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Meydan Racecourse hosted a competitive card featuring the Gr.3 Dubawi Stakes and the Gr.2 Zabeel Mile as the main events, last Friday. The races provided a unique insight into the achievements of the competitors. The five turf races produced fast final quarter miles, while the UAE 2000 Guineas Trial on the dirt was notable for being a strongly run, attritional affair with a slow finish. Below ...
Nicolas Caullery, a French trainer, will always remember the year 2023. He proudly states that it was the year when he entered the "big league." On 6th August 2023, he celebrated the first Gr.1 success of his career when King Gold delivered an impressive victory in the Prix Maurice de Gheest at Deauville. The 1300m sprint up the straight is one of the most exciting events in Deauville, and ...
Ralph Beckett's sprint champion, Starlust, who finished third in the Group One Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint, appears to be the frontrunner in this year's highly competitive field for the Al Wasl Stakes. This race is the main event on Friday's undercard at Meydan Racecourse. The 1200m Conditions race at the upcoming event will feature several talented 3YOs, including Al Dasim, the defending ...
The upcoming Saudi Cup 2024 race meeting in Riyadh has garnered the attention of 1162 entries from 15 countries, all vying for glory at the world's most valuable race meeting. The Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia is organizing the race weekend, with strong support from countries such as the USA, which has 123 horses listed, and Japan, which produced the 2023 winner, Panthalassa, and has 110 entries. ...
In 2023, Equinox achieved an impressive feat by emerging victorious in all four of his starts. What makes this accomplishment even more remarkable is that each of these wins was a Group One stakes race. One such notable triumph was his win in the Dubai Sheema Classic. Equinox, an undefeated racehorse, made headlines by winning all four races in his campaign, consisting entirely of Group One ...
James Culver believed that he had found an extraordinary horse when he bought Mucho Macho Man for US$30,000 from breeders Carole and John Rio. This Florida-bred horse went on to have an outstanding career, ultimately winning the prestigious 2013 Breeders' Cup Classic. By the end of his career, Mucho Macho Man had earned over US$5.6 million in prize money. Hoist the Gold, a homebred for Culver's ...
This week, twelve horses received invitations to the Gr.1US$3 million Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park on 27th January. Among them, National Treasure, Newgrange, and Subsanador were three horses based at Santa Anita. Trainer Bob Baffert has announced that National Treasure, the 2023 Preakness winner, is set to participate in the 1 1/8-mile Pegasus race, having skipped several stakes options ...
Dynamic One, owned by Repole Stable, Phipps Stable, and St Elias Stable, has received an invitation to the US$3 million Gr.1 Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park on January 27. This invitation comes alongside his stablemate Grand Aspen, also trained by Todd Pletcher, who was also included in the Second Invitational List released on Wednesday. The 6YO son of Union Rags, Dynamic One, had a ...
The Dubai Racing Carnival meeting will witness two turf highlights, with Star Of Mystery, Great Truth, and Nezeeh joining forces to compete in the Al Wasl Stakes, a race that promises to be thrilling on 12th Januray. Star Of Mystery, a Kodiac filly, is all set to make her debut at Meydan following a successful juvenile campaign in the UK. Her accomplishments include an impressive Listed win at ...
Lemon Pop emerged victorious and claimed the esteemed title of Best Dirt Horse, as the winners of the 2023 Japan Racing Association Awards were unveiled. In an exceptional performance, the entire bred in the US achieved a rare feat by winning both Gr.1 dirt races on the JRA in a single season. It was a commanding display by the horse in the February Stakes and Champions Cup, making it only the ...
The internationals could have an even stronger Carnival if Group Three winner Starlust participates in Friday's Al Wasl Stakes, a turf race over 1200 meters. Last season, the progeny of Zoustar, trained by Ralph Beckett for the owners Jim and Fitri Hay, achieved three victories and concluded the year with a commendable second position in the Gr.1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint that took ...
Godolphin had a remarkable year in North America, which has now been acknowledged by the inclusion of Cody's Wish, Mawj, Pretty Mischievous, and Master Of The Seas as finalists for the prestigious 2023 Eclipse Awards. In 2023, Cody's Wish won four out of five races, including top-level victories in the Churchill Downs Stakes, Met Mile, and a successful defense of his Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile ...
