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Racing at Jebel Ali on Saturday afternoon is highlighted by a pair of conditions races, both attracting proven Dubai World Cup Carnival or horses with aspirations to compete at Meydan’s international jamboree. Down on Da Bayou, winner of the 1900m Gr.3 UAE Oaks at Meydan in February 2020 by almost 19 lengths was successful for the first time since on her penultimate start in a 1600m conditions ...
Friday’s third meeting of the 2022 Dubai World Cup Carnival was highlighted by the 1600m turf feature, the Gr.2 Zabeel Mile, won in great style by Real World, Danny Tudhope taking the ride in place of an unwell Frankie Dettori for Saeed bin Suroor and a third winner on the evening for Godolphin. Always travelling well, the homebred Dark Angel 5yo entire quickened to lead about 300m out and soon ...
Racing at Al Ain on Saturday is highlighted by a 2000m conditions race for which ten have been declared, including Jugurtha De Monlau who has a lofty official rating of 105 suggesting he could be the one to beat. To be ridden by Fernando Jara, Yas Racing’s 6yo is trained by Jean-Claude Pecout and will be having just his fourth local outing having made his UAE debut on this weekend last year when ...
Mishriff is set to make his next appearance in the Gr.1 Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown after his return from the UAE, where he won the Dubai’s biggest prize on turf after winning the US$20 million Saudi Cup, the world’s richest horse race. proved himself the most versatile horse in training when he won the $20 million Saudi Cup in February on dirt and then the $5m Dubai Sheema Classic on turf ...
Gr.1 Arkansas Derby winner Charlatan has been retired from racing and will take up stud duty at Hill 'n' Dale's newly restored stallion complex in Kentucky. Bred by Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC, the imposing son of Eclipse champion Speightstown out of Breeders’ Cup Distaff placed Authenticity, he sold as the second-highest priced colt for his sire at the 2018 Keeneland September ...
Matt Laurie's exciting Gr.1 winning sprinter Portland Sky has recently returned to work for his 4YO season. The son of Deep Field has won four of his eight starts after dead-heating in the Oakleigh Plate, subsequently finishing second to Masked Crusader in the William Reid Stakes. The A$85,000 Perth yearling purchase, the colt has already banked his connections A$529,075 in prizemoney and the ...
State regulators in New York revoked the license of Thoroughbred trainer Linda Rice for her role in what officials say was a "corrupt" scheme to gain an edge with her horses by obtaining the names of entries in races before the cards became final. The New York State Gaming Commission also fined Rice $50,000 and said she cannot re-apply for a license for three years. The vote by the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...