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 winner of the 2008 UAE Derby (G2), Honour Devil is slated to make his American debut in Wednesday’s $65,000 Mr. Right Stakes at Belmont Park, an overnight even limited to horses who have not won a stakes race since July 2009. In two 2009 starts, Honour Devil recorded a third and a second while [...]
If you are in search of more confidence from a trainer, it will be difficult to find it from anyone other than Musabah Al Muhairi, who will send Snaffy into the Dubai World Cup as a second entrant for Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
The full story as published by Dubai’s Khaleej Times can be [...]
Desmond Kane profiles jockey Richard Hills and his ever-present career success at the age of 46 for Abu Dhabi’s The National. Hills will ride Snaffy in either the Godolphin Mile or Dubai World Cup. The UK-based rider was victorious in the 1999 Dubai World Cup aboard that race’s biggest longshot winner, Almutawakel.
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