Mike de Kock enters Saturday’s Dubai World Cup meeting with a select team of two headed by Mubtaahij (IRE), runner-up in last year’s $10million Dubai World Cup sponsored by Emirates
Mubtaahij, a dual winner for Mike de Kock and owner Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Maktoum, is the sole entrant by Dubawi. The Darley sire was last represented at the early nominations stage in 2011 by Surrey Star and Unex Dali
‘I called the owner and before I could even make the offer he excitedly told me that a certain South African bookmaker had just called 10 minutes earlier to make an offer of R5m’
