Prestige and major prize money. The Saudi Cup is the most valuable race in the world and the carnival meeting runs on 24-25 February with horses from 15 different racing nations set to compete over the two days. King Abdulaziz Racecourse in Riyadh will host 16 races on its dirt and turf tracks, and the highlight of the meeting, the $20 million Group 1 Saudi Cup, looks set to be contested by ...
Reigning Champion of the International Jockey Challenge, Australian Caitlin Jones, now knows all of her female opponents for this year’s tournament. The International Jockey Challenge has intensified even further this morning with the announcement of the final two female riders taking part. New Zealand will be cheering home a classy hoop in Sam Spratt as she enters the fray hungry for the win. ...
Phillip Collington is synonymous with Arabians and has showcased his ability to train his stable to conquer across years as well as races. He will now prepare Ekleel Athbah for the Group Two Al Mneefah Cup with his 5YO having already won the Group Two Royal Calvary of Oman International Stakes last August. He is the UK’s leading Purebred Arabian trainer and was awarded the ARO Champion Trainer ...
The Saudi Cup is the world’s most valuable race and this year Kildare-based Equine MediRecord will be deploying their revolutionary software platform for all the horses racing in this year’s two day event. Tom Ryan of the Saudi Cup was excited with the partnership. “We are delighted to be expanding our Equine MediRecord involvement this year to include an Arabic module. The initial use of the ...
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 ...