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A cast of 14 Group or Gr.1 winners with a combined 23 victories at the highest level are set to line up for the 25th running of Dubai World Cup day at Meydan Racecourse on Saturday March 27, 2021. A total of 117 horses from 11 countries will compete across a spectacular day of racing worth USD$26.5m that features six Gr.1 and three Gr.2 contests. Gr.1 $12m Dubai World Cup Sponsored by Emirates ...
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has few mountains left to climb in the racing world but the tallest of his yet-unconquered peaks is the Kentucky Derby Sponsored by Woodford Reserve. This year, the master of Godolphin's global juggernaut has the race pretty much surrounded with potential candidates in Dubai, England, and Japan adding to his formidable U.S.-based contingent.. The sharpest ...
Studs and stallion masters have already thrown their hats into the ring in a bid to secure the breeding rights to Mishriff, winner of last week's $20 million Saudi Cup, but racing manager Ted Voute has said that the colt's owner Prince Faisal is content to bide his time before reaching an agreement. A blue-blooded homebred son of the Prince's dual group 1 winner Make Believe, Mishriff already ...
The traditional seven races at Al Ain on Friday evening, a meeting highlighted by the 1800m Al Ain Derby, a Prestige contest for 4YO foaled in the UAE and won in determined fashion by AF Mahzamy under a positive Tadhg O’Shea for his main employer, Khalid Khalifa Al Nabooda and trainer Ernst Oertel. Inaugurated in 2016, the owner and trainer became the first dual winners of the prize they also ...
Racing at Sharjah Longines Racecourse on Saturday afternoon featured the track’s traditional annual highlight, the HH The Ruler Of Sharjah Cup. a 1700m conditions race afforded Prestige status, where class prevailed with Jawaal delivering a workmanlike, rather than spectacular, performance to win the prestigious prize. Settled in midfield by Jim Crowley, opening his account for the year, the ...
Winning jockey David Egan was fined $100,000 and suspended two days for excessive use of the whip when riding Mishriff to victory in the $20-million Saudi Cup Saturday. The Saudi stewards determined that Egan hit his mount 11 times, one more than the maximum allowed. Egan hit Mishriff several times in the stretch, starting out with his left hand before switching over to his right. In addition, ...
Al Wasmiyah Farm owned Noor Al Hawa under Alberto Sanna landed the 2400m Gr.1 H.H. The Amir Trophy defeating international raider Berkshire Rocco under Jason Watson. After easing past pacemaker Off He Goes the 8YO chestnut went up in gears on the home straight closely followed by the Andrew Balding trained son of Sir Percy. Georges Mikhalides trained Noor Al Hawa has been unbeaten this season, ...
Ground-breaking trainer Fawzi Nass is preparing an assault on the $20 million Saudi Cup with Bahrain International winner Simsir. Nass made history at the inaugural Saudi Cup meeting last year when his Port Lions pulled off a shock win by defeating Japan’s star mare Deirdre in what is now called The Neom Turf Cup, the first turf race ever held in Saudi Arabia. Now he has the world’s most ...
The Abu Dhabi turf played host to six races on Sunday and UAE Champion Jockey Tadhg O’Shea landed four consecutive races for a memorable four-timer, including doubles for both Khalid Khalifa Al Nabooda and Ernst Oertel. Owner Royal Cavalry Of Oman and trainer Ibrahim Al Hadhrami were actually completing doubles when O’Shea opened his haul in a 2200m handicap aboard Jabalini, half of a pair among ...
Leading US-based rider John Velazquez is the final international jockey to be confirmed for the stc International Jockeys Challenge (IJC) on Friday 19 February. The 49YO will take on 13 other jockeys in the IJC, before partnering Tacitus, owned by the late Prince Khalid Abdullah’s Juddmonte Farms, in the $20m Saudi Cup a day later. Velazquez landed a first Breeders’ Cup Classic in November with ...
Trainer Allan Smith believes Dark Power is peaking at the right time as he prepares his stable star to defend his stc 1351 Turf Sprint title at the glittering Saudi Cup meeting. The striking grey came with a strong, late run under Frankie Dettori to collar front-running Mubtasim and cause a massive shock in the $1 million contest run over 1351m last year. Bahrain-based Smith has been plotting a ...
Several contenders tuned up their style and form while preparing for the Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes. The Korea Racing Authority's Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner Knicks Go signaled he's on "go" for the Pegasus with his final work for the 1 1/8-mile event. Knicks Go will fly from New Orleans to South Florida Jan. 19. Joel Rosario has the mount in the Pegasus. Last week, Grupo 7C Racing ...
