some updates on the quarantine issue....
from The National (UAE)
''Bug in the works for Dubai Carnival''
http://www.thenational.ae/sport/hors...al?pageCount=0
from mikedekockracing.com
''Dubai gates remain shut''
http://mikedekockracing.com/wp/index...s-remain-shut/
I really hope the UAE can find a compromise. If nothing more than the fact I maybe there next year and would love to see Igugu run in person. However if she doesn't go I do understand the trainer's perspective.
"You can debate it until the cows come home, but a New-Mexico bred mare has just done the improbable," Track announcer concerning Pepper's Pride breaking the 16-win streak record.
from sahracing.com
http://www.sahracing.com/index/contents/news/17641
IGUGU - PLANS SET FOR J & B MET 2012
Mike De Kock, trainer of Horse of the Year Igugu, discussed details of her future on the television show “Inside Racing’’ on Tellytrack this week. He went into detail about her plans for the upcoming season, but also denied a rematch with Ebony Flyer in the Queen's Plate, a race in which Igugu was beaten by the tough Cape filly.
Igugu was meant to be on a plane to Dubai but for the export protocol issues with South Africa and the international world. The star filly will now aim for the Grade 1 Paddock Stakes and then the J&B Met during the Cape season before attempting to fly to Europe subject to the potocol situation.
"She’s a very robust filly and she can be a handful. There was no way I was going to take the route via Mauritius," said De Kock about the alternative route taken by some horses to get to Dubai for the Carnival season next year.
“However, I’m confident we will clear it all up. If all goes well Igugu will stay in Cape Town after the Met and go directly into quarantine. From there she can go to Europe. That would be first prize. There are indications that things will change.’’
De Kock mentioned that she has had a beak and will run in Gauteng before going to Cape Town. “She has just started cantering again and the plan is to either race her in the Ipi Tombe Challenge or a Pinnacle Stakes a couple of weeks later. I didn’t want to wind her up for the Sansui Summer Cup and it also makes sense to stick to weight-for-age races right now. She’s done enough at handicap level. Joburg also has a fantastic Autumn season and then there’s Durban. I can tell you that if she’s still around in South Africa in July, I will have another crack at the Vodacom Durban July," he continued.
De Kock's other young superstar in the making, the classy Amanee, had been injured and will only return to the tracks sometime next year.
“She had a felock chip and she’s had an operation. She will be staying in Joburg and will probably go the same route as Igugu and run in the Triple Tiara races (Gauteng Fillies Guineas, SA Fillies Classic and SA Oaks).
“I gave all my horses a really good break and rested them longer than normal. I was fairly hard on them last season and we’ve also got some unraced horses who need to get out. They seem to be fairly decent but you never know until they are exposed.
“Of the older horses I feel Link Man is doing exceptionally well and we’ll probably line him up for the Queen’s Plate. Kavanagh has come back well from the rest. He’s is completely different horse but he has let me down before and we will have to see how he goes once he starts racing again before getting too excited.’’
-- Igugu's dam Zarinia(IRE) and her 2011 Shamardal filly
http://mikedekockracing.com/wp/index...nia-with-foal/
Ho do you pronounce the name "Igugu?" Is it EYE-Gu-Gu?
"Sinclair Lewis aptly predicted in It Can't Happen Here that if fascism came to America it would come wrapped in the flag and whistling The Star Spangled Banner." ~Harrison Evans Salisbury
Um..I wish I could speak Zulu....Originally Posted by islandgirl45
But they didn't pronounce her name in that way at least.
I haven't watched her races before, so I hadn't heard it called.
Just watched the Vodacom Durban from July this year and it sounded like the race caller pronounced it Eh-gu-gu, with the "u" sounding like ruler.
"Sinclair Lewis aptly predicted in It Can't Happen Here that if fascism came to America it would come wrapped in the flag and whistling The Star Spangled Banner." ~Harrison Evans Salisbury
Igugu returns to Turffontein :
http://mikedekockracing.com/wp/index...o-turffontein/December 2, 2011
IGUGU makes her first appearance this season in the Gr 2 Ipi Tombe Challenge over 1600m on the standside course at Turffontein. The now four-year-old star hasn’t raced since her riveting win in the Durban July, but she is expected to make a bold bid despite being short of peak fitness.
Igugu in her Randjesfontein stable.
Mike de Kock commented: “Igugu is well and we’re very happy with her preparation. Her first mission is the Paddock Stakes, leading to the 2012 J&B Met. I think we’ve done enough with her for now, but she’ll make huge improvement with this race under her belt.”
Blueroute is one of two fillies to take on the colts in the Listed Secretariat Stakes over 1400m and Mike said: “It won’t be easy for her at the weights against her male rivals, but she’s a very nice filly and there was a lot to like about her second to Katy’s Lane in the Starling Stakes recently. We expect her to be competitive.”
@inkmarksofsu: "SAF HOTY Igugu (Galileo ex Zarinia) wins the G2 Ipi Tombe Challenge easy like it was a barrier trial"
First rule: Try always to do what's right for the horse. The people part will work out. -- Josh Pons, Merryland, 2007
WOW!! She CRUISES home, carrying 60 kg (132 Lb)
1 IGUGU (AUS) 60 5 A Delpech Mike de Kock
2 5.25 QUEEN’S BAY 57.5 1 C Orffer Mike Azzie
3 6.75 CHECCETTI 56 6 * JP Van der Merwe Mike de Kock
4 7.75 ENGAGEMENT 57 7 S Chambers St John Gray
5 8.5 END OF SEASON 56.5 4 R Fourie St John Gray
6 10.25 DIVINE RIGHT 56 2 M Yeni Alec Laird
7 18 RECONCILE 57.5 3 R Fradd Paiul Matchett
IGUGU, bigger and even better:“SHE’s a once in a lifetime filly,” raved jockey Anthony Delpech as he dismounted Igugu after she’d won the Gr 2 Ipi Tombe Challenge over 1600m at Turffontein on Saturday.
