Runner comments, 5 and 7 December
Friday, 05 Dec 2025
Betway Ambassador Mike de Kock and Mathew de Kock will be saddling runners at two meetings, starting at HWB Greyville, and here are Mat’s comments:
Race 4, 1900m: “Councillor seems to have made some improvement on her 1900m win. Ideally, we would have liked to step her up in in distance, as we’ve always thought of her as one that will do well over 2000m and up. But this D Stakes over 1800m came along, she gets a sex allowance and it’s worth running her and putting blinkers on. She is not out of it, hard to say how she’ll go. If she runs a good race, she’ll be a filly to follow.”
Race 5, 1900m: “Gota Go Eddie is in good form. We think he’s going to enjoy the 1900m, and he has a good eachway chance.”
Race 6, 1200m: “A very competitive Middle Stakes Sprint, and we have Icy Blast. He has a soft draw, should be in a good spot and has been running good races of late. He must also have an eachway chance – this race has many lively contenders.”
Race 7, 1600m: “Ingqwele is back on turf, his Polytrack form is a bit below his form on grass so this augurs well for him. He has won two races over a mile, has eachway prospects.
Turffontein:
Race 3, 1160m: “A newcomer in Special Al, a colt by Rafeef. He’s a tall, lanky horse that shows a lot of speed for a tall horse. He has a nice eachway chance first time out, should go well.”
Race 5, 1160m: Yippee Kiyay has no chance at the weights in this field. But he enjoys sprinting, he is in good form, doing well and he will try his best. At the handicap terms in this Plate race, he has a stiff task, but he should run a fair race.”
Race 7, 1200m: “Two nice three-year-olds here. Miami Mountain drops back to 1200m, his sprint form is faultless, he found the 1400m in the Graham Beck too far. One Eye On Vegas ran a super race in the Graham Beck. But had a bit of a virus after that so we’ve elected to use this opportunity to see how effective he is over 1200m. He is a very fast horse with a good turn of foot, so should have a strong chance. We look forward to see what he produces over this trip.”