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April 30, 2019

Impressive New Stallion Prospect For Ascot – Heavenly Blue

HEAVENLY Blue, the beautiful five-year-old Gr1 winner, has been retired to stud at Dr Ashley and RoseParker’s Ascot Stud. The only son of champion stallion Snitzel […]

May 4, 2019

Hawwaam “From South Africa To The World”

RACING through the 400m mark of Saturday’s Gr1 Premiers Champions Challenge over 2000m at Turffontein, Anton Marcus was all but posing on star colt Hawwaam (7-15 […]

November 15, 2019

Hawwaam with team De Kock. Image: Candiese Lenferna

Hawwaam And Celtic Sea Make Winning Returns

Hawwaam has accepted to run in a 1400m Pinnacle Stakes at the Vaal on Thursday 21 November after passing his first test of the season at […]

December 5, 2019

Gr1 Sun Met First Entries!

0 Bunker Hunt Justin Snaith 120 0 Capoeira Andre Nel 115 0 Charles Brett Crawford 113 0 Do It Again Justin Snaith 136 0 Eyes Wide […]

January 9, 2020

Majestic Mambo Running In Dubai Tonight

Mike de Kock has won Meydan’s Gr3 Singspiel Stakes over 1800m three times with Mahbooba (2012), Mushreq (2014) and Light The Lights (2017), and he saddles […]

March 4, 2020

HAWWAAM CONTINUES CAMPAIGNING IN SOUTH AFRICA

The Mike de Kock yard have revealed Hawwaam was sent back to Randjesfontein after the Sun Met and has stayed in work. Meanwhile, they are preparing […]

April 21, 2020

Stable News From Mike De Kock

The SA Derby (Gr1); the SA Oaks (Gr2) and the Horse Chestnut Stakes (Gr1) are scheduled to be run at Turffontein on Saturday 2 May and […]

July 8, 2020

Soqrat VDJ, Off To Stud At Sandown

One of the very best of his generation, the Australian-bred treble Gr1 winner Soqrat is set for a swansong appearance in Africa’s greatest horseracing event, the […]

October 16, 2020

Mathew De Kock’s Career Takes Off!

Cranbourne-based trainer Robbie Griffiths has entered into a training partnership with Mathew De Kock, the son of 126-time Group 1-winning South African trainer Mike De Kock. […]

November 22, 2020

Erik The Red with Susan Rowett of Varsfontein. Image: Candiese Lenferna

Varsfontein Dominate Kenilworth With Captain Al Gr2 Double

Susan Rowett’s Varsfontein Stud dominated the Kenilworth meeting with smashing wins from two of their colts – Malmoos and Varsfontein’s own Erik The Red completing the […]

January 26, 2021

Hawwaam In Training With William Haggas In UK

News breaking today on Nick Luck’s podcast is that Hawwaam is to race in the UK under the care of William Haggas during 2021. Mike de […]

June 4, 2021

Hawwaam To Return To SA’s Wilgerbosdrift For Stud Duties

Champion Hawwaam, one of the very best sons of five times champion South African sire Silvano, is set to retire to Wilgerbosdrift for the 2021 breeding […]