday was well received by stakeholders, but was not without its drama
Cape lightweight Morne Winnaar has come a long way since being plucked from near ignominy by former Cape champion trainer Joey Ramsden over twenty years ago
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
