1. How about that Al Fahidi Fort (G2)? The photo finish is posted below. Both #3 BANKABLE and #11 IMBONGI flashed home in front of a surprising hot early pace while rising star #5 IBN BATTUTA slalomed through the field to come close at the end. What was remarkable about this particular race was the [...]
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Also tagged Ahmed Ajtebi, Al Arab, Allybar, Bankable, Barbecue Eddie, Dubai horse racing, Dubai racing, Eagle Mountain, Green Coast, Ibn Battuta, Imbongi, Meydan, Roman's Run, Skysurfers
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These double-header nights becomes an absolute marathon, but enjoyable nonetheless. I hope you have found a few winners over the last week. So much to discuss from the first double-dip at Meydan…let’s jump right in.
1. Thursday = parade of favorites
Most often, racing in Dubai is not kind to favorites but Thursday witnessed a steady stream [...]
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The third race of Friday’s six-race meeting at Jebel Ali is the 500,000 AED Jebel Ali Stakes (Listed), run over 1,950 meters (about ten furlongs). A field of sixteen has been assembled for the race, including top-rated #7 MASHAAHED for trainer Erwan Charpy. The son of In The Wings was third in a conditions prep for [...]
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Also tagged Abu Dhabi, Dhruba Selvaratnam, Dubai horse racing, Dubai International Racing Carnival, Dubai racing, Dynamic Saint, Erwan Charpy, Jebel Ali, Mashaahed, Meeriss, Monte Alto, Nad al Sheba, William Buick
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Otaared rallied from the back of an 11-horse field to win the Shadwell Farm Conditions by more than three lengths in Friday’s feature at Jebel Ali, triggering the start of a treble for Dhruba Selvaratnam and jockey William Buick. This marks the second win in three seasonal starts at Jebel Ali for the 5-year-old son [...]
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Also tagged Ali Rashid Al Raihe, Dhruba Selvaratnam, Dubai horse racing, Dubai International Racing Carnival, Dubai racing, Green Coast, Happy Dubai, Indian Ridge, Izaaj, Jebel Ali, Marine Spirit, Mike de Kock, Mubarak bin Shafya, Otaared, Storm Cat, War Monger, William Buick
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The 8 January meeting at Jebel Ali is headlined by a AED120,000 conditions event over 1,400 meters that drew a field of 12 and will be contested as the third race of the card. War Monger, top-rated at 113, is making his 14th career start, the first that is not on a grass course. The [...]
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Also tagged Abu Dhabi, Bailerus, Barbecue Eddie, Boss Professor, Breeders' Cup Mile, Commander Cave, Daragh O'Donohue, Dubai International Racing Carnival, Dubai racing, Erwan Charpy, Exceedingly Fast, Godolphin, Green Coast, Jebel Ali, Jodi, Mohammed Jaber Abdullah, Montpellier, Satish Seemar, War Monger
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Friday’s six race card at Jebel Ali is headlined by the third race, a Jebel Ali Stakes prep carrying a 120,000AED purse and drawing a relatively competitive and well-balanced field of 14. I am most interested in #11 Black Eagle who makes the fifth start of his career and the first in Dubai for trainer [...]
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The feature of Friday’s six race card at Jebel Ali is a thoroughbred handicap over 1,400 meters and has drawn a field of 11. Top-weighted is Doug Watson trainee Fares, a surprise winner at the 2009 Dubai International Racing Carnival, who was a dull seventh in a 1,600 meters affair over the course on November 5. [...]
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A full field of 16 are entered to face the starter in Friday’s third race at Jebel Ali, the 120,000 AED Shadwell conditions race over 1,200 meters on the dirt. Top rated is Doug Watson trainee, Green Coast, who last appeared when finishing eighth in the Godolphin Mile (G2) behind Two Step Salsa and Gayego. [...]
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Also tagged Barbecue Eddie, Dubai International Racing Carnival, Escape Route, Gayego, Godolphin Mile, Green Coast, Jebel Ali, Mahab Al Shimaal, Satish Seemar, Terrific Challenge, Two Step Salsa
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Friday’s Shadwell Farm Conditions race, the feature at Jebel Ali, went the way of the Dhruba Selvaratnam trainee Otaared, making his first start since October 2008. It was one of only two races NOT won by Doug Watson. Click HERE as Sarah Tregoning from The National takes a look back at Friday’s card.
Entering Friday’s seven furlong, 120,000 AED feature at Jebel Ali, Doug Watson trainee Shopton Lane sits at top rating (after the defection of non-runner Masaalek). That top-rating might be more of a hindrance to those planning to back the son of Quiet American who was listless in two Dubai International Racing Carnival starts in 2009.
Plavius provides [...]
