A tripleheader weekend of racing in the UAE came to an end today at Abu Dhabi with a brilliant stretch drive in the feature race of the week for purebred Arabians, the HH The President of the UAE Cup (G1). Nieshan (outside) battled through the lane and just landed the spoils, and the majority of [...]
A Group 3 winner at Chantilly in 2011, formerly with Andre Fabre, Kreem ran down Fly Down in the 2012 Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup (G1) at Janadriah Racecourse in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Third in the 2010 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), and with a troubled rail run in the 2011 Dubai World Cup [...]
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup (G1), known as the King’s Cup, is the annual highlight of the racing season in Saudi Arabia, and Friday’s feature brings plenty of anticipation with a great matchup. As is the custom, the race is run in two separate divisions, with the a local edition for horses [...]
By PatCummings
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Tagged Alsaqr, Baden Al Subaie, Cash Run, Crown Prince Cup, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup, Fly Down, Johnny Murtagh, King's Cup, Muller, Robust Wish, Step In Time
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Trainer Mike de Kock confirmed to DubaiRaceNight.com today the immediate plan for some of his stable’s top stars. Next week, deKock expects to put both Bold Silvano, winner of the 2011 Maktoum Challenge Round 2 (G3), and Master of Hounds, second in the 2012 Maktoum Challenge Round 1 (G3), back on course. Bold Silvano, off [...]
Is he the best horse in Hong Kong? Ambitious Dragon “reasserted his supremacy,” as Racing Post correspondent Jeremy Greene writes, winning last weekend’s Stewards’ Cup (G1) at Sha Tin. The Dubai Duty Free is a possible goal in late March for the son of Pins. Watch the race video below.
After enduring a long trip, and an even more cumbersome quarantine procedure, Igugu, the winner of the 2011 Vodacom Durban July (G1), continued her great run with a heartstopping win in the J&B Met at Kenilworth under regular rider Anthony Delpech. Igugu’s majority owner is Dubai’s Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum. “She almost had [...]
Musir (pictured below, courtesy EERC/Cedric Lane – buy this and more pictures via UAEracingpictures @ gmail.com) stamped himself a major player in the Dubai Duty Free with a solid score over City Style in a dawdling Al Rashidiya (G2). Well, the Steven Burridge show continued when Dark Matter (below, left) scored his second win of [...]
The free entry period for the 2012 Dubai World Cup programme closed on Wednesday, and the full list of nominations was released today. CLICK HERE to access the list from the Dubai Racing Club.
Singapore. Steven Burridge. That is all. What a run, eh? The prime story to emerge from the fourth and fifth meetings of the 2012 Dubai World Cup Carnival starts and stops with the Singapore invasion from trainer Steven Burridge. Bringing four horses to Dubai for the Carnival, he’s recorded three consecutive wins, and all reports [...]
The president of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has purchased former Willie Haggas-trainee Green Destiny, with the aim being the 2012 Dubai World Cup, the Racing Post reported today. Herman Brown, Kadyrov’s Dubai-based, South African trainer, has confirmed the purchase. Kadyrov also owns Gitano Hernando, the winner of the 2011 Singapore Airlines International Cup, and a two-time [...]