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Frankie Dettori is on his farewell tour but he is far from done. With that hunger to win in the saddle the Italian is hoping Country Grammer can help him with the perfect farewell to Saudi. He now tackles the $20 million Saudi Cup in what he considers the ‘best dirt track in the world’. “I’ve been going to Saudi for the last 30 years. I’m not just saying this because we’re talking about The ...
With this year’s edition of the Group One Saudi Cup fast approaching in just over two weeks’ time we take a look back at the personalities and moments in the feature race in years past that send tingles through our bodies. Race commentator John Hunt has relived his experience of calling the 2022 Group One Saudi Cup seeing the Mitab Almulawah trained Emblem Road victorious. It was a moment that ...
The flag of Japan will be flown during the International Jockeys Challenge with the recent announcement of Yuga Kawada as the eight hoop to compete in the contest. Racing is in his blood with his great-grandfather having been a jockey and a trainer, his grandfather was a trainer, and his father was a jockey and a trainer – he was born into the family passion and business started to ride at an ...
When the gates fly back in the Group Three 1351 Turf Sprint on Saudi Cup night Charlie Hills will see his pair of seven-year-old stablemates show what they have throwing down a real challenge for the SAR $3.3 million winner’s purse. Pogo is the stable star last year having won the Group 3 Criterion Stakes, Group 3 John Gaunt Stakes, Group 2 Challenge Stakes, and rounding his success out with a ...
10 starts for four wins and three placings. Trawlerman is riding a wave with hopes to set him up to capture the $2.5 million Red Sea in Saudi Arabia. The 5YO gelded son of Golden Horn is owned by Godolphin and trained by John and Thady Gosden and continues to prove himself as a genuine stayer. The father and son share the licence and are proud of their gelding. “Trawlerman has always been a very ...
When Frankie Dettori recently announced his retirement the racing world knew the Italian would be hoping to go out in a trademark bang. “In my final year as a jockey I want to go to as many places as possible and being able to compete in the IJC at The Saudi Cup is a huge event that I’m delighted to be a part of,” Dettori said. He has been named overnight as one of four confirmed riders for the ...
Iconic. Prince Khalid Bin Abdullah Al Saud was a leading figure in the sport of kings and his contributions in to horse racing in his colours is as legendary as the Prince himself. Tomorrow Riyadh will host an eleven-race card highlighted by the race in his name in its second running, the Prince Khalid Abdullah Cup. The final race on the card will be run over 2100 metres and worth SR 1 million ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
