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The Dubai World Cup Carnival is in full swing as the fourth meeting hits Meydan on Friday night and with it the international brigade has arrived, settled and ready to take the spoils on the track. The flag is flown for ten different countries as the best equine athletes have been sent to leave it all on the track including from France where trainer Nicolas Caullery is based. Caullery leads ...
A seven race card to please spectators at Jebel Ali is being served up on Saturday night highlighted by six set for thoroughbreds. Olascoaga’s Perfect Love Ready For Jebel Ali Debut The Emirates Airline handicap, race five, is the highest valued of the card worth AED $80,000 and run over 1400m attracting a field of eight horses. Uruguayan Julio Olascoaga continues to prove the stable he has ...
A bumper eight race card at Meydan on Friday night sees quality fields highlighted by a Group Three and two Listed class features. Firebreak Contest Heats Up The Group Three Firebreak Stakes run over 1500 on dirt for horses aged four years and over and is named in honour of Firebreak who won the Hong Kong Mile for Godolphin in 2004. French hoop Mickael Barzalona may only be 31 years old but he ...
The firm of O’Shea, Fresu, Dobbs and Dawson frequently feature heavily throughout the UAE racing season and in return they rank in the top four on the championship. On Sunday night however at Meydan it was Brazilian hoop Bernardo Pinheiro and South African Francois Herholdt delivering doubles in the saddle. Taste Of Victory Sweeter After So Long Herholdt’s double was even more impressive as it ...
Fresu Fierce In Pursuit For Championship Top Spot Antonio Fresu kicked off the seven race card at Al Ain on Saturday night in great fashion winning onboard Dherghaam in the opening race by four lengths. The 4YO colt is trained by Musabbeh Al Mheiri with him looking fresh cracking the maiden on his second start after finishing ninth in his debut last month. Thirty minutes later the trainer-jockey ...
Meydan magic takes place once again on Sunday with a seven race card featuring some classy types knocking on the door for their shot in the World Cup Carnival. The card gets underway at 6pm with four races on the turf track, and four worth AED95,000 in prizemoney, with big fields throughout the evening and a maiden The Lincoln Corsair Race for those yet to taste sweet victory. Off the back of ...
The Dubai World Cup Carnival continued with a seven race card at Meydan highlighted by the Group Two Zabeel Mile and two Listed races: UAE 1000 Guineas and the Al Khail Trophy. Master Of The Seas trained by Charlie Appleby continued his form taking the Group 2 Zabeel Mile if only by half of a length. The 5YO gelded son of Dubawi returned after 283 days away from the track winning a Group Three ...
It was a bell ringer of a contest in the HH The President Cup Prep but there was no denying the older statesman Somoud of the win. Passing through the pack Antonio Fresu took the 9YO through to hit the lead 300m out winning by a short head to the Salem Al Ketbi trained Mujeeb. De Roualle Impressed With Stable Star’s Form Currently rated 118 the Munjiz x Wadya entire is sure to see a rise this ...
Meydan hosts a seven-race card on Friday night highlighted by the Group Two Zabeel Mile and two Listed company races. The first of the Listed races is the UAE 1000 Guineas run over 1600m and worth USD $150,000 attracting a field of seven. Small But Quality Field For Listed Guineas A small but quality field led by Mimi Kakushi who will be aiming to back up after taking out the trial for this race ...
Trainer Doug Watson will look to extend his stronghold on the Trainer Championship race for the season with two hopes in the only race for thoroughbreds tonight. He trained a treble over the weekend which boosted his stocks on the ladder and this opportunity will only serve as further opportunity. Abu Dhabi hosts a six-race card with the last on the night being the Jebel Haffet handicap run over ...
Three continents, two Group Two victories and four other wins from 31 career starts. I Am Superman, the 7YO gelded son of Footstepsinthesand and Fastnetlady, will be returning following a 125 day break from the track and will be fresh under the hand of trainer Michael O’Callaghan. Trained in Ireland by Michael O’Callaghan, he has reached winner’s enclosures both there and in Australia. Most ...
Following the meet last night at Meydan the updated ratings have been released with five receiving a decent rise. Magic Petition (13 to 92) A huge difference between performances nine days apart have given this colt a big bump in ratings. On January 6 the 3YO finished 11th while nearly eighteen lengths of the leader but last night he turned around fortunes winning by 5.75 lengths and for his ...
