Mike de Kock’s stable won four awards at the 2024 Equus Awards Banquet held at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Thursday evening, 15 August.
Global View gelding Dave The King was crowned South Africa’s Champion Horse Of The Year and was also voted Champion Older Male (any distance). Gimme A Nother was the winner of the Equus Champion Three Year Old Three-Year-Old Filly title for owner-breeders Mauritzfontein Stud and her handler Lwandiso Jevu was groom of the year,
Owned by Messrs Lindsay Ralphs, Gary Player and Larry Nestadt, Dave The King showed tremendous improvement after being gelded back in November and was the only horse through the course of the season to pick up victories in two Super Grade 1 events.
The first came in June when scoring in the Hollywoodbets Gold Challenge (Gr1-WFA) over 1600m, and then seven weeks later the son of Global View trounced a high quality field when taking out the Hong Kong Jockey Club Champions Cup (Gr1-WFA) over 1800m. Dave The King was bred at the Gary Player Stud.
Gimme A Nother, unbeaten in seven starts, will be leaving South Africa shortly en route to Europe, her aim being a campaign in the United States.
Here is the full list of awards: