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Fresu Fierce In Pursuit For Championship Top Spot Antonio Fresu kicked off the seven race card at Al Ain on Saturday night in great fashion winning onboard Dherghaam in the opening race by four lengths. The 4YO colt is trained by Musabbeh Al Mheiri with him looking fresh cracking the maiden on his second start after finishing ninth in his debut last month. Thirty minutes later the trainer-jockey ...
Meydan magic takes place once again on Sunday with a seven race card featuring some classy types knocking on the door for their shot in the World Cup Carnival. The card gets underway at 6pm with four races on the turf track, and four worth AED95,000 in prizemoney, with big fields throughout the evening and a maiden The Lincoln Corsair Race for those yet to taste sweet victory. Off the back of ...
The Dubai World Cup Carnival continued with a seven race card at Meydan highlighted by the Group Two Zabeel Mile and two Listed races: UAE 1000 Guineas and the Al Khail Trophy. Master Of The Seas trained by Charlie Appleby continued his form taking the Group 2 Zabeel Mile if only by half of a length. The 5YO gelded son of Dubawi returned after 283 days away from the track winning a Group Three ...
Two Time Pegasus Turf Winner Colonel Liam has been retired after developing an ankle injury. The Liam’s Map x Amazement progeny finished his career with seven wins and a place from 12 starts and earnings of $1,812,565. A remarkable achievement after selling for $50,000 as a yearling and being bought by Lawana and Robert Low as a 2-year-old for $1.2 million. “Colonel Liam took our whole family on ...
It was a bell ringer of a contest in the HH The President Cup Prep but there was no denying the older statesman Somoud of the win. Passing through the pack Antonio Fresu took the 9YO through to hit the lead 300m out winning by a short head to the Salem Al Ketbi trained Mujeeb. De Roualle Impressed With Stable Star’s Form Currently rated 118 the Munjiz x Wadya entire is sure to see a rise this ...
Meydan hosts a seven-race card on Friday night highlighted by the Group Two Zabeel Mile and two Listed company races. The first of the Listed races is the UAE 1000 Guineas run over 1600m and worth USD $150,000 attracting a field of seven. Small But Quality Field For Listed Guineas A small but quality field led by Mimi Kakushi who will be aiming to back up after taking out the trial for this race ...
Nine Group Ones and amassing over AUD $20 million. It’s insane to think that the great Nature Strip was passed in for $90,000 at sale in 2016. He has this week been named the World’s Champion Sprinter for the second year running in what has become a common occurrence for the Chris Waller trained star. The 8YO gelded son of Nicconi and Strikeline won the richest turf race in the world, The ...
Trainer Doug Watson will look to extend his stronghold on the Trainer Championship race for the season with two hopes in the only race for thoroughbreds tonight. He trained a treble over the weekend which boosted his stocks on the ladder and this opportunity will only serve as further opportunity. Abu Dhabi hosts a six-race card with the last on the night being the Jebel Haffet handicap run over ...
Three continents, two Group Two victories and four other wins from 31 career starts. I Am Superman, the 7YO gelded son of Footstepsinthesand and Fastnetlady, will be returning following a 125 day break from the track and will be fresh under the hand of trainer Michael O’Callaghan. Trained in Ireland by Michael O’Callaghan, he has reached winner’s enclosures both there and in Australia. Most ...
When Frankie Dettori recently announced his retirement the racing world knew the Italian would be hoping to go out in a trademark bang. “In my final year as a jockey I want to go to as many places as possible and being able to compete in the IJC at The Saudi Cup is a huge event that I’m delighted to be a part of,” Dettori said. He has been named overnight as one of four confirmed riders for the ...
Following the meet last night at Meydan the updated ratings have been released with five receiving a decent rise. Magic Petition (13 to 92) A huge difference between performances nine days apart have given this colt a big bump in ratings. On January 6 the 3YO finished 11th while nearly eighteen lengths of the leader but last night he turned around fortunes winning by 5.75 lengths and for his ...
The Doug Watson and Patt Dobbs partnership combined once again to deliver a treble at Meydan on Sunday. It didn’t take long for the trainer-jockey team to ring in the first leg of the performance when it the second race they clocked it with a half margin effort. The maiden over 1600m attracted a field of 14 but it was the 4YO son of Creative Cause, Sari Dubai, who got it done under Pat Dobbs who ...
