There would be no better way for Mike de Kock to bring up his 3,000th winner than by winning the $10m Dubai World Cup, but he is likely to reach that goal well before the world’s richest race on March 25. De Kock has been knocking at the door of World Cup success with Victory Moon third in 2004, Asiatic Boy second in 2008 and Mubtaahij the runner-up in 2016. Mubtaahij is back in De Kock’s care and has been nominated for the World Cup with Arrogate, rated the best horse on the planet in 2016. Arrogate, a four-year-old trained by the legendary Bob Baffert, was a runaway winner of January’s Pegasus World Cup in which owners had to stump up $1m to get a run in the race. California Chrome, winner of the 2016 Dubai World Cup, was expected to prove a tough rival, but in the end Arrogate emerged a comfortable winner. Another interesting World Cup entry is Dortmund, who used to be trained by Baffert but is now with Art Sherman. He could be a big player if making the trip to Dubai. De Kock’s ...
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