De Kock's big guns ready to go

JAN VAN GOYEN, Dave The King and Spumante Dolce are being readied for feature race campaigns, but it hasn't gone as well for their Mike and Mathew de Kock-trained stablemate Immediate Edge, while their Gr 2-winning grey White Pearl has been purchased and retired to stud and the classy Greaterix comes back on Saturday.

- DAVID THISELTON

Master Of My Fate

The De Kock yard ended the season with a bang when the Master Of My Fate colt Jan van Goyen more than fulfilled his potential by slamming a good field in the Gr 1 World Pool Moment Of The Day Champion Stakes over 1600m at Hollywoodbets Greyville by 3,70 lengths under Callan Murray on World Pool Gold Cup day.

Mathew de Kock said, "We are aiming him at the Hollywoodbets Cape Guineas. He drew very badly in the Spring Challenge so we're not running him there and he probably starts on Charity Mile day (in the Gr 3 Betway Graham Beck Stakes over 1400m). It will then probably be the Dingaans (on Betway Summer Cup day November 29) and then the Cape Guineas (on December 13)."

Jan van Goyen