IGUGU IMPRESSES IN IPI TOMBE CHALLENGE SEASON DEBUT

Click above to watch Igugu winning the Ipi Tombe Challenge (Gr2)
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IPI TOMBE CHALLENGE (Grade 2)
Turffontein, Turf, 1600m
4 December 2011

IGUGU (Aus) (Galileo (Ire) - Zarinia (Ire) by Intikhab (USA))
4 Year Old Bay Filly
Owners : Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum and Andre and Joyce Macdonald
Trainer : Mike de Kock
Jockey : Anthony Delpech
Breeder : Kia Ora Stud, NSW
Win Time : 96.32
Career Record : 9 Wins, 2 Places, 11 Starts
Career Earnings : R4,259,375

Igugu is a graduate from the Summerhill Stud draft of the 2009 Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sale.

FINAL RESULTS

#	LBH	Horse	Kg	MR	Dr	Jockey	Trainer
1	0.00	IGUGU (AUS)	60.0	113	5	A Delpech	Mike de Kock
2	5.25	QUEEN’S BAY	57.5	105	1	C Orffer	Mike Azzie
3	6.75	CHECCETTI	56.0	89	6	* JP Van der Merwe	Mike de Kock
4	7.75	ENGAGEMENT	57.0	100	7	S Chambers	St John Gray
5	8.50	END OF SEASON	56.5	86	4	R Fourie	St John Gray
6	10.25	DIVINE RIGHT	56.0	86	2	M Yeni	Alec Laird
7	18.00	RECONCILE	57.5	101	3	R Fradd	Paiul Matchett

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IGUGU GLIDES TO 10 LENGTH SA FILLIES CLASSIC VICTORY

Click above to watch Igugu (AUS) winning the SA Fillies Classic (Gr1)
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R1,000,000 SA FILLIES CLASSIC (Grade 1)
Turffontein, Turf, 1800m
26 March 2011

“2nd LEG OF SA TRIPLE TIARA”

IGUGU (Aus) (Galileo (Ire) - Zarinia (Ire) by Intikhab (USA))
3 Year Old Bay Filly

Owners : Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum and Mr and Mrs Andre Macdonald
Trainer : Mike de Kock
Jockey : Anthony Delpech
Breeder : Kia Ora Stud, NSW
Win Time : 113.40

Career Record : 5 Wins, 2 Places, 7 Starts
Career Earnings : R1,580,635

Igugu is a graduate from the Summerhill draft of the 2009 Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sale.

FINAL RESULTS

#	LBH	Horse	Kg	MR	Dr	Jockey	Trainer
1	0.00	IGUGU (AUS)	58.0	107	3	A Delpech	Mike de Kock
2	10.25	LAS RAMBLAS	58.0	90	7	S Brown	James Goodman
3	11.50	BERRY BLAZE (IRE)	58.0	80	5	R Simons	Mike de Kock
4	12.00	HOLLYWOODBOULEVARD (AUS)	58.0	103	2	G Figueroa	Charles Laird
5	14.25	STORMY COAST	58.0	94	4	D David	George Scott
6	22.50	CHANCES ARE	58.0	89	1	F Naude	Joe Soma
7	24.00	LOUVRE	58.0	82	6	G Lerena	Weiho Marwing
8	28.00	RED DELICIOUS	58.0	76	8	G Hatt	Sean Tarry
		Late Scratching
9	0.00	CHECCETTI	58.0	97	7	M Odendaal	Mike de Kock

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IGUGU GLITTERS IN GAUTENG FILLIES GUINEAS

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GAUTENG FILLIES GUINEAS (Grade 2)
Turffontein, Turf, 1600m
26 February 2011

“1ST LEG OF SA TRIPLE TIARA”

IGUGU (Aus) (Galileo (Ire) - Zarinia (Ire) by Intikhab (USA))
3 Year Old Bay Filly
Owners : Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum and Mr and Mrs Andre Macdonald
Trainer : Mike de Kock
Jockey : Anthony Delpech
Breeder : Kia Ora Stud, NSW
Win Time : 97.98
Career Record : 4 Wins, 2 Places, 6 Starts
Career Earnings : R955,625

Igugu is a Summerhill graduate of 2009 Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sale.

FINAL RESULTS

#	LBH	Horse	Kg	MR	Dr	Jockey	Trainer
1	0.00	IGUGU (AUS)	58.0	103	9	A Delpech	Mike de Kock
2	4.00	HOLLYWOODBOULEVARD (AUS)	58.0	103	4	G Figueroa	Charles Laird
3	5.75	WELWITSCHIA (GB)	58.0	89	6	J Geroudis	Mike de Kock
4	6.00	CHANCES ARE	58.0	80	2	F Naude	Joe Soma
5	6.25	PRINCESS OF LIGHT	58.0	85	8	M Mienie	Geoff Woodruff
6	10.00	RUNNING RIVULET	58.0	87	7	M Odendaal	Weiho Marwing
7	10.50	FAIR ROSALIND	58.0	101	3	R Simons	Paul Matchett
8	14.00	HAPPY ARCHER (AUS)	58.0	100	1	F Coetzee	Sean Tarry
9	24.00	STORMY COAST	58.0	94	5	D David	George Scott
		Late Scratching
10	0.00	WITHOUT MALICE	58.0	96	3	M Yeni	George Scott

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CLASSY IGUGU TO TACKLE SOUTH AFRICAN TRIPLE TIARA

Click above to watch Igugu winning the Joburg Spring F&M Challenge (Grade 3)
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“…there will be plum pickings overseas
later in her career.”

News from Mike de Kock Racing is that top class filly, Igugu, is likely to make her return to the racetrack at the end of February in the R500,000 Gauteng Fillies Guineas (Grade 2); the first leg of the South African Triple Tiara.

The long-striding three-year-old is enjoying a well-deserved break after finishing second to Ebony Flyer in the Cape Fillies Guineas (Grade 1) at Kenilworth on 4 December last year. In the weeks following the Guineas a 50% share of Igugu was acquired by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum of Dubai.

Mike de Kock said on Saturday that Igugu was “rock solid” and in fine shape and that she was destined for a career abroad.

“There is no reason for concern,” he commented. “I don’t want to race Igugu just for the sake of winning local features when there will be plum pickings overseas later in her career. She’s talented with a bright future ahead of her and we have a long-term plan for her.”

“We decided to bypass the latter part of the Cape season because we don’t want to risk over-racing her. I made a mistake running Mother Russia virtually through four seasons in 2009 and 2010 and she went off the boil in the middle of last year. Saturday’s L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate showed that her rest did Mother Russia the world of good, but we’ll be racing Igugu sparingly, I don’t want to risk facing a similar situation.”

“We’re all looking forward to her return but we will stick to our long-term goals,” he added.

Igugu, an import by Galileo from Zarinia (by Intikhab), has won three of five starts including the Joburg Spring Fillies and Mares Challenge (Grade 3) and has earned R643,125 in stakes. Her mame means “Jewel” in Zulu and she fetched R1 million at the 2009 Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sale.

Extract from Mike de Kock Racing

IGUGU SPARKLES FOR ANDRE MACDONALD

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IGUGU (AUS)
2009 SUMMERHILL READY TO RUN GRADUATE

IGUGU (Aus) (Galileo (Ire) - Zarinia (Ire) by Intikhab (USA))
3 Year Old Bay Filly
Owners : Mr and Mrs Andre Macdonald, Rodney Thorpe, Roger Zeeman and Summerhill Stud Syndicate (Nom : Mick Goss)
Trainer : Mike de Kock
Jockey : Randall Simons
Breeder : Kia Ora Stud, NSW
Win Time : 94.68
Career Record : 2 Wins, 2 Starts

Igugu is a graduate from the Summerhill draft of the 2009 Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sale.

FAMILY FUN AT THE VAAL 25 SEPTEMBER
MR 68 HANDICAP (F&M)
Vaal Turf 1600m
16 September 2010

#	LBH	Horse	Kg	MR	Dr	Jockey	Trainer
1	0.00	IGUGU (AUS)	57.5	80	2	R Simons	Mike de Kock
2	4.50	PACIFIC DESTINY	58.5	66	8	G Figueroa	Wallace Tolmay
3	5.25	POLO	60.5	69	13	P Strydom	Stephen Moffatt
4	6.25	GREET THE DAY	53.5	55	11	S Khumalo	Chris Erasmus
5	6.75	A THOUSAND JETS	58.5	66	12	D David	Geoff Woodruff
6	7.50	RUSSIAN ARTIST	60.5	69	14	P Whitmore	Bertie van der Merwe
7	7.60	IMOGEN	57.5	63	4	S Brown	Leon Erasmus
8	8.00	VIVID	59.5	68	1	G Lerena	Brett Webber
9	8.25	MODERN REVELATION	52.0	51	7	F Herholdt	Craig Mayhew
10	9.25	NENEKAZI	59.0	67	5	A Fortune	Gary Alexander
11	10.75	LA BELLE OTERO	58.5	65	9	S Swanepoel	Romeo Francis
12	12.00	CALL AGAIN COLLEEN	57.0	62	3	B Lerena	Roy Magner
13	19.00	MY CANDY GIRL	52.0	48	6	N Welch	Corne Spies
14	30.00	SUPREME LECTURE	55.5	59	10	*E Pheiffer (1.5)	David Nieuwenhuizen
		Late Scratching
15	0.00	PERSONAL QUESTION (ARG)	60.5	70	8		Geoff Woodruff
16	0.00	CUNNING PLAN	52.0	46	10		Romeo Francis

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