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"We will see a different horse" in the Saudi Cup, according to FMQ Stables' Faisal Al Qahtani. February 17, 2024, Saturday This year, FMQ Stables owner Faisal Al Qahtani has a live shot at the world's most valuable race with Saudi Crown. Last year, on Saudi Cup night, he experienced success with Commissioner King in the Gr. 3 Boutique Group Saudi Derby. This weekend's highlight event in Riyadh ...
The renowned Gr.1 HH The President Cup was won by two-time champion jockey Richard Mullen riding RB Kingmaker, setting off jubilant celebrations in Abu Dhabi. Helal Alalawi's 5YO, partnered by the absent Cristian Demuro on his two previous starts and shuffled by Adrie de Vries, who supported French raider Al Riffaa, travelled powerfully throughout under Mullen, who made his bold turn for home. ...
On yesterday's last day of the H H the Amir Sword Festival 2024 at the Al Rayyan Racecourse, Al Ghadeer of Al Shaqab Racing sealed the Doha Triple Crown by thrillingly winning the coveted H H H the Amir Sword title. The 5YO, trained by jockey Christophe Soumillon, completed a stunning triumph for trainer Francois Rohaut by outpacing Abbes by a length in the last 300 metres of the $2.5 million ...
Rebel's Romance continued Godolphin's early-season monopoly on Middle Eastern turf racing on February 17 at Al Rayyan Racecourse in Qatar, defeating a strong international field and returning to his Breeders' Cup-winning form. Taking the successive three positions in the finishing order, Japanese runners gave notice. The 6YO Dubawi gelding, trained by Charlie Appleby, was well-represented in the ...
While preparing a worldwide campaign for his 2023 Hong Kong Cup (Gr.1) runner-up, trainer Aidan O'Brien has chosen to avoid putting Luxembourg through a rough return. The 5YO will now compete in the Neom Turf Cup (Gr.2T) on the same card as the $20 million Saudi Cup (Gr.1) she had initially entered. O'Brien said, "We just felt it was going to be too tough a race to pitch him into for the first ...
When Yoshito Yahagi's Forever Young attempts to extend his unbeaten record to four in the Saudi Derby (G3) on February 24 in Riyadh, the 3YO should answer if he will be the next hit. Yahagi purchased the colt for his customer, Susumu Fujita, at the 2022 JRHA Select Sale. Forever Darling is a grade 2 winner in the United States. With a purchase of ¥98,000,000 (US$725,926), Fujita was the highest ...
Melbourne Cup (G1) winner Verry Elleegant passed away due to problems following the delivery of her foal. On February 18, trainer Chris Waller announced the news on X, formerly Twitter. Waller wrote, "We all saw the courage she had on the racetrack over many seasons, and she will never be forgotten by those close to her as well as the wider racing public who followed her career and loved her so ...
Parlando makes a late move to win the race and a $40,000 additional prize, but Box To Box is denied. JM Jungle, Brazen Bolt's stablemate and sprint division winner, excels in the Al Sakhir Cup. With the Shaikh Nasser Cup triumph, Isle of Jura's stellar season in Bahrain continues. In a race that witnessed jockey Gerald Mosse, the winner of the Melbourne Cup and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, at ...
On Friday night, Saffie Osborne made racing history in the United Arab Emirates by becoming the first female rider to win at Meydan Racecourse. With a little bit of racing fortune on her side in the closing seconds of the 1800m Lord Glitters Handicap, the main event of a nine-race programme at Dubai's premier racing facility, which is entirely supported by Al Tayer Motors, the English rider made ...
On 24th February, the night of the Saudi Cup, Richard Fahey will mount Spirit Dancer, a horse co-owned by Sir Alex Ferguson, the legend of Manchester United, for the US$2 million Gr.2 Howden Neom Turf Cup. Fahey set his sights on a trip to Riyadh with the stunning son of Frankel, who recently finished fourth in the Jebel Hatta in Dubai. The brilliant 7YO won the Gr. 2 Bahrain International ...
Irishman Kieran Cotter is all set to make his first-ever international raid next week with complete confidence. He will take the reins of the star filly Matilda Picotte in the Gr. 2 Saudi National Bank 1351 Turf Sprint, scheduled for 24th February, Saudi Cup night. Last season, the filly born from Sioux Nation bloomed into a top-notch 3YO. She finished third in the prestigious Gr. 1 1000 Guineas ...
Luxembourg, the son of Camelot, will not be making his first dirt start next weekend as trainer Aidan O'Brien has decided to withdraw him from the Gr. 1 Saudi Cup field. Instead, O'Brien is targeting the Gr. 2 Howden Neom Turf Cup for the talented colt. Initially, Ballydoyle had entered the horse in the 1800-meter, US$20m Saudi Cup Likely Fields as their first runner in the world's most valuable ...
