Mathew de Kock, rising star

Mavourneen Wrote:

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> > Both top notch, excellent youngsters and GR8
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> > the future of Racing !
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> That's assuming either/both of them stay in the
> racing game. A proven ability by a young man, to
> handle a multifacted business in a highly
> competative field ... the headhunters will be
> after them in years to come and the offers of
> salary and perks will be seriously tempting
> (specially once they get married and have kids).

A young Justin Snaith did a stint with St. John Gray
and worked for free.There is no real money in the game
as an employee and the only way to get paid is to train by
yourself, win and take % of the stakes.Stable employee's
and assistants get a crappy deal.

I think young Chesney van Zyl can be added to the list. He seems to have a very bright future.

Harris,you beat me to it.....I think Chesney seems a very nice youngster and seems to do a helluva job.

Sure he is in the UK on a Busman holiday atm?

chesney has done better than both of them..as for muhtiman's comments of making money training on your own..its almost easier to swim to the moon..

Chesney van Zyl is the future!

JustinV Wrote:

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> chesney has done better than both of them..as for
> muhtiman's comments of making money training on
> your own..its almost easier to swim to the moon..

so what you are saying is that Justin Snaith and his old boss St John Gray have done lunar laps....both were some one else's stable employee's and had they not taken out trainers licences they would have done WHAT....David Ferraris forged out on his own depite daddy trying to hold on to him had he not he may have been soured 20 years ago...and what if Ricky Howard-Ginsberg did not drop dead while MDK was assisting at the time....or remained an assistant trainer....better that he took out a licence not so...

how can you compare the assistant trainers above?what do you base your statements on that one is better than another?

Agree with Pirates. 95% is the horse so the better the horses the better the assistant or the trainer will look.

Anyone know why MDK Jnr is in the UK for 6 months?

Matthew is doing a 6 month course at the national stud in the uk

Mdk site has a full article

Anyone know who the young up and comming horse punters are? There seem to be so many young pokerstars out there, why not any young horse players?