Thursday @ Meydan - SAf interest

And the pa payed nicely around R2000....

tommy with de kock in sa im disapointed that you ankered irish flame

pirates Wrote:

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> tommy with de kock in sa im disapointed that you
> ankered irish flame

I know. It was a stupid brain fart....what can I do. All his horses run very mediocre races when he is not around....same happens in SA.

Anyway, tomorrow is another day.

Looking forward to seeing Lot 132 at the Cape Yearling Sales. We owned the half sister tot he dam, Model Ballerina.

Where can one have a bet on the melbourne cup 2011 ?

antsinner Wrote:

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> Where can one have a bet on the melbourne cup 2011
> ?


At this moment in time the exchanges or Stan James in the UK prices

Hibs can you get me a quote Irish flame eachway for the cup .

I wanna have a bet !

Bold silvano v Gitano Hernando can't wait,although both will probably need it!

Race 2 - Turf 1400m - $50k Conditions Race for 3 y/o
(1) Abstrato (Brz) - de Kock/Shea
(3) D'artagnan (SAf) - Kelleway/Bentley
(5) Major Victory (SAf) - Kelleway/Mullen

Race 3 - AW 1600m - $250k Listed UAE 1000 GUINEAS
(1) Amica (SAf) - Kelleway/Ffrench
(3) Mahbooba (Aus) - de Kock/Soumillon
(4) Chocolicious (SAf) - Brown/Moore
(5) Reem (Aus) - de Kock/Cosgrave
(6) Empire Rose (Arg) - de Kock/Shea
( Quick Val (Arg) - Brown/Durcan

Race 4 - Turf 2485m - $175k Handicap
(4) Mikhail Glinka (Ire) - Brown/Moore
(7) Star Empire (SAf) - de Kock/Soumillon

Race 5- AW 1200m - $200k GR3 Al Shindagha Sprint
(4) Our Giant (Aus) - de Kock/Soumillon
(5) Frosty Secret (USA) - de Kock/Shea

Race 6 - Turf 1400m - $175k Handicap
(6) Solid Choice (Aus) - de Kock/Soumillon
( Warsaw (Ire) - de Kock/Shea

Race 7 - AW 1900m - $200k Gr3 Al Maktoum Challenge Round 2
(1) Bold Silvano (SAf) - de Kock/Soumillon
(7) Gitano Hernando (GB ) - Botti/Marwing

Race 8 - Turf 2000m - $175k Handicap
(1) Fencing Master (GB ) - Brown/Fallon
(5) Here To Win (Brz) - de Kock/Soumillon
(7) Hunting Tower (SAf) - de Kock/Shea
(10) Absolute Heretic (Aus) - de Kock/Spencer

Race 7 horses plus jocks, cant wait!

Mahbooba... get in there(tu)

Duty Free winner Al Shemali out on Thursday

DUBAI Duty Free winner Al Shemali is set to return to the all-weather at Meydan on Thursday with a view to running in the World Cup in March.

UAE champion trainer Ali Rashid Al Raihe's stable star is likely to face a field full of fellow top-level winners in the Group 3 event, among them the Marco Botti-trained Gitano Hernando, Godolphin's German Derby winner Buzzword and Bold Silvano, who took last year's Durban July - the most prestigious race in South Africa - for Mike de Kock.

Al Shemali was a shock 40-1 winner in last year's Duty Free before proving that no fluke when coming a close third to World Cup runner-up Lizard's Desire in the Singapore International Airlines Cup at Kranji.

Now a seven-year-old, Al Shemali also won a handicap on the Tapeta at last year's carnival.

Al Raihe commented: "This has always been the plan, to bring him back in the Maktoum Challenge and try him in this grade on Tapeta.

"We know he is a Group 1 turf performer - he showed that both here and in Singapore - and we always have the option of trying to win the Duty Free again but we want to have a crack at the World Cup.

"I am an Emirati and to win the Duty Free was a dream come true on the first World Cup night at Meydan. We are all very proud of our new course and I would love to have a World Cup runner again - we did with Snaafy in 2009.

"Al Shemali owes us nothing and, literally, changed all our lives. It will be great to get him back to the track."

Godolphin's subsequent World Cup winner Moon Ballad won Round 2 of the MaktoumChallenge in 2003.

The 1m1½f event is the highlight of another top-class card at Meydan also featuring the Group 3 Al Shindagha Sprint and the UAE 1,000 Guineas, a Listed contest likely to feature Amica (Gay Kelleway) and Crying Lightening (Peter Chapple-Hyam).

De Kock won the UAE 1,000 Guineas last year with Raihana and is responsible for three of the eight entries in the 1m Tapeta feature. Reem beat stable companion Mahbooba in the trial but was receiving a lot of weight on that occasion when allowed an easy lead.

Mahbooba and Here To Win look the business for the De Kock Stable, anything else fancied?