AL SHEMALI wasn’t likely to get a Dubai Duty Free (G1) run in 2010, but a late defection allows his entry. Similarly, he wasn’t expected to get a chance in the 2011 Dubai Sheema Classic (G1)…but fate has once again intervened. Assistant trainer to Ali Rashid Al Raihe, Jilani Siddiqui, spoke to DubaiRaceNight.com on Wednesday [...]
Michael Bell, trainer of WIGMORE HALL, and Luca Cumani, long-time conditioner of PRESVIS, joked together as to which should go first in our interview, Wednesday, after both oversaw their horses gallop the Tapeta. Only one horse (Ipi Tombe – 2003) has ever won the traditional Super Thursday prep for the Dubai Duty Free (G1), the [...]
With much of the media off to the annual Godolphin showcase at Al Quoz Paddocks, the gaggle was relatively light this morning but with plenty of action on the track. Today’s best mover: BUENA VISTA. The pride of Japan worked 1,200 metres on the Tapeta with her traditional hood, and while the final time was [...]
Satish Seemar hopes RICHARD’S KID will put it together and wasn’t entirely surprised, or upset, with his colt’s first run off the layoff when eighth in the Maktoum Challenge – Round 3 (G2) on Super Thursday. While hoping for an improvement in the Dubai World Cup, the long-time Dubai-based trainer is beaming over the inside [...]
Michael Dickinson reviews the performance of his surface, Tapeta, over the course of the Carnival and reveals the expected maintenance on race day, when temperatures are expected to soar.
Irish-born trainer Carl O’Callaghan thinks his gelding, Kinsale King, is just a bit better this year than before his win in the 2010 edition of the $2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen.
Laurie Laxon trains Dubai Duty Free (G1) chance Better Than Ever, a winner of 14 starts from 15 races. He set a course record over the Polytrack at Kranji last time out, and has otherwise toyed with his competition save one event, which Laxon discusses in our interview below. He trained Hoeberg to finish third [...]
The morning started with a thick coat of fog shrouding the glistening facade of Meydan, so much so you could barely see a metre ahead on the ride to the racecourse which, for most of the media, commenced at 6:00 A.M. Many of the Japanese runners took to the course around this time and looked [...]
By PatCummings
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Tagged Al Quoz Sprint, Beauty Flash, Buena Vista, Dubai Duty Free, Dubai Golden Shaheen, Dubai Sheema Classic, Dubai World Cup, Euroears, Gio Ponti, JJ The Jet Plane, Quick Enough, Rulership, Sunny King, UAE Derby, Victoire Pisa
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Herman Brown trains two runners on the big night, SWEET DUCKY (UAE Derby), pictured below galloping over Meydan’s Tapeta on Monday, and BANKABLE (Dubai Duty Free). Only the former was on track this morning. Brown comments on both horses in our video below.
The week of World Cup trackwork began in earnest Monday with a host of horses on the Tapeta. Our winner for the morning was Mike De Kock trainee, RAIHANA (pictured below). Scheduled to go in the Dubai Duty Free, she galloped a circuit of the course and couldn’t have seemed more keen and energetic. De [...]