HORSE RACING
Mike de Kock mulls English expansion
De Kock considers growing his Newmarket-based UK operation to accommodate largely South African-bred thoroughbreds
A Group One winner in England may be the next milestone for trainer Mike de Kock after sending out the 3,000th winner of his career at Turffontein last Saturday. Janoobi, expertly ridden by Piere Strydom, took the eight-times champion trainer to that total when winning the grade 2 Betting World Guineas. However, De Kock is not a man to rest on his laurels and he said recently: "I’m not really one to look back, I prefer to look forward." With that in mind, De Kock is contemplating enlarging his Newmarket-based UK operation to accommodate largely South African-bred thoroughbreds from where they will be able to campaign in Europe and the Middle East. De Kock has had some success with his raids on Turkey. He feels that country and Qatar, which will host the soccer World Cup in 2022, could be happy hunting grounds for South African owners. While De Kock’s son, Mathew, had a day to remember at Turffontein with Janoobi, Rafeef and Nother Russia winning their races, his father was in Dubai,...
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