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Dubai World Cup Night fast approaches and the Group One Al Quoz Sprint worth US $1.5 sees the sprint stars run over the 1200m. A quality field will grace the Meydan track with a few genuine hopes as shown below. Al Suhail Trained by Charlie Appleby for Godolphin this gelded son of Dubawi has 19 career starts for six wins and a further seven placings. From his six wins two have been at Meydan ...
The Golden Slipper is the richest race for two-year-olds on turf and run over 1200m at Rosehill Gardens tomorrow the field is set and filled with quality. 1 Shinzo Snitzel colt out of Samaready trained by Chris Waller. Three runs in Group company winning the Group Three Pago Pago, a second place in the Group Two Skyline, and a third in the Group Three Canonbury Stakes. 2 Empire Of Japan Peter ...
FIRST FEMALE Her trousers were emblazoned for all to see as she rode home her mount and in doing so she made history. Amal bint Faisal made history on Friday night becoming the first female jockey to race under rules in Saudi Arabia. Aboard Saanehah she finished fourth but in doing so she rang in the milestone at King Abdulaziz Racecourse in Riyadh, as the first licensed Saudi Arabian female to ...
Racing returned to Bahrain highlighted by the Al Methaq Mile and The Listed King’s Cup on an eight race card. Saeed bin Suroor and Daniel Tudhope had shown what the partnership was capable of winning the Group 3 Bahrain International Trophy in November with Dubai Future. Once again they took out a feature on this card with Passion and Glory winning His Majesty The King’s Cup for Godolphin. His ...
Humble and proud but focussed on the task ahead. Bernardo Pinheiro was awarded the Best Local Jockey Award at the HH Sheikh Mohammed Awards for Horse Racing Excellence earlier in the week. He said he was honoured by the recognition before unleashing at the Abu Dhabi meeting overnight and taking a treble in the saddle. “The awards means a lot to me! It’s hard to explain how happy and grateful I ...
As Dubai World Cup Night fast approaches and now is only a fortnight away, plotlines continue to spring up further whetting the appetites of fans of the industry. Can Country Grammer Make It Two Dubai World Cup Titles In A row? The son of Tonalist won last year’s edition for trainer Bob Baffert with Frankie Dettori onboard. He once again lines up after again running second in the world’s most ...
Ushuba Tesoro heads into the immigration quarantine stall at the Miho Training Center today before heading to Dubai on the 14 March. He is a horse that loves racing on dirt, currently with a four-race winning streak on the surface with wins including the Listed Brazil Cup and Group One Tokyo Daishoten last year in his five year old season. Last running at the start of February he raced in the ...
The Super Saturday card was rounded out by the Gr.3 Mahab Al Shimaal. Earlier in the week I predicted this could become a real battle between Tuz, Mouheeb and Colour Up. The final race of the night was expected to turn into a gritty battle in the final stages between Tuz, Mouheeb and Colour Up although it was the Doug Watson runner Isolate who began as the favourite. Pointos bounced from the ...
The penultimate race on the Super Saturday card is the Group One Jebel Hatta, only whetting our appetites for more World Cup Carnival action. A field of 14 ran the 1800m trip for the purse worth US$350,000 and the competition was fierce with the field being possibly the deepest on the card. The Mussabbeh Al Mheiri trained Alfareeq lined up attempting to make it a second year he took this ...
The hottest commodity for the night ran in race seven, the Ras Al Khor, in Charlie Appleby trained Al Suhail. The Godolphin runner came in after winning his last start, the Gr.2 Two Al Fahidi Fort by four lengths and earning favouritism for this gelded son of Dubawi. Working from barrier two in the US$300,000 1400m conditions turf feature, William Buick had him fourth at the halfway point before ...
The Group One Al Maktoum Challenge Round 3 is worth US$450,000 and run over 2000m was everything it was hyped up to be and more. Gates flew open with the high-quality field of 14 springing out with Ajuste Fiscal getting pole position at the front under Jose de Silva. James Doyle as perfect as ever popped the question from the big Bendoog moving through before the highest rating hope Salute the ...
The crowd favourite going in was Ami Please for Doug O’Neil with Mickael Barzalona onboard with the Al Mheiri-trained Lahresh close behind. The Listed Al Bastakiya over 1900M on the dirt was worth US$170,000 and drew a field of 12, with a lower quality of class than the two prior. It was Ami Please who got out to lead in the initial stages with Eye on the Prize tightly chasing in second and the ...
