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The new year has kicked off on the UAE tracks with racing at Jebel Ali. With a seven-race card, the meet was highlighted by The Jebel Ali Mile Prep run over 1600m and saw eight contesting the race with three carrying the famous yellow silks of racecourse patron Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. However, it was Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum-owned Down on the Bayou who took the race out ...
Qatar held a ten-race card with results that could preview things to come for racing in the UAE this season. Highlighted by the Listed Qatar Oaks it was the 23rd race meeting for the 2022-23 season organised by The Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club (QREC). The race day was filled with action and equine talent, with half of the card showcasing fillies and mares as they contested for the five Oaks ...
Rich Strike: the 3YO colt who conquered the most exciting two minutes in sports, the Kentucky Derby. He will now look to return to the winner’s circle in the $12 million Dubai World Cup on March 25. Trainer Eric Reed has said that his horse has improved since the feature win in May putting his competitors on notice. “He is twice the horse that he was in May physically and mentally,” Reed told ...
With a new year upon us so are the updated rating revisions out of the Dubai Racing Club. Remorse (113) is the 5YO gelding has had 15 starts only being out of placings twice. The son of Dubawi and Jealous Again has four wins and has had three Group company starts and is trained by master trainer Bhupat Seemar. Partnered with Tadhg O’Shea they saw victory last start in The Listed Entisar over ...
Nomadic Empire will be looking at continuing his success with a win in the Al Riffa Cup in Bahrain today. The 4YO gelded son of Kodiac and Beatify took the victory in the Al Manama Cup last time out at the start of December winning by half a length. He now lines up for a tilt at the Al Riffa Cup run over the 1200m with a strong field of 16. The David O’Meara-trained runner will partner with the ...
Sharjah closed out the year of UAE racing with a six-race card, highlighted by the GCC Cup which saw a race-to-race riding double partnered with trainer in a great way to cap off the year. Brazilian hoop Bernardo Pinheiro rode the first two winners on the card for trainer Majed Al Jahoori The opening race on the card was a 1200m maiden set for 3YO colts and geldings and Pinheiro rode the ...
The most valuable race on the seven-race card at Meydan was the UAE 1000 Guineas Trial which threw up a surprise in results. With talk prior to the race being around the Saeed Bin Suroor 2YO Deep Thoughts and the Godolphin master trainer’s dominance over the feature UAE 1000 Guineas. The other key storyline in the Doug Watson pair of Asawer and Awasef. However, it was the Salem bin Ghadayer ...
It was a Bhupat Seemar training clinic in The Listed Entisar on Friday night at Meydan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzrTb2zGHb8 Over the same 2000m on dirt as the Dubai World Cup, the Entisar attracted a quality field of seven, including four Grade One winners among them. Bendoog, the young 3YO looked immaculate stepping out for Bhupat Seemar with James Doyle onboard. The Gun Runner-Nellie ...
Abu Dhabi played host to a six-race card highlighted by the Listed Abu Dhabi Championship which put the talented thoroughbreds centre stage. In the final of the card and worth AED 380,000, the Listed contest run over 2200m attracted a field of seven runners. Before the race the 6YO gelded son of Farhh, Away He Goes, trained by Ismail Mohammed had been campaigning against some of the best stayers ...
Twelve wins and defending champion. The UAE 1000 Guineas has proven to be Saeed bin Suroor’s masterclass with Godolphin’s lead and longest serving trainer holding the record as leading trainer for the major race. This Friday, the UAE 1000 Guineas Trial will held and run over 1400m as the most valuable race on the Meydan card at AED183,650. Bin Suroor prepares the 2YO filly Deep Thoughts who is a ...
The Listed Entisar Stakes will be the highlight of Meydan races on Friday and give a glimpse of what is to come in the Dubai World Cup. First run in 2014, the Entisar Stakes is run over the same 2000 metres as the $12 million Dubai World Cup and this year’s edition features some past contenders of the feature DWC. The field also sees four Grade 1 winners including defending champion For The Top ...
The HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Cup holds prestigious status run over the 1200 and the win added to Patrick Dobbs win count in the saddle. The season so far for Dobbs has seen him cross the line first 15 times from 82 runs for the 44-year-old Irish product. The hoop showed his skills once again producing his mount As Qoot to hit the lead in the final 75m and come away with the win for ...
