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February 15, 2020
BELLA Fever, unbeaten in four starts in her native Uruguay, made some history at Meydan on Thursday night when she became the first Uruguayan-bred to win in Dubai. (Dubai World Cup winner Invasor was originally trained in Uruguay, but he was bred in Argentina).
Bella Fever contested the $100,000 Meydan Classic Trial over 1400m, her first attempt beyond 1000m, and she ran on strongly under a well-timed ride from jockey Dane O’Neill to win by a neck, but was going away in the last few stride and looks progressive.
A three-year-old filly by Texas Fever, Bella Fever joined Mike de Kock’s barn in Dubai last year, following a trip via Jane Chapple-Hyam’s yard at Newmarket, where she had surgery and was looked after in recovery.
Mike commented: “This was an amazing win for Uruguay, well done to owners Jorge Wagner and Victor Azambullu. They took a gamble, had the courage to send her here when they knew how arduous the trip would be and seeing that they could’ve kept her in Uruguay where she was beating everything.
“This reminded us of days gone by when we visited South America often and came back with horses that were competitive in Dubai.
“Bella Fever was courageous tonight after she played up a bit at the start, she’s a nice filly and was well prepared by our Dubai team of Declan Cronin, Shorty Feni and Thomas Ncume.”
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Why you wrote Belle Fever while on the official programme it’s written Bella Fever?
Good performance indeed. I don’t know why Mike de Kock does not invest in South American bred and particularly the Argentinian ones, remembering the likes of Asiatic Boy and Honour Devil.
The stable is such poorly represented in Dubai over the last few years but Mike de Kock is still the all time international leading trainer in this part of the world. I sincerely believe he could add so many more victories in the bank.
At one time, it was said that the switch over the dirt impacted seriously the stable performances but today even on turf contests the stable is hardly represented.
I just hope seeing Mike de Kock stable back to business. Really missing the glorious days.