The Dubai World Cup Carnival continues this Friday at Meydan with a six-race card. Highlighted by the Al Rashidya, the UAE 2000 Guineas Trial, and Al Wasl Stakes with plenty of handy types going around. The Group Two Al Rashidya is run over 1800m and worth USD 180,000 has attracted a field of 11 for the contest. The top rated is Ottoman Fleet prepared by Charlie Appleby for Godolphin with ...
Gates will fly and hoofs will take back off at Sharjah with a special mid-week meeting tomorrow. Thunderstorms and heavy rain forced the meeting on the weekend to be abandoned after race one but proceedings will pick back up starting at 3PM Wednesday. With a six-race card set highlighted by the Sheikh bin Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Cup the fields are set to be high quality. Sharjah’s Saturday ...
Godolphin and Charlie Appleby have gone back-to-back winning the Zabeel Trophy overnight with Sovereign Prince. Twelve months ago, it was Path of Thunder flying the flag for the international racing powerhouse but this year the blue flag was flown as the 4YO was piloted home under William Buick taking the spoils in the AED120,000 contest. Facing six rivals over the 1600m journey when popped the ...
Master trainer Charlie Appleby will be looking to continue his success for the current UAE season in the Zabeel Trophy. Appleby landed a double on Friday during the opening of the Dubai World Cup Carnival in the Ertijaal Dubai Dash with Lazuli and the Group Two Al Fahidi Fort with Al Suhail. Racing at Meydan returns tonight featuring a six-race card highlighted by the Zabeel Trophy, a rated ...
The wait was worth it with an action-packed running of the opening meeting of the 2023 Dubai World Cup. Meydan hosted a seven-race card which saw fields of talent from across the globe throw it all down and a treble from jockey James Doyle as well as doubles from Charlie Appleby and global powerhouse Godolphin. Highlighted by the Group Two Al Maktoum Challenge R1 for thoroughbreds over 1600m on ...
The sport of kings brings the greatest equine talent together and will do so again this Friday night. The Dubai World Cup Carnival will open for the season with the spotlight on the first meeting at Meydan racecourse. A seven-race card will bring together Group One winners and will pit seven nations against each other throughout a meeting highlighted by five Stakes races. The USD $250,000 Group ...
Dominant Performance Sets Dubai Classic Precedence Six lengths. Dominant as ever storming home in the Godolphin blue Dubai Future took out last year’s Dubai Racing Club Classic with Pat Cosgrove onboard. Beating home stablemate Star Safari under James Doyle the gelded son of Dubawi went on to take out The Listed Wolferton Stakes at Ascot before returning to the UAE and winning the Group 3 ...
The fact Noble Truth is still only four years old is a scary prospect. Having won a Group Three and two Listed races, one by close to six margins in his career to date bodes well for the gelded son of Kingman trained by Godolphin’s Charlie Appleby. Breaking his maiden on his second start in 2021 at Newmarket he went on to win the Listed Cazoo Flying Scotsman Stakes, the Listed King Charles ...
The Group Three Dubawi Stakes is all about legacy. Run over 1200 metres this year’s edition will take place this Friday night at Meydan after first being contested at Group 3 level in 2018. Dubai Millennium was a talented colt who finished his career with nine wins from ten starts and $4.4 million in race winnings. His major wins included the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (1999), Al Maktoum ...
Bupat Seemar is ready to take the Al Maktoum Challenge Round One armed with six hopes on Friday night. If the Dubai World Cup is the Grand Final for the stars of the track in the UAE, then the Al Maktoum Challenge is the first of three races which serves as a trial for the DWC. Seemar is yet to win the race but his uncle six-time UAE champion trainer Satish Seemar prepared winner North America ...
The late and great Ertijaal will be recognised on Friday at Meydan when the Ertijaal Dubai Dash is raced in his name for the first time. The Shadwell's homebred son of Oasis Dream began his career in Britain, trained by William Haggas, before being transferred to Ali Rashid Al Rayhi campaigning in the UAE for his next four seasons, as a seven-year-old. The gelding won the Gr.3 Meydan Sprint ...
The new year has kicked off on the UAE tracks with racing at Jebel Ali. With a seven-race card, the meet was highlighted by The Jebel Ali Mile Prep run over 1600m and saw eight contesting the race with three carrying the famous yellow silks of racecourse patron Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. However, it was Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum-owned Down on the Bayou who took the race out ...