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Big things are in store for the start of the 2022/23 UAE racing season on Saturday, September 17 at the iconic Meydan Racecourse. The Emirates Racing Authority and Tattersalls, Europe's leading bloodstock auctioneers, will once again host the September Racing in Dubai Sale at 6:45 p.m. inside Meydan Quarantine (NOFA Stables), with the magnificent Meydan Grandstand as a backdrop. The lots can be ...
For Michael Hawkes, The Everest has been a race full of “what-if” moments. He, along with legendary father John and brother Wayne, prepared the great Chautauqua for the first Everest, where the three-time TJ Smith winner finished fourth in a leader-dominated race. But it’s last year that hurts the most. In the same silks, Masked Crusader delivered the same late-charging style before falling a ...
Nature Strip's only real competition in the $15 million The TAB Everest is Eduardo, an old foe he's faced before. Nature Strip has a solid advantage over Eduardo in their previous 11 meetings. Others who have challenged Nature Strip for the Everest have found it futile to try and defeat the super sprinter. Nature Strip has a perfect record against Masked Crusader, going 6-0, a perfect record ...
When A$15 million in prize money is at stake, every fraction of a second counts, and the horses and jockeys must leave no stone unturned. In last year's race, the world's best sprinter, Nature Strip, won by a slide-ahead margin after taking out the A$15 million Everest. He did so by nipping ahead of a fast-closing Masked Crusader and Eduardo. Whoever wins Saturday's The Everest at Royal Randwick ...
Vin Cox, the boss at Godolphin Australia, is confident that Ingratiating won't disappoint the "Blue Army" in the $15 million race. On Saturday, they will be holding the TAB Everest at Royal Randwick. Despite having high-profile stablemates like Paulele and veteran racehorse Kementari, Ingratiating was the unexpected choice for the Godolphin slot. Cox, however, claimed that Godolphin was ...
Dual Breeders' Cup winner Golden Pal, the 4YO, may go back to the dirt for his next start, trainer Wesley Ward. The 4YO son of Uncle Mo, who has made 10 of 11 career starts on the turf, made his racing debut in the spring of 2020 with a runner-up finish sprinting 4 1/2 furlongs on the main track at Gulfstream Park. "We wanted to give him a nice easy workout with Julio Garcia, who has been ...
Rob Atras-trained Maracuja, has been retired from racing as she sustained a non-surgical small fracture to her right front ankle in her last start, when she was eased by jockey Kendrick Carmouche in the listed Lady Jacqueline Stakes at Thistledown, according to Atras' wife and assistant, Brittney Atras. Maracuja proved herself last summer when she ran ahead Malathaat, the champion 3YO filly of ...
Reigning Gr.1 Cox Plate champion State Of Rest will not return to defend his title at Moonee Valley in October and has been retired after an MRI scan revealed an issue . A statement released yesterday by trainer Joseph O’Brien read: “State Of Rest will not travel to Australia to defend his title this year. An MRI scan conducted by Racing Victoria has found an issue and as such he will not pass ...
After a narrow head defeat to Mendocino in the Gr.1 Grosser Preis von Baden, Torquator Tasso will head for Paris for the defense of his Gr.1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. For an agonizing 10 minutes, it seemed that Torquator Tasso would is without Frankie Dettori, whose six strikes with the whip (one over the permitted limit), cost him a 14-day suspension. Dettori said: "We knew it was going to be ...
The 4YO Son of Tapit showcased a jaw-dropping performance in the Gr.1 Pacific Classic Stakes at Del Mar. "He looked spectacular," Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott said outside his barn at Oklahoma. "To me, it was a Secretariat-type performance that we saw. There's not much more to say about it." "Very impressive," fellow Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher said at his Oklahoma barn. "He hasn't been beat ...
Group One-winner, Dreamloper successfully captured his second Group One under jockey Kieran Shoemark, but it was a race overshadowed by the grief of the death of Gr.1 2000 Guineas hero Coroebus. Attempting to get back on track, the Godolphin colt was held up in midfield by William Buick at ParisLongchamp but unfortunately he stumbled and went down. Trainer Ed Walker is planning an audacious ...
Little Big Bear is likely to miss the Gr.1 Vincent O'Brien National Stakes while recovering from a foot injury. Although The Royal Ascot-winning 2YOs contesting capacity was doubtful for the Gr.1 Phoenix Stakes earlier this month after the clip of his shoe went into his hind foot when kicking a wall before the race, Little Big Bear blew apart his rivals by seven lengths in an outstanding ...
