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, ...
The Abu Dhabi turf played host to six races on Sunday and UAE Champion Jockey Tadhg O’Shea landed four consecutive races for a memorable four-timer, including doubles for both Khalid Khalifa Al Nabooda and Ernst Oertel. Owner Royal Cavalry Of Oman and trainer Ibrahim Al Hadhrami were actually completing doubles when O’Shea opened his haul in a 2200m handicap aboard Jabalini, half of a pair among ...
Frankie Dettori, who turned 50 last month, has been part of Dubai's racing landscape almost since its inception and has many Dubai World Cup trophies adorning his front of house, is to take his first rides of 2021 at Meydan later this week. The jockey set for a prolonged winter stint in the UAE rode work in the midst of an amber weather warning for boss John Gosden in Newmarket last week. ...
Sunday’s second meeting of the new UAE season was highlighted by a 1600m rated conditions stakes race was won, relatively comfortably, by Boerhan. Seen by most as a prep for the Listed National Day Cup, over the same course and distance on the first Friday in December, the contest attracted a quality field. Victory ultimately proved fairly straightforward for Boerhan, settled in midfield by Ryan ...