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Monthly Archives: July 2010

Jul
31
2010

DeKock wins Durban July with Dubai-bound Bold Silvano

Mike De Kock-trainee Bold Silvano landed the 2010 Vodacom Durban July (G1) on Saturday at Grayville over stable companion Irish Flame, sending the Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum-owned colt to the winner’s enclosure.  The win was DeKock’s third in South Africa’s most prestigious race and the first for Sheikh Mohammed, a partnership that has stormed Dubai [...]

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Jul
30
2010

Maktoum Challenge winner Red Desire to start at Belmont, then to Breeders’ Cup at Churchill

The flashing winner of the 2010 Maktoum Challenge – R3 (G2), Red Desire will be aimed for two starts in the United States this fall.  Trainer Mikio Matsunaga will send his daughter of the sneaky sire Manhattan Cafe to New York’s Belmont Park for a prep race in the Flower Bowl Invitational (G1) over 10 [...]

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Jul
28
2010

Allybar, Summit Surge planning for Arlington Million

Allybar, the close-home third in the 2010 Dubai World Cup (G1) has been added to the roster of likely starters for the 2010 Arlington Million (G1) along with Carnival graduate and recent Skybet York Stakes (G2) winner Summit Surge.  Gio Ponti, fourth in the Dubai World Cup, and the 2009 Million winner, is expected to [...]

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Jul
25
2010

Lizard’s Desire still battling laminitis

In a story first reported here on DubaiRaceNight.com almost two weeks ago, 2010 Dubai World Cup (G1) second, and subsequent Singapore Airlines International Cup (G1) winner, Lizard’s Desire is still struggling with laminitis.  Click HERE for more as the story has been picked up by the international racing media.

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Jul
23
2010

Crowded House, The Usual Q.T. meet in Eddie Read; Dar Re Mi withdrawn with bruise

Saturday’s turf course at Del Mar features the Eddie Read (G1) and the presence of two runners from the Dubai World Cup meeting.  Crowded House was twice second, under two brutal trips, in starts at the 2010 Dubai International Racing Carnival.  Following those heartbreaks, he checked in a credible ninth, just three lengths from Gloria [...]

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Jul
22
2010

Allybar tries again in Skybet York Stakes

After a stellar winter at the 2010 Dubai International Racing Carnival and a short-neck loss in the 2010 Dubai World Cup (G1), Allybar returned to the races with an uninspiring eleventh of twelve in the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes (G2).  The Mahmood Al Zarooni-charge will give it another shot in Saturday’s Skybet York Stakes (G2), this [...]

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Jul
22
2010

Dar Re Mi goes for King George VI & Queen Elizabeth

Saturday’s feature race at Ascot, the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (G1) features a well-matched field of eight, including 2010 Dubai Sheema Classic (G1) winner Dar Re Mi.  Most recently fourth in the Coral Eclipse Stakes (G1) at Sandown, well beaten by Twice Over, Dar Re Mi looks to rebound against the boys [...]

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Jul
20
2010

Belmont Stakes winner Drosselmeyer pointed to 2011 Dubai World Cup following positive prognosis

WinStar Farm’s Drosselmeyer, the upset winner of the 2010 Belmont Stakes (G1) over twelve furlongs, is being pointed towards the 2011 Dubai World Cup (G1) at Meydan.  Earning his first stakes win in the Belmont, Drosselmeyer was believed to have suffered an ankle injury in trackwork following the race.  Bone scans, however, revealed no serious [...]

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Jul
18
2010

Campanologist gets G1 win in Germany

Longtime supporters of German racing, Godolphin was likely quite pleased to get Campanologist a long-awaited Group 1 win in taking Saturday’s Grosser Preis von Lotto Hamburg, defeating Wiener Walzer, Quijano, and Jukebox Jury.  The son of Kingmambo was the 2010 winner of the Dubai City of Gold (G2), a race won by Quijano in 2007.  [...]

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Jul
16
2010

DeKock saddling seven for 2010 Vodacom Durban July

The race might be two weeks away, but we know that Mike DeKock is scheduled to saddle seven of the 20 runners in the delayed 2010 Vodacom Durban July Cup (G1).  As the South African-hosted World Cup forced some shifts in the racing calendar, the race is run on 31 July at Durban’s Greyville racecourse.  [...]

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