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Young, vibrant and hungry for wins. Twenty year old hoop Victoria Alonso comes from a long line of athletes throughout her family tree and has been announced as the latest jockey to contest the Saudi Cup’s International Jockey’s Championship. It will be the young jockeys first time riding in Saudi and makes her the second Spanish female jockey to compete in the contest in at King Abdulaziz ...
The Dubai World Cup Carnival is in full swing as the fourth meeting hits Meydan on Friday night and with it the international brigade has arrived, settled and ready to take the spoils on the track. The flag is flown for ten different countries as the best equine athletes have been sent to leave it all on the track including from France where trainer Nicolas Caullery is based. Caullery leads ...
A seven race card to please spectators at Jebel Ali is being served up on Saturday night highlighted by six set for thoroughbreds. Olascoaga’s Perfect Love Ready For Jebel Ali Debut The Emirates Airline handicap, race five, is the highest valued of the card worth AED $80,000 and run over 1400m attracting a field of eight horses. Uruguayan Julio Olascoaga continues to prove the stable he has ...
A bumper eight race card at Meydan on Friday night sees quality fields highlighted by a Group Three and two Listed class features. Firebreak Contest Heats Up The Group Three Firebreak Stakes run over 1500 on dirt for horses aged four years and over and is named in honour of Firebreak who won the Hong Kong Mile for Godolphin in 2004. French hoop Mickael Barzalona may only be 31 years old but he ...
The firm of O’Shea, Fresu, Dobbs and Dawson frequently feature heavily throughout the UAE racing season and in return they rank in the top four on the championship. On Sunday night however at Meydan it was Brazilian hoop Bernardo Pinheiro and South African Francois Herholdt delivering doubles in the saddle. Taste Of Victory Sweeter After So Long Herholdt’s double was even more impressive as it ...
Fresu Fierce In Pursuit For Championship Top Spot Antonio Fresu kicked off the seven race card at Al Ain on Saturday night in great fashion winning onboard Dherghaam in the opening race by four lengths. The 4YO colt is trained by Musabbeh Al Mheiri with him looking fresh cracking the maiden on his second start after finishing ninth in his debut last month. Thirty minutes later the trainer-jockey ...
Meydan magic takes place once again on Sunday with a seven race card featuring some classy types knocking on the door for their shot in the World Cup Carnival. The card gets underway at 6pm with four races on the turf track, and four worth AED95,000 in prizemoney, with big fields throughout the evening and a maiden The Lincoln Corsair Race for those yet to taste sweet victory. Off the back of ...
The Dubai World Cup Carnival continued with a seven race card at Meydan highlighted by the Group Two Zabeel Mile and two Listed races: UAE 1000 Guineas and the Al Khail Trophy. Master Of The Seas trained by Charlie Appleby continued his form taking the Group 2 Zabeel Mile if only by half of a length. The 5YO gelded son of Dubawi returned after 283 days away from the track winning a Group Three ...
Two Time Pegasus Turf Winner Colonel Liam has been retired after developing an ankle injury. The Liam’s Map x Amazement progeny finished his career with seven wins and a place from 12 starts and earnings of $1,812,565. A remarkable achievement after selling for $50,000 as a yearling and being bought by Lawana and Robert Low as a 2-year-old for $1.2 million. “Colonel Liam took our whole family on ...
It was a bell ringer of a contest in the HH The President Cup Prep but there was no denying the older statesman Somoud of the win. Passing through the pack Antonio Fresu took the 9YO through to hit the lead 300m out winning by a short head to the Salem Al Ketbi trained Mujeeb. De Roualle Impressed With Stable Star’s Form Currently rated 118 the Munjiz x Wadya entire is sure to see a rise this ...
Meydan hosts a seven-race card on Friday night highlighted by the Group Two Zabeel Mile and two Listed company races. The first of the Listed races is the UAE 1000 Guineas run over 1600m and worth USD $150,000 attracting a field of seven. Small But Quality Field For Listed Guineas A small but quality field led by Mimi Kakushi who will be aiming to back up after taking out the trial for this race ...
Nine Group Ones and amassing over AUD $20 million. It’s insane to think that the great Nature Strip was passed in for $90,000 at sale in 2016. He has this week been named the World’s Champion Sprinter for the second year running in what has become a common occurrence for the Chris Waller trained star. The 8YO gelded son of Nicconi and Strikeline won the richest turf race in the world, The ...