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http://mikedekockracing.com/wp/index...d-even-better/
''Igugu out of Paddock Stakes''
http://mikedekockracing.com/wp/index...addock-stakes/
I hope she is okay..
Mike is taking care of her as he should - hopefully it is a minor infection and she will rebound
May they run with the wind
Official Associate Backstretch Boys Stables Member Enrolled 11/5/2008 PostTimeMike presiding.
It would be pronounced Eee-gugu - in much the same way as one would pronounce the letter "E" of the alphabet
According to Mike de Kock's website Igugu appears to have recovered well & plans are still on target for the J&B met: http://mikedekockracing.com/wp/index...ll-at-randjes/
-- Barrier draws for the J&B MET(G1), Kenilworth, 2000m turf, January 28th
N0 Horse Kg MR Dr Jockey Trainer
1 BRAVURA 60 113 12 A Marcus Joey Ramsden
2 THE APACHE 59.5 114 11 R Danielson Gavin van Zyl
3 TALES OF BRAVERY 58 113 15 M Byleveld Vaughan Marshall
4 ILSANPIETRO (BRZ) 58 111 2 W Marwing Mike de Kock
5 LION IN WINTER 58 109 3 G Hatt Joey Ramsden
6 SMANJEMANJE 58 108 9 * G van Niekerk Tyrone Zackey
7 CASK 58 107 6 tba Stephen Page
8 FABIANI 58 107 14 S Cormack Glen Kotzen
9 SUPER STORM 58 104 13 K Neisius Mike Bass
10 CHESALON 57.5 110 16 K Teetan Mike Bass
11 RUN FOR IT 57.5 106 4 B Fayd’Herbe Justin Snaith
12 IGUGU (AUS) 57 117 7 A Delpech Mike de Kock
13 EMERALD COVE 57 106 1 F Coetzee Justin Snaith
14 BEACH BEAUTY 55 108 5 A Forbes Dennis Drier
15 GIMMETHEGREENLIGHT (AUS) 54 117 8 P Strydom Justin Snaith
16 ASTRO NEWS 52 107 10 R Fourie Greg Ennion
http://blog.summerhill.co.za/blog/20...-met-draw.html
-- Gallops at Kenilworth on Jan 19th (from www.sportingpost.co.za)
http://www.sportingpost.co.za/2012/0...ery-different/----------
Igugu then worked under Anthony Delpech on the grass with the top work-horse Kavanagh. She was not entirely impressive and the word is still doing the rounds that she is not 100% yet. De Kock was apparently livid that her jockey had not galloped her according to instructions. Apparently the master trainer wanted her to follow Kavanagh and not make the pace in the gallop. A storm in a tea-cup maybe? With all the hype and tail pulling, punters may just be looking to beat the favourite at this stage.
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Have no details, but she won! Hard fought victory, apparently. De Kock said she wass "only 90%."
Last edited by second_glance; 01-28-2012 at 06:18 AM.
First rule: Try always to do what's right for the horse. The people part will work out. -- Josh Pons, Merryland, 2007
Results, and link to video on LH side of blog.
http://blog.summerhill.co.za/blog/20...medium=twitter
First rule: Try always to do what's right for the horse. The people part will work out. -- Josh Pons, Merryland, 2007
WOW. In spite of a slow pace, she looked beat and left with too much to do, but she dug in and just kept coming and manages to win by 1/2 length. It didn't look possible. She is some kind of racehorse!
http://blog.summerhill.co.za/blog/20...and-video.html
Nice quality replay at the link.
image of Native Diver by Pat Delong
It wasn’t just the race that went all wrong for her. Leading up to the event she had a far from ideal preparation - coming down with a cough & being scratched from her prep run a few weeks back. Then after an 18 hour van ride to Cape Town this week, she had to go into quarantine until the day of the race (her trainer wasn’t even allowed near her other than to observe the filly through a window). Released from quarantine this morning, she was sweating up so badly in the paddock before the race that I concluded that if ever she's going to get beat, it’s today. She just didn’t look herself.
Then the race panned out so wrong for her that I & many felt she had no business winning - And despite it all, sheer heart & determination carried her through!
What an awesome racehorse!
I have just watched the replay now.
Wow! what a champion!!
Igugu is not the Horse of the Year for nothing.
Her record now is 12-10-2-0, unbeaten since Dec 2010.
De Kock said,
"Igugu showed today why she is a champion,"
"To win was amazing and I am humbled by her performance. It just shows you the guts, heart and courage that she has. I am proud of her and of everybody who has anything to do with her."
Congrats to Igugu, her connections and everyone!!!
There is a great article on the Mike deKock website titled, "Igugu Humbles the Nation", which sums up really nicely all this girl had to go through to win this race & just how great an impact it made on all of us, her fans, in South Africa:
http://mikedekockracing.com/wp/index...es-the-nation/
Take a look. Its worth the read
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