Abu Dhabi hosts a six-race card on Thursday highlighted by the Group Three Arabian Triple Crown Round 2 as well as the Group 2 Liwa Oasis, both for Pure Arabians. In the Triple Crown, race four, over 2200m worth AED $300,000 a field of 11 will travel the journey. The top-rated hope is the Helal Alalawi trained Joe Star (112) for the National Stables ownerships. The 4YO Al Mourtajez x Guest Del ...
Charlie Appleby will have to wait for that first win at Jebel Ali after Sovereign Prince and Modern Dancer have failed to do so this campaign. However when Jebel Ali hosted a seven race card on Sunday it was Bhupat Seemar seeing triples with three consecutive race wins. The Zabeel Stables head trainer is now in hot pursuit of Trainer Championship leader Doug Watson with Seemar now only five wins ...
Less than a week out from Super Saturday and with a month until Dubai World Cup Night the ratings mean more and more. Races have required ratings to take part so the best from around the world leave it all on the track to get a boost in their rating so they can continue to showcase their potent ability. After the eighth fixture of the Carnival on Friday night, there were seven revisions to ...
With the Moonlight was hot property going into the eighth fixture of the 2023 Dubai World Cup Carnival on Friday night. Running in the Group Two Balanchine Stakes, as the highlight of a seven race card, the 4YO daughter of Frankel made it two straight Group Two victories in Meydan. A turf contest for fillies and mares over 1800m the win made it a sixth consecutive Godolphin winner in the race ...
Racing returns to Meydan with a seven race card highlighted by the Group Two Balanchine Stakes (Presented by Land Rover) in the Carnival’s eighth meeting. The feature has produced Group 1 performers in the past and eight smart fillies will aim to continue that tradition in Friday’s race. Godolphin have won the last five editions and look the team to beat again, with Charlie Appleby preparing ...
Sari Dubai was denied a third straight win in the Dubai Creek Harbour handicap with the Doug Watson trained starter finishing runner up. The winner was First Winter by 3.75 lengths with the Ahmad bin Harmash trained gelded son of Dubawi making it two straight wins at the track for owner Sultan Al ridden by Ray Dawson. The fifth race on an eight race card’s result leaves Sari Dubai in limbo for a ...
Dominant as ever. The Godolphin powerhouse again showed why they have such a strong reputation as the leaders in producing winners across the world sweeping the seven race card at Meydan overnight. Hosting the seventh fixture of the 2023 Dubai World Cup Carnival highlighted by the Group Three Nad Al Sheba Trophy over 2810m it was Godolphin making it a tenth overall win in the feature and their ...
Meydan Racecourse hosts the seventh fixture of the 2023 Dubai World Cup Carnival tonight with a seven race card highlighted by the Group 3 Nad Al Sheba Trophy, a 2810m turf contest in which Godolphin are seeking a tenth overall and seventh consecutive success. Charlie Appleby has saddled four of the five most winners and has a pair of hopes here with William Buick opting to partner Siskany, a ...
It was scripted to be Somoud’s shot at a third victory in the Group One HH The President Cup in Abu Dhabi overnight. However, it was the Salem Al Ketbi trained campaigner Mujeeb who spoiled the party winning under Richie Mullen for the Al Asayl team. The fourth success for the 6YO Dahess x Nymphea Du Paon progeny but made even sweeter after he ran second in the prep race last month by a short ...
Somoud is the jewel in the crown for trainer Jean du Roualle. A 9YO son of Munjiz and Wadya he has four Group Ones to his name of which most recently is the Four times Group One winner he relishes the Abu Dhabi track and distance that he will line up again in on Thursday night in the Group One HH The President Cup. Worth AED $2.5 million it is a feature race that du Roualle’s star knows well ...
Another weekend passes and with it another action-packed meeting for the Dubai World Cup Carnival. With it comes this week’s latest round of Handicap Rating Revisions. Al Dasim (106) His win in the Dubai Trophy came with stablemate Perdika running second and made it two wins from two starts in the UAE and this Dark Angel x Dance Hall Girl colt is only warming up. Four straight wins from this ...
The blackbooks would have been cracked following Sunday’s meeting at Meydan with the winners showing potential of what is to come through the Carnival Decidious lined up for his second start in the UAE following a fifth placing earlier this month over the 1900m under Royston Ffrench. Trained by Salem bin Ghadayer it was Mickael Barzalona with the ride now over the further trip of 2410, with the ...