Gallant Mubtaahij Off To UK
“Those were some bloody good horses ahead of him,” commented Mike de Kock after his first Kentucky Derby runner, Mubtaahij, was beaten 9,25-lengths into eighth place
3rd May 2015
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“Those were some bloody good horses ahead of him,” commented Mike de Kock after his first Kentucky Derby runner, Mubtaahij, was beaten 9,25-lengths into eighth place
South Africa has a double-handed interest in the 2015 Kentucky Derby with Ocho Ocho Ocho, a grandson of the late, great Horse Chestnut and Mike de Kock saddles Mubtaahij for Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum
“The good ones find a way to win. At least we are not handicapped. We should have no excuse,” said Ahmed Zayat who will also have Mr. Z and El Kabeir in the race
The Kentucky Derby will be run at 00h24 (our time) on Sunday morning. We are still awaiting advices from Tellytrack and Saftote as regards television coverage and betting facilities
The first leg of the Triple Crown has a total purse of $2 million with the winner taking $1.425 million.
“It’s so cold here in Chicago I can’t move my lips outside. I don’t think ice cubes would want to come out of the refrigerator!”
“You don’t give it much thought at first,” the trainer said. “You think of going to the race, and then later, you start thinking about how you get there.”
“He’s never run on it, he doesn’t bleed, and I’m not prepared to take my chances running him on a substance he’s never run on before,” de Kock said
Mike De Kock has Mubtaahij primed to fire in the Kentucky Derby on 2 May!
Unlike anything we’ve seen before, he is indeed a major threat to be our next winner of the Kentucky Derby- no horse will run in this year’s race with more three-year-old experience than the horse coming from Dubai…
Rounding out the top five is the mysterious Mubtaahij, a horse that won the 2015 UAE Derby by eight lengths to stamp his ticket to Churchill Downs
SA horseracing needs strong leadership – today. Otherwise we are doomed. Stakeholders don’t need this kind of circus!
A former Bloemfontein champion trainer, Michael McLachlan was a popular character in the halcyon days of horseracing and now finds himself in dire need
