Trainer Mike de Kock confirmed to DubaiRaceNight.com today the immediate plan for some of his stable’s top stars. Next week, deKock expects to put both Bold Silvano, winner of the 2011 Maktoum Challenge Round 2 (G3), and Master of Hounds, second in the 2012 Maktoum Challenge Round 1 (G3), back on course. Bold Silvano, off [...]
After enduring a long trip, and an even more cumbersome quarantine procedure, Igugu, the winner of the 2011 Vodacom Durban July (G1), continued her great run with a heartstopping win in the J&B Met at Kenilworth under regular rider Anthony Delpech. Igugu’s majority owner is Dubai’s Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum. “She almost had [...]
Mike de Kock trainee Mahbooba took the Aqlaam Godolphin Stakes (Listed) at Newmarket on Friday, giving the daughter of Galileo her first win since the UAE 1000 Guineas. The race was her third since finishing third in the UAE Derby (G2) on the Dubai World Cup undercard, and she has been mixing it up in [...]
Bold Silvano, winner of the 2011 Maktoum Challenge – R2 (G3) at Meydan, and the 2010 Vodacom Durban July (G1), is doing well in Newmarket for the Mike deKock yard and will be pointed for the big prize at the 2012 Dubai World Cup (G1). Pictured below with assistant trainer Steven Jell, Bold Silvano’s condition [...]
The Godolphin duo of Prince Bishop, last seen finishing 10th in the Dubai World Cup (G1), and Simon de Montfort, a 2011 Dubai World Cup Carnival winner, will meet UAE 1000 Guineas and winner UAE Derby (G2) third Mahbooba and nine others in Saturday’s Winter Hill Stakes (G3) at Windsor. This event, over ten furlongs, [...]
While Mike de Kock oversees River Jetez in for the Beverly D. Stakes (G1) at Arlington Park, a pair of runners will make their first starts since the Dubai World Cup meeting on Saturday. A field of six will travel ten furlongs in a conditions stakes at Newmarket, the first race back for Mahbooba, 2011 UAE [...]
Mike DeKock, the top international trainer at the Dubai International Racing Carnival, warned that some of his top South African stars might not appear in Dubai for the 2012 Carnival if quarantine rules are not amended. “There is no scientific evidence to support the current protocol, yet it remains in place and we are essentially [...]
Khalifa bin Dasmal, Emirati businessman and steward for the Dubai Racing Club, managed to be a part of history in the UK today as his colt, Dream Ahead, landed the Darley July Cup (G1) at Newmarket with Hayley Turner in the irons. Turner, 28, is the first female jockey to win a Group 1 winner [...]
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The brilliant filly Igugu continued her dominance of the boys in South Africa, winning that country’s biggest race, the Vodacom Durban July (G1) at Greyville on Saturday. Settling on the rail, she initially led before the pace was quickened by longshot and wide-drawn Happy Landing. About two lengths off Happy Landing, Igugu drifted towards the front [...]
A field of 19 have been declared for next Saturday’s Vodacom Durban July (G1), the premier race in South Africa. Dubai racing has played host to many former contestants of the Durban July, most recently Bold Silvano, Zirconeum, and Our Giant all raced for Mike De Kock during the 2011 Dubai International Racing Carnival. This [...]