Anmaat win stirs memories of Hamdan, De Kock glory days
The Citizen|October 22, 2024
The dismay of punters when 40/1 shot Anmaat won the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot on Saturday was a tad tempered in South Africa by nostalgia at seeing the famous blue and white Shadwell silks in a victory salute.
Mike Moon
Anmaat win stirs memories of Hamdan, De Kock glory days

Local fans well remember popular stars like Hawwaam, Soft Falling Rain, Rafeef, Soqrat, Malmoos and many more carrying those colours to notable triumphs on local tracks and in Dubai - for Shadwell owner Sheikh Hamdan and master trainer Mike de Kock.

The sheikh - a towering figure in global racing outside his brother Sheikh Maktoum's Godolphin behemoth - died in 2018 and his thoroughbred interests were downsized.

No longer a major presence in SA, Shadwell nonetheless rolls on in the UK, under Hamdan's daughter Sheikha Hissa and famous racing manager Angus Gold.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة October 22, 2024 من The Citizen.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة October 22, 2024 من The Citizen.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

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