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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 ...
1200m was the distance that the George Boughey trained 3YO son of Harry Angel was a proven performer over, having won the past two starts at the distance and track. In a short field of four, after a good break in the Gr.3 Nad Al Sheba Turf Sprint, run over 1200m, Miqyaas led for most of the trip carrying the highest rating from the field and hoping to make it four wins on the bounce under jockey ...
With Prince Eiji withdrawn prior to the race at owners request while Down On Da Bayou withdrawn at the request of trainer Salem bin Ghadayer, Bhupat Seemar trained Royal Mews became the new favourite. The Gr.3 Burj Nahaar was run over 1600m. The third race on the Super Saturday under card was worth USD $250,000 and saw a field of 16 run the trip. On the Warpath was led out from the gates to hit ...
Heading into the Group Two Dubai City of Gold fancied runner Rebel’s Romance had been scratched with the Charlie Appleby gelded son of Dubawi, Kemari, taking over favouritism. The next best was stablemate Global Storm with William Buick on board. Worth US$250,000 14 hopefuls travelled the 2410m From the jump the pair of Godolphin runners got to the front accompanying the Doug Watson-trained Lost ...
Group One Al Maktoum Challenge Round 3 for Pure Arabians opens the action-packed nine race card from Meydan. Worth US$75,000 a field of 16 saw the 2000m trip with the Ahmed Al Meharibi trained Kerless Del Roc the favourite in markets before the jump and carrying the highest rating the 6YO Dahess x Kerlia Des Pins entire deserved the following. Already has won the Group 2 Madjani Stakes for the ...
Tadhg O’Shea is proving once again that in the saddle not many come close to him in terms of his record-breaking career in the UAE. He has already broken the all-time riding wins in the region with over 700 across 22 seasons and with ten UAE jockey championship titles to his name he does not look anywhere close to stopping or even slowing down. The 40-year-old Irish hoop sits atop the current ...
