Several Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1) contenders could emerge from Friday’s AED 500,000 Jebel Ali Sprint (Listed) over 1,000 meters. 2010 Dubai International Racing Carnival winners #16 SO SHINY and #7 FROSTY SECRET have major claims while DIRC placers #10 MONTPELLIER, #15 ALO PURA, and #6 DOHASA all stand to improve in a wide-open affair. Mike [...]
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Tagged Alo Pura, Dohasa, Dubai Golden Shaheen, Dubai horse racing, Dubai International Racing Carnival, Dubai racing, Frosty Secret, Hammadi, Jebel Ali, Jebel Ali Sprint, Mike de Kock, Montpellier, So Shiny
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Musir, the strong winner of the UAE 2000 Guineas Trial and the UAE 2000 Guineas (G3), has been scratched from Thursday’s Al Bastakiya (Listed) and will eliminate popular hopes for another UAE Triple Crown for owner Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum. No published reports concerning the reason for scratching are yet available. When they [...]
Long pointed for the Dubai World Cup (G1), Gitano Hernando did not disappoint as the 1-2 favorite stormed home a convincing 4.5 length winner of the Winter Derby Trial at Lingfield. Jockey Kieren Fallon got into the colt with about three furlongs to run and bending for home, the Goodwood (G1) winner from October lengthened [...]
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Tagged Breeders' Cup Classic, Confront, Dubai Sheema Classic, Dubai World Cup, Gitano Hernando, Godolphin Mile, Goodwood, Henry Cecil, Juddmonte Farms, Kieren Fallon, Lingfield, Marco Botti, Sir Michael Stoute, Spanish Moon, Suits Me, Tom Queally, Twice Over, Winter Derby Trial
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The Thoroughbred Times became the first print outlet to note that Zenyatta trainer John Shirreffs is considering the Dubai World Cup (G1) for his mare, Life Is Sweet. Runaway winner of the 2009 Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic (G1), Life Is Sweet was mentioned here on DubaiRaceNight.com as one of the surprising nominees to the Dubai [...]
The winner of the Goodwood (G1) at Santa Anita last October makes his long-awaited return to the races on Saturday, preparing for a possible tilt in the 2010 Dubai World Cup (G1). Trainer Marco Botti will prep his colt at Lingfield in the Winter Derby Trial Stakes. Kieren Fallon, now disengaged from Presvis, has the [...]
After a grueling, but successful double-meet of racing at Meydan last week, leading jockey Frankie Dettori flew into Milan and drove up to St. Moritz, Switzerland for the races over the “white turf,” really, a frozen, snow-covered lake, and managed a win.
Nicholas Godfrey from the Racing Post reports HERE.
Espoir City, off his Japan Cup Dirt success from the fall, rolled on with a win in the February Stakes (G1) at Tokyo, setting up a possible encounter in the 2010 Dubai World Cup (G1). A 2.5 length victory over Testa Matta and Success Brocken paved the way for this colt to continue progressing. Click [...]
With a convincing win off a 14-month layoff, Grade 1 winner Bob Black Jack stormed into contention for the 2010 Dubai Golden Shaheen with a 2.5 length victory in the 6.5 furlong San Carlos Handicap (G2) at Santa Anita. The former Kentucky Derby (G1) runner was injured last winter when preparing for a possible tilt at [...]
Making his first start since a second in the 2009 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), dual Eclipse Award winner Gio Ponti engaged front-running pacesetter Karelian in a stretch-long drive but failed to win the photograph in Saturday’s Tampa Bay Breeders’ Cup. Under Ramon Dominguez, Gio Ponti stalked a soft pace but was game in defeat. Dominguez lodged a claim [...]
Second home in the 2009 Breeders’ Cup Classic, Gio Ponti, a dual Eclipse Award winner last year, makes his prep run in advance of the 2010 Dubai World Cup (G1) on Saturday in the $150,000 Tampa Bay Breeders’ Cup. The field for this listed event, run over 8.5 furlongs on the turf, is significantly less accomplished [...]
