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Monthly Archives: September 2012

Sep
30
2012

Game On Dude rolls home in Awesome Again, Royal Delta obliterates Beldame

Two American starters from the 2012 Dubai World Cup, neither of whom ran well on the day, solidified their places for America’s biggest weekend of racing when the Breeders’ Cup rolls into Santa Anita in November.  Game On Dude toyed with his California rivals once again, easily taking the Awesome Again Stakes (G1 – formerly [...]

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Sep
27
2012

Lucky Nine, Captain Obvious aim for Sprinters glory

Lucky Nine, third in the 2012 Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1) behind Krypton Factor and Rocket Man, is one of several foreign shippers to Japan for the Sprinters Stakes (G1) on Sunday at Nakayama.  Fifth a year ago in the race, the Caspar Fownes trainee will try to go a bit better.  A son of Dubawi, [...]

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Sep
26
2012

Arab interests in Pacific Classic champ Dullahan

Dullahan has three lifetime victories, all in American Grade 1 races, and all on all-weather surfaces.  The perfect hope for the $10 million Dubai World Cup?  Surely.  As a result, interest in a private purchase away from Donegal Racing, the syndicate that campaigns Dullahan, is high, and according to managing partner Jerry Crawford, under some [...]

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Sep
23
2012

Moohaajim impressive in Mill Reef, remains in Europe

Through a tweet from Mohammed Khaleel, racing manager for Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum, Saturday’s Dubai Duty Free Mill Reef Stakes (G2) winner Moohaajim is reported to stay in Europe for the upcoming 2013 season.  ”[The] Sheikh is enjoying racing in Europe and [Moohaajim] will be left in Europe in 2013.”  Trained by Marco [...]

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Sep
21
2012

Godolphin hoping for rare Philadelphia double

Sheikh Mohammed’s Godolphin operation has occasionally sent horses to run at Parx, the racecourse just outside Philadelphia that was formerly known as Philadelphia Park prior to a full-on casino development.  Now, an historic day of racing beckons at the course, hosting the first day in American racing, outside the Breeders’ Cup meeting, where two $1 [...]

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Sep
18
2012

2012-2013 Qatar racing season set

Sixty meetings of the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club mark the racing season for 2012-2013 at Doha’s Al Rayyan Racecourse.  The Qatari racing operation has organized substantially in the last several years, gaining greater awareness on the global calendar, and increased interest  from the UAE.  Last season, Ali Rashid Al Raihe trainee Happy Dubai, a [...]

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Sep
17
2012

Wigmore Hall scores again in Canada; Cityscape only third in Ricoh Woodbine Mile

2011 Jebel Hatta winner Wigmore Hall rolled home with a sparkling final furlong to win his second consecutive win in the Northern Dancer Stakes (G1) at Woodbine, Canada’s premier racecourse.  Saturday’s race, over 1 1/2 miles, saw Wigmore Hall settle off a fairly strong early pace and progress throughout the long stretch, narrowly defeating Al [...]

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Sep
13
2012

Cityscape, Wigmore Hall mark top Woodbine races

Two major international meetings mark the calendar at Woodbine Racecourse in Toronto, Canada, and a pair of Dubai-related starters will make their presence known yet again.  Cityscape, winner of the 2012 Dubai Duty Free (G1), and winless since, goes in the $1 million Woodbine Mile (G1) where he will meet Wise Dan, who has graded-stakes [...]

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Sep
09
2012

American Hill to ride in Saudi, Dubai

Channing Hill, an American jockey based in the midwestern portion of the country, has announced his plans to ride in Saudi Arabia and the UAE this season.  Aaron Gryder is the last American-based rider to spend the full season bouncing between both circuits, often under contract for Saudi connections.  Read the full story from the [...]

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Sep
07
2012

St Nicholas Abbey key in Irish Champion; Betfred Sprint Cup draws another competitive field

St. Nicholas Abbey, second in the 2012 Dubai Sheema Classic (G1) behind Cirrus Des Aigles, is one of six entered for Saturday’s Red Mills Irish Champion Stakes (G1) at Leopardstown.  A winner of the Coronation Cup (G1) at Royal Ascot, he has since been third behind Danedream and Frankel in his last two starts, and [...]

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