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Another weekend passes and with it another action-packed meeting for the Dubai World Cup Carnival. With it comes this week’s latest round of Handicap Rating Revisions. Al Dasim (106) His win in the Dubai Trophy came with stablemate Perdika running second and made it two wins from two starts in the UAE and this Dark Angel x Dance Hall Girl colt is only warming up. Four straight wins from this ...
The blackbooks would have been cracked following Sunday’s meeting at Meydan with the winners showing potential of what is to come through the Carnival Decidious lined up for his second start in the UAE following a fifth placing earlier this month over the 1900m under Royston Ffrench. Trained by Salem bin Ghadayer it was Mickael Barzalona with the ride now over the further trip of 2410, with the ...
Reigning Champion of the International Jockey Challenge, Australian Caitlin Jones, now knows all of her female opponents for this year’s tournament. The International Jockey Challenge has intensified even further this morning with the announcement of the final two female riders taking part. New Zealand will be cheering home a classy hoop in Sam Spratt as she enters the fray hungry for the win. ...
Phillip Collington is synonymous with Arabians and has showcased his ability to train his stable to conquer across years as well as races. He will now prepare Ekleel Athbah for the Group Two Al Mneefah Cup with his 5YO having already won the Group Two Royal Calvary of Oman International Stakes last August. He is the UK’s leading Purebred Arabian trainer and was awarded the ARO Champion Trainer ...
Australian trainer Michael Costa and South African hoop Jean Van Overmeire teamed up this season in hopes of showing what they could do with their partnership. The past two meets at Jebel Ali on Saturday and Meydan yesterday have seen them deal up a double in both meets. On Saturday the first win for the team came in race two, the Al Shafar Investment Cup, with the 3YO gelding Mawthog winning in ...
A six race card played out at Meydan as the sixth Dubai World Cup meeting produced many storylines including a boilover upset in the Group Two Blue Point Sprint. In a quality field of twelve the Charlie Appleby-trained Lazuli had returned to defend his title after the gelded son of Dubawi was victorious last year by 1.5 lengths over Acklam Express. However he had to settle for fourth spot here ...
The Saudi Cup is the world’s most valuable race and this year Kildare-based Equine MediRecord will be deploying their revolutionary software platform for all the horses racing in this year’s two day event. Tom Ryan of the Saudi Cup was excited with the partnership. “We are delighted to be expanding our Equine MediRecord involvement this year to include an Arabic module. The initial use of the ...
Racing returns to Jebel Ali on Saturday with a six race card highlighted by the Group Three Jebel Ali Mile. Run over 1600m on the dirt the journey will be contested by a quality field of 12 with Bhupat Seemar-trained Secret Ambition carrying the highest rating (109). The 10YO Exceed and Excel x Inner Secret horse is no stranger to Group victory having taken this race in 2019 along with a 2021 ...
The sprint stars will be showcased when Meydan Racecourse hosts the sixth meeting of the 2023 Dubai World Cup Carnival later today. With a card of seven highlighted by the Group 2 Blue Point Sprint the meeting is sure to excite and whet race fans appetites as the Carnival continues to heat up. In a quality field of thirteen trainer Charlie Appleby prepares a pair of genuine contenders for ...
Frankie Dettori is on his farewell tour but he is far from done. With that hunger to win in the saddle the Italian is hoping Country Grammer can help him with the perfect farewell to Saudi. He now tackles the $20 million Saudi Cup in what he considers the ‘best dirt track in the world’. “I’ve been going to Saudi for the last 30 years. I’m not just saying this because we’re talking about The ...
With this year’s edition of the Group One Saudi Cup fast approaching in just over two weeks’ time we take a look back at the personalities and moments in the feature race in years past that send tingles through our bodies. Race commentator John Hunt has relived his experience of calling the 2022 Group One Saudi Cup seeing the Mitab Almulawah trained Emblem Road victorious. It was a moment that ...
A beautiful Sunday afternoon of racing in Meydan with the track hosting an eight race card highlighted by a Fawzi Nass and Adrie de Vries shared treble. They also would take a second and a third from five runners on the card while Pat Dobbs teamed up with trainer Doug Watson to record another double for the partnership. The hottest commodity for the night came in race four, the Emirates Airline ...
