Goodwood has restored the prize-funds of its three Gr.1 races to pre-coronavirus levels, with the £1 million Sussex Stakes once again the centrepiece of the Qatar Goodwood Festival in July. The Goodwood Cup will again be worth £500,000 and the Nassau Stakes will be run for £600,000, while more than £4.8m will be offered in total prize-money across the five days of the Glorious meeting. The news f ...
The Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia, the Dubai Racing Club and the Rashid Equestrian & Horseracing Club (Bahrain) have planned to open dialogues to strengthen relations within the regional horse racing industry and pursue the development of a coordinated regional racing offering. Their dialogue over the next few months would cover topics such as coordination in equine quarantine and ease of travel as ...
Pink Dogwood won this Listed contest in 2019 before finishing a neck behind Anapurna in the Oaks at Epsom, and her trainer Aidan O'Brien unleashes another potential Classic contender in Willow. The daughter of American Pharaoh is a half-sister to September and made it third time lucky in a mile maiden at Leopardstown in October. The further she went, the better she looked so it is no surprise to ...
Chuwa Wizard (JPN) - The sole Japanese contender cantered for half a lap on the dirt track with his regular work rider Kota Kato on board. Gifts of Gold (IRE) - Trainer Saeed Bin Suroor said of his Red Sea Turf Handicap winner: "He had a prep run here over 2000m before Saudi. People were asking me why are you running him over 3200m, he’s a 2000m horse. But in my mind I knew this was the right thi ...
His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and one of the world's leading owner/breeders, has died. He was 75. For the past 40 years, Sheikh Hamdan has raced a powerful string of horses around the world, many of them homebred through his Shadwell Stud operation. His royal blue and white silks have been borne by 19 European Classic winners, including the Derby winners ...
The Dubai World Cup meeting celebrates its historic 25th anniversary on March 27, with six Gr.1 races and three Gr.2s, including one of the world's premier races, the $12 million Dubai World Cup, sponsored by Emirates Airline. Over the next few days, we will pay tribute to each of the previous Dubai World Cup winners. Today, we rewind to 2017 when Arrogate pulled off a thrilling win for American ...
James Bethell is playing a different role in the Moss Gill (IRE) story these days as the No Nay Never gelding is now in the care of Edward Bethell, who inherited him after his father decided to call time on his 46-year career. James formally retired on January 1, having worked to sharpen Moss Gill’s skills over the last few years to turn him into the impressive sprinter who finished third behind ...
Uruguay’s hope cantered a lap on the dirt track this morning. Trainer Antonio Cintra, who has been based at Meydan Racecourse with his five-strong Dubai World Cup Carnival team since December, said: "The two horses, Ajuste Fiscal and El Patriota (who runs in the UAE Derby) will continue like this until race day. They both did their last piece of fast work on Tuesday last week and we are very happ ...
A cast of 14 Group or Gr.1 winners with a combined 23 victories at the highest level are set to line up for the 25th running of Dubai World Cup day at Meydan Racecourse on Saturday March 27, 2021. A total of 117 horses from 11 countries will compete across a spectacular day of racing worth USD$26.5m that features six Gr.1 and three Gr.2 contests. Gr.1 $12m Dubai World Cup Sponsored by Emirates Ai ...
Al Wasmiyah Farm owned Noor Al Hawa under Alberto Sanna landed the 2400m Gr.1 H.H. The Amir Trophy defeating international raider Berkshire Rocco under Jason Watson. After easing past pacemaker Off He Goes the 8YO chestnut went up in gears on the home straight closely followed by the Andrew Balding trained son of Sir Percy. Georges Mikhalides trained Noor Al Hawa has been unbeaten this season, ha ...