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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Mariol, a four-time starter at the 2008 Dubai International Racing Carnival, is under dual-consideration for either the Al Quoz Sprint (G3) or the Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1), according to a report published in the Racing Post. Formerly trained by Erwan Charpy in Dubai, Mariol is now with Robert Collet and would hope to improve on [...]
Singapore’s crack sprinter Rocket Man will have a trial over 1,000 meters on 16 March prior to leaving for Dubai and a start in the $2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen over 1,200 meters. Click HERE for more from the Singapore Turf Club’s Craig Brennan.
There was plenty of action on and off the glamorous new racecourse in Dubai this week. Below are some thoughts and news as we prepare for Super Thursday and the Meydan Masters.
1. Ahmed Ajtebi continues his masterful run this season and is my initial pick to land the Meydan Masters - he is just riding [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
A recent private purchase by Dubai-based Zabeel Racing International, Bob Baffert trainee Richard’s Kid surged up the rail to take the San Antonio at Santa Anita by a neck over longshot Dakota Phone. Before today’s race, Baffert indicated that the son of Lemon Drop Kid was pointed for the Dubai World Cup (G1) and today’s [...]
Once-beaten sprinting sensation Rocket Man, second only to Hong Kong’s Sacred Kingdom in the 2009 KrisFlyer International Sprint (G1), was a 4.5 length victor in Sunday’s Kranji Stakes in Singapore. The win could put the Australian-bred son of Viscount on track for a start in the Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1) as part of the Dubai [...]
California-based sprinter Kinsale King will prep for the 2010 Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1) over one of only two American racecourses using the surface, Golden Gate Fields, outside of San Francisco. The winner of the Vernon Underwood (G3) at Hollywood Park and Palos Verdes (G2) at Santa Anita in his last starts has gained more and [...]
Kinsale King took the Palos Verdes Handicap (G2) at Santa Anita Saturday, paving the way for a trip to the 2010 Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1). Trainer Carl O’Callaghan made it known following his colt’s December Vernon Underwood (G3) win, that the Golden Shaheen was a goal. Saturday’s 9-1 upset over Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) winner [...]
