Mike de Kock, who’s again in South Africa after a go to to Australia for the final a number of weeks, has given suggestions on a global strategy he and son Mathew have been eager to implement since earlier than the latter left to affix the Robbie Griffiths secure in Cranbourne early in 2020.
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Mike de Kock, who frolicked in Cranbourne on the Griffiths De Kock secure, mentioned their plans to shift horses between the respective operations in South Africa, Dubai and Australia might be realised, as a result of there is sufficient to counsel that South African, and particularly Dubai kind, will stack up in Australia.
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Writing on the Mike de Kock website, he mentioned: “Our Grade 2 SA Nursery winner Najem Suhail (Starspangledbanner) had a jump-out at Cranbourne only recently, this was a trial run earlier than he goes to the racecourse, and he annihilated the opposite trial runners with out coming off the bit. We don’t know the energy of the opposite trial runners, however the way in which Najem Suhail ran was most encouraging. He’s been off for 2 years with niggles, has a lot to come back and the paths are usually a sign of what to anticipate. He’s actually was a pleasant horse, a great prospect there.
“Then we had Magical Land (Frankel) in a race lately, he completed third in a handicap over 1200m, not far off after being sluggish away and searching actually good over a distance in need of his greatest. He’s a horse that positioned thrice for us within the Dubai Carnival earlier this 12 months and got here inside a nostril of successful his Meydan debut.
“So whereas they’re two arduous tits, first rate runners, we’d have the ability to convey even higher from Dubai and even from South Africa. Our former runner Yulong Prince, a G1 winner in South Africa, didn’t handle a win at high degree in Dubai however later received a G1 in Australia for Chris Waller and was described by Racenet as ‘an elite kind of racehorse’.
“We stay up for the lifting of restrictions on bloodstock out of South Africa, there’s a long-awaited audit from the European Union due in October. We nonetheless think about the South African thoroughbred and we’re actually eager to see how they carry out in Dubai and South Africa. We imagine they’ll maintain their very own at high degree, like Yulong Prince. There is nice potential for Australian patrons to be buying yearlings In South Africa, particularly contemplating the trade charges. Especially fillies from the highest degree at nicely underneath the market costs they’ll pay elsewhere, to export to Australia.
“Our goal now’s to maneuver runners between the annual Dubai Carnival and Australia and the benefits are clearly evident. Shipping horses between Dubai and Australia is a comparatively fast and seamless course of; the stake monies on provide in each jurisdictions are simply phenomenal, particularly on the Carnival, the place above common runners can earn life-changing purses in the course of the very good Meydan Racing Extravaganza.
“Importantly, we can send runners that will ordinarily have about eight months off between the end of the Carnival in April to January of the following year, to Australia, to compete in some of the best races here. They’ll arrive at a good level of fitness and have a chance of winning stakes throughout the year and thereby maximise their income potential. Similarly, when they’ve completed their Australian stints they can return to Dubai for the Carnival.”
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Mike de Kock appealed to homeowners to help this enterprise and mentioned: “We’ll be mapping out individual plans for every runner looking at the best possible opportunities on both racing calendars and pointing them at the best suited events.”
The Griffiths De Kock group received two races final Sunday, one owned in partnership by main South African proprietor/breeder Gaynor Rupert, alongside Arun Chadha and Warne Rippon.
“Gaynor, Arun, Warne and people like Basie and Suzette Viljoen, Mary Slack, Lindsay Ralphs, Laurence Wernars, Vermaak Equine, Sheik Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum, Mohammad Mardood’s Blue Stables Syndicate, International Racing Club, US-based Gary Barber and especially Larry Nestadt have been staunch in supporting Mat and Robbie. They are starting to see results, we are very pleased. The training facilities at Cranbourne are excellent, it’s a first-class set-up.”
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