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Tetsuya Kimura trained-Authority claimed a smooth victory in the first feature of the evening. The Japanese-bred 5YO bay went to the lead the moment the gates opened and was never threatened, winning the 2100m race by a length and a quarter. The son of Orfevre defeated locally-trained Kaspar (GER), while the Aga Khan-owned, French-trained filly Ebaiyra (USA) fought hard to hold on to third ...
The first three jockeys in the 2022 stc International Jockeys Challenge have been announced, with recently retired Australian superstar Glen Boss climbing back into the saddle to compete in the four-race competition. Last year’s winner Shane Foley returns to defend his crown and Hayley Turner, the first female jockey in Britain to ride 100 winners in a calendar year, will also take her place in ...
The Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia (JCSA) has announced that the total prize money for the two-day Saudi Cup meeting on Friday 25 and Saturday 26 February 2022, will increase to $35.1million, making it the most valuable fixture in global racing. The Saudi Cup, which will be run as a Gr.1 for the first time, remains the world’s most valuable horse race at $20million, while five thoroughbred races on ...
Mishriff is set to make his next appearance in the Gr.1 Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown after his return from the UAE, where he won the Dubai’s biggest prize on turf after winning the US$20 million Saudi Cup, the world’s richest horse race. proved himself the most versatile horse in training when he won the $20 million Saudi Cup in February on dirt and then the $5m Dubai Sheema Classic on turf ...
Studs and stallion masters have already thrown their hats into the ring in a bid to secure the breeding rights to Mishriff, winner of last week's $20 million Saudi Cup, but racing manager Ted Voute has said that the colt's owner Prince Faisal is content to bide his time before reaching an agreement. A blue-blooded homebred son of the Prince's dual group 1 winner Make Believe, Mishriff already ...
Winning jockey David Egan was fined $100,000 and suspended two days for excessive use of the whip when riding Mishriff to victory in the $20-million Saudi Cup Saturday. The Saudi stewards determined that Egan hit his mount 11 times, one more than the maximum allowed. Egan hit Mishriff several times in the stretch, starting out with his left hand before switching over to his right. In addition, ...
Ground-breaking trainer Fawzi Nass is preparing an assault on the $20 million Saudi Cup with Bahrain International winner Simsir. Nass made history at the inaugural Saudi Cup meeting last year when his Port Lions pulled off a shock win by defeating Japan’s star mare Deirdre in what is now called The Neom Turf Cup, the first turf race ever held in Saudi Arabia. Now he has the world’s most ...
Leading US-based rider John Velazquez is the final international jockey to be confirmed for the stc International Jockeys Challenge (IJC) on Friday 19 February. The 49YO will take on 13 other jockeys in the IJC, before partnering Tacitus, owned by the late Prince Khalid Abdullah’s Juddmonte Farms, in the $20m Saudi Cup a day later. Velazquez landed a first Breeders’ Cup Classic in November with ...
Trainer Allan Smith believes Dark Power is peaking at the right time as he prepares his stable star to defend his stc 1351 Turf Sprint title at the glittering Saudi Cup meeting. The striking grey came with a strong, late run under Frankie Dettori to collar front-running Mubtasim and cause a massive shock in the $1 million contest run over 1351m last year. Bahrain-based Smith has been plotting a ...
The second running of the Saudi Cup has garnered much international interest. William Haggas-trained Addeybb will be partnered by Tom Marquand, is one of eight British entries for the US$20 million contest in Riyadh. The three-time Gr.1 Champion Stakes winner will be joined by stablemate 6YO Ummalnar. Top English trainer John Gosden has three entries: Mishriff, Dubai Warrior and Global Giant. ...
