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My Frankel took out the SAR $1 million Crown Prince Cup (Domestic Group 1) on the weekend and will now be on track to line up in the Kings Cup in January. On board the 5YO jockey James Doyle recorded the win in his first rides in Saudi Arabia since the Saudi Cup meet in earlier this year. Doyle first rode in Saudi Arabia in the 2013-14 season with his last winner in Saudi being during the ...
Highlighted by the Jebel Ali Stakes Prep, Jebel Ali held a six-race card on Saturday night with a training treble and jockey double being clocked up. The prep race is run over 1800m, 150 shorter than the Listed race itself held at the end of February, won last season by Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum’s Lost Eden. Quality Humour won the first race on the card, breaking his maiden after ...
Thirty-five seasons at the top is an achievement to be rivalled. For Frankie Dettori it is all coming to an end following an announcement by the 52-year-old yesterday. After a career that has spanned close to four decades the master hoop is putting a finish time on what has seen him victorious around the globe with one final season in the saddle. Announcing yesterday he said he would be calling ...
Racing returned to Abu Dhabi and with the six-race card came another Ernst Oertel and Tadhg O’Shea winning double. The card opened with a 2200m handicap for horses in private ownership with the first leg of the double kicking off proceedings. Tadhg O’Shea, riding for his main employer, Champion Owner Khalid Khalif Al Nabooda rode AF Ramz comfortably hitting the lead with 275m left of the trip ...
The Saudi Cup meeting is the world’s most valuable race meet and attracts the best trainers and horses in the world. Karl Burke knows how to win major races and get the best from his horses as he sets a plan for his stables Saudi mission. When the multiple Group One winning trainer arrives in Saudi, he will have two of his stars accompanying him in Holloway Boy and Al Qareem. Holloway Boy is his ...
Second chances are very hard to come by. When 4YO colt Sisfahan lines up in the Group 3 Red Sea Turf Cup Handicap on Saudi Cup Day in February it will be a prime example. An injury suffered during training put a stop to him lining up in the feature last year, but Henk Grewe will now prepare his 2021 German Derby winner ready for this start. The injury ruled him out for most of the following ...
Nine weeks of racing at the UAE’s flagship racecourse, the Dubai World Cup Carnival will offer up some of the best talent that the world has to offer. With the Dubai World Cup at its pinnacle, stables and trainers prepare their best to represent them on the world stage. With millions in prizemoney on offer the nominations have been accepted with nearly 150 horses travelling from 16 countries. ...
The best of equine athleticism stepped out at Sha Tin for the Hong Kong International Race Day. With a card that included four Group One feature races the meet had an intense Australian flavour. It was not just the horses showcased but also the talents of some of the world’s best jockeys. A treble from the kid from Lismore, ninety minutes from Australia’s Gold Coast, who would go on to pave a ...
Godolphin’s pair of raiders in Group One winner Kementari and Group Three 4YO Vilana failed to fire in the Group Three The Gold Rush, yesterday. Kementari had been sent to run the race specifically with Jamie Kah on board finishing seventh, and Vilana, piloted by Ben Melham finished towards the end of the pack only beating home two of its rivals. Formerly the AJ Scahill Stakes, the AUD $1.5 ...
Ten wins for the season so far were notched up by trainer Khalifa Al Neyadi overnight at Al Ain. A winning treble helped the Al Ra’ad trainer mark the milestone as well as set him on the path to beating his winning training record for the season set last season of 14-16-14. The first leg of the treble came from a horse trained and owned by Al Neyadi, Barjah, winning in the Wathba Stallions Cup ...
When former Gold Coast-based trainer Michael Costa decided to take up the role of head trainer for Jebel Ali stables he knew he had some potential stars in the stable. Overnight at Meydan, his rising star Mouheeb proved his ability as a genuine sprinter taking out the Listed Garhoud Sprint. At the start of the season Costa told Ten Furlongs that he was impressed with the 4YO son of Flatter’s ...
Abu Dhabi hosted a six-race card on Thursday including a 1600m conditions race for 4YOs where the partnership between trainer and hoop delivered another double in a showcase. During Thursday's meet, Ernest Oertel and hoop Tadhg O’Shea continued to show how well their partnership works with a double. In the Al Bahr Towers Handicap came the first win for the pair with six-year-old Musannef who had ...
