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When the gates fly open on Sunday for the Group 1 Hong Kong Mile the race will be Golden Sixty’s to lose. With the superstar being given immense favouritism the market is offering a short $1.55 for the Medaglia D'Oro-Gaudeamus gelding to win his third straight Mile. Vincent Ho returns to the saddle as he has for all of his Group One victories and will be guiding his mount on the way to an eighth ...
Trainer Francis Lui came away with a race to race double at Happy Valley overnight as he prepares his champion Golden Sixty to defend the Group One Hong Kong Mile this weekend. The first of the victories came in race five with Win Win Fighter ridden by Derek Leung claiming the second leg of the Longines International Jockey’s Championship. Coming off a second placing last start after making up ...
The sprint in the season will quicken on Friday when Meydan hosts the Listed Al Garhoud Sprint with eight runners booked to travel the 1200m trip. Trainer Doug Watson will aim to continue his success for the season following a win last week with a photo finish by San Donato in the Listed Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahayan National Day Cup. He has a pair of runners in this listed class race ...
Eleven lengths. That is the margin that Nadia Du Loup put on her rivals in her crushing victory at the biggest meet for the Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club season. The 3YO trained by Sulaiman Al Ghunaimi showed what she was capable of with her largest win yet with Antonio Fresu onboard. The HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Racing Festival Cup run over 1600m attracted 16 runners, although it was ...
First Class was not going to let Lady Princess have a repeat in the Jewel Crown and he was rewarded off the back of a battle between the pair. Coming up against one of his rivals in Group One Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Jewel Crown Jean De Mieulle had his 5YO gelded son of Dahess ready to get the upper hand in this one. Lady Princess won last time they faced off on the track in October in ...
Patrick Dobbs starred in the biggest meeting of the season for the Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club making the National Day Cup meet his own ringing up a treble, including winning the Gr. 3 Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan National Day Cup. Partnered with the highest rated horse, Af Alwajel (115), for Ernst Oertel with the ride by Dobbs a late decision following the unavailability of handy hoop Tadhg ...
On the dirt at Jebel Ali for a seven-race meet Salem bin Ghadayer and the Fazza Racing stable came away with a training double which included a very smart win by a Dubawi-sired gelding who had not won since October last year. In the second last of the card, the Dubai Real Estate Centre Handicap, it was a showcase of Bhupat Seemar’s training with four of the ten coming from the Zabeel Stables, ...
Superb Boy went into the Class 3 Peninsula Golden Jubilee Challenge Cup Handicap over 1000m at Sha Tin with his stables hopes of success. The 4YO Nicconi gelding was looking to build on his career and make it four wins from eight starts when he stepped out after a five-week break between starts. Trainer Lui was optimistic about Superb Boy’s chances pre-race. “He’s kept improving, he’s a lovely ...
UAE National Day saw spectators seeing double over and over and over again. With a seven-race card, for purebred Arabians in Al Ain, spectators saw two-time celebrations from a jockey, a trainer, and a trainer-jockey partnership. Hoop Fernando Jara has this season already landed three winners with two coming from this meet in a performance sure to show his ability and plans for the season. In ...
Sunday racing at Abu Dhabi will see Group company with some of the best stables showcasing their starters for the season. The Group One Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Jewel Crown will run over 2200m and is one of the richest purebred Arabian races in the world. Lady Princess will return to show why she is one of the best in the racing scene currently with 12 wins and five placings from her 17 ...
Big bulking frame with muscle and an engine that is ready to succeed. Bendoog is a horse ready to win and this season looks to be a great one for the three-year-old Gun Runner-Nellie Cashman colt. Bhupat Seemar is not shy when it comes to talking up his potential. “Bendoog is a ginormous horse - what he did last year was incredible for his size. The horse only broke his maiden two months ...
Meydan saw a return of racing yesterday with the running of the 1600m Listed Dubai Creek Mile. The race was won by Prince Eiji making up half of a double for the Pat Dobbs and Doug Watson partnership. Purchased by Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum who spent 2,600,000gns, via trainer Roger Varian, to secure the now 6yo gelded son of Dubawi as a yearling in 2017. Out of the gates Avant Garde was a ...
