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Abu Dhabi will showcase purebred Arabian racing talent with a six race card for their Thursday meeting highlighted by the Group Three Al Ruwais. The Al Ruwais is worth AED $300,000 and run over the 1,200 metres has drawn seven runners with the Ernst Oertel trained 6YO Af Alajaj the stand out. With the highest rating on the entire card (114) his two poor showings in two Group Ones should be ...
With the Dubai World Cup Carnival heating up Meydan hosted the fourth fixture of the 2023 edition of the carnival with eight runners getting bumps in their ratings off the back of impressive performances. Prince Eiji (NOR to 109) Doug Watson had the 7YO gelded son of Dubawi ready to win in the Group Three Firebreak Stakes as Sam Withcott onboard track leaders before hitting the lead with 350m ...
“A horse of a generation wins the race of the decade” Golden Sixty has today reclaimed his place as king of Hong Kong Racing taking out the Stewards Cup for a second time and adding it to a growing list of success. Twenty-seven starts for 23 wins and three placings amassing prize money beyond HK $129.6 million. Over his career his CV has been glittered with victories in the Hong Kong Classic ...
Jebel Ali hosted a seven race card on Saturday afternoon with six set for thoroughbreds, highlighted by a 1400m handicap for which eight had been declared, the Emirates Airline handicap. Mark On Target In Emirates Airline Doug Watson leads the trainers championship five wins clear of Bhupat Seemar as the Red Stables trainer prepared a pair of hopes in the contest with Mayaadeen and Violent ...
10 starts for four wins and three placings. Trawlerman is riding a wave with hopes to set him up to capture the $2.5 million Red Sea in Saudi Arabia. The 5YO gelded son of Golden Horn is owned by Godolphin and trained by John and Thady Gosden and continues to prove himself as a genuine stayer. The father and son share the licence and are proud of their gelding. “Trawlerman has always been a very ...
The rains tumbled down on the Meydan track but nothing was going to stop an action packed eight race card highlighted by some upsets, an international first and a red hot favourite from Charlie Appleby that would not be defeated. The Friday meeting marked the fourth fixture of the 2023 Dubai World Cup Carnival at Meydan Racecourse highlighted by the Group 3 Firebreak Stakes, over the same 1600m ...
Firebreak won two Godolphin Miles (2003, 2004) and with that achievement shares the record with Lost Soldier as the only horse to ever do so. Friday night on a eight race card will see the Stakes race run in his name that serves as a sneak peak to the Group Two Mile race run on World Cup Night and worth US $1 million. The Firebreak Stakes has attracted a field of eight with some very classy ...
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 ...
