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“One more year”

DEPENDING on how you read between the lines, Sir Alex Ferguson managed to persuade Cristiano Ronaldo to stay at Manchester United ...
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What will happen at Meydan tonight?

CELEBRATING their recent successes in Dubai and South Africa earlier week was Mike de Kock and stable jockeys Kevin Shea and ...
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Brown wins in Dubai, three seconds for De Kock

MOST who look at this photo will put heads on a block that Mike de Kock's Imbongi (yellow silks, middle) won ...
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De Kock urges international buyers to look at SA-breds

LIZARD's Desire, the result of a self-mating experiment by his original owner Albert Boshoff and born from a mare he bought ...
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A big start for De Kock at Meydan

MIKE de Kock's stable started the 2010 Carnival with a bang, sending out Raihana and Lizard's Desire to easy wins at ...
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Persistence pays off for Bertie and Otto

THE partnership of Rustenburg-based businessman Otto van Tonder of Property Skillz and trainer Bertie van der Merwe yielded its first winner ...
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Murtagh is racing’s jovial ambassador

IN Dubai World Cup week, Charl Petorius interviews South Africa's hopeful Asiatic Boy's jockey Johnny Murtagh about life at the top. In ...