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The best of equine athleticism stepped out at Sha Tin for the Hong Kong International Race Day. With a card that included four Group One feature races the meet had an intense Australian flavour. It was not just the horses showcased but also the talents of some of the world’s best jockeys. A treble from the kid from Lismore, ninety minutes from Australia’s Gold Coast, who would go on to pave a ...
Godolphin’s pair of raiders in Group One winner Kementari and Group Three 4YO Vilana failed to fire in the Group Three The Gold Rush, yesterday. Kementari had been sent to run the race specifically with Jamie Kah on board finishing seventh, and Vilana, piloted by Ben Melham finished towards the end of the pack only beating home two of its rivals. Formerly the AJ Scahill Stakes, the AUD $1.5 ...
Ten wins for the season so far were notched up by trainer Khalifa Al Neyadi overnight at Al Ain. A winning treble helped the Al Ra’ad trainer mark the milestone as well as set him on the path to beating his winning training record for the season set last season of 14-16-14. The first leg of the treble came from a horse trained and owned by Al Neyadi, Barjah, winning in the Wathba Stallions Cup ...
When former Gold Coast-based trainer Michael Costa decided to take up the role of head trainer for Jebel Ali stables he knew he had some potential stars in the stable. Overnight at Meydan, his rising star Mouheeb proved his ability as a genuine sprinter taking out the Listed Garhoud Sprint. At the start of the season Costa told Ten Furlongs that he was impressed with the 4YO son of Flatter’s ...
Abu Dhabi hosted a six-race card on Thursday including a 1600m conditions race for 4YOs where the partnership between trainer and hoop delivered another double in a showcase. During Thursday's meet, Ernest Oertel and hoop Tadhg O’Shea continued to show how well their partnership works with a double. In the Al Bahr Towers Handicap came the first win for the pair with six-year-old Musannef who had ...
When the gates fly open on Sunday for the Group 1 Hong Kong Mile the race will be Golden Sixty’s to lose. With the superstar being given immense favouritism the market is offering a short $1.55 for the Medaglia D'Oro-Gaudeamus gelding to win his third straight Mile. Vincent Ho returns to the saddle as he has for all of his Group One victories and will be guiding his mount on the way to an eighth ...
Trainer Francis Lui came away with a race to race double at Happy Valley overnight as he prepares his champion Golden Sixty to defend the Group One Hong Kong Mile this weekend. The first of the victories came in race five with Win Win Fighter ridden by Derek Leung claiming the second leg of the Longines International Jockey’s Championship. Coming off a second placing last start after making up ...
The sprint in the season will quicken on Friday when Meydan hosts the Listed Al Garhoud Sprint with eight runners booked to travel the 1200m trip. Trainer Doug Watson will aim to continue his success for the season following a win last week with a photo finish by San Donato in the Listed Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahayan National Day Cup. He has a pair of runners in this listed class race ...
Eleven lengths. That is the margin that Nadia Du Loup put on her rivals in her crushing victory at the biggest meet for the Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club season. The 3YO trained by Sulaiman Al Ghunaimi showed what she was capable of with her largest win yet with Antonio Fresu onboard. The HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Racing Festival Cup run over 1600m attracted 16 runners, although it was ...
First Class was not going to let Lady Princess have a repeat in the Jewel Crown and he was rewarded off the back of a battle between the pair. Coming up against one of his rivals in Group One Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Jewel Crown Jean De Mieulle had his 5YO gelded son of Dahess ready to get the upper hand in this one. Lady Princess won last time they faced off on the track in October in ...
Patrick Dobbs starred in the biggest meeting of the season for the Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club making the National Day Cup meet his own ringing up a treble, including winning the Gr. 3 Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan National Day Cup. Partnered with the highest rated horse, Af Alwajel (115), for Ernst Oertel with the ride by Dobbs a late decision following the unavailability of handy hoop Tadhg ...
On the dirt at Jebel Ali for a seven-race meet Salem bin Ghadayer and the Fazza Racing stable came away with a training double which included a very smart win by a Dubawi-sired gelding who had not won since October last year. In the second last of the card, the Dubai Real Estate Centre Handicap, it was a showcase of Bhupat Seemar’s training with four of the ten coming from the Zabeel Stables, ...
