1. How about that Al Fahidi Fort (G2)? The photo finish is posted below. Both #3 BANKABLE and #11 IMBONGI flashed home in front of a surprising hot early pace while rising star #5 IBN BATTUTA slalomed through the field to come close at the end. What was remarkable about this particular race was the [...]
By PatCummings
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Posted in Perspectives
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Also tagged Ahmed Ajtebi, Al Arab, Allybar, Barbecue Eddie, Doug Watson, Dubai horse racing, Dubai racing, Eagle Mountain, Green Coast, Ibn Battuta, Imbongi, Meydan, Roman's Run, Skysurfers
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Strong back form is definitely there for Mike De Kock trainee King of Rome, a 2009 Dubai International Racing Carnival placer and entrant in Friday’s Dubai Duty Free Arc Trial (G3) at Newbury. Over 11 furlongs, a field of six has been assembled and it includes the always dangerous Halicarnassus, a shock winner at Nad [...]
By PatCummings
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Posted in Racing News
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Also tagged Belmont Park, Campanologist, Dubai Duty Free, Dubai Sheema Classic, Fateh Field, Halicarnassus, King of Rome, Kirklees, Mike de Kock, Nad al Sheba, Newbury, Sandown
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Wednesday’s Fortune Stakes (Listed) at Sandown gives Bankable the best chance to score a trip to the winner’s enclosure since his Dubai International Racing Carnival success of 20 February. The son of Medicean has been quite game in his efforts since, finishing fifth behind Gladiatorus in the Dubai Duty Free (G1) and third behind Gloria [...]
Mourilyan, a 2008 winner at the Dubai International Racing Carnival and placed in the 2009 festivities, won the Windflower March Stakes (Listed) at Goodwood on Saturday. Held up at the back of a seven-horse field, Ryan Moore’s mount found plenty of traffic in the stretch but showed a strong turn of foot to burst away [...]
A trio of Dubai International Racing Carnival graduates take to Windsor on Saturday in a pair of races with short fields and plenty of chances for success. Age of Reason and Traffic Guard comprise 40 percent of the Toteswinger August Stakes (Listed) over an extended 11 furlongs. While Traffic Guard has placed often, he is [...]
By PatCummings
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Posted in Racing News
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Also tagged Age of Reason, DIRC, Dubai Duty Free, Dubai International Racing Carnival, Eagle Mountain, Geoffrey Freer Stakes, Quijano, Raven's Pass, Singapore International Cup, Traffic Guard, Windsor, Winter Hill Stakes
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Bankable, fifth in the Dubai Duty Free (G1) and third in the Singapore International Airlines Cup (G1) behind Gloria De Campeao, is under consideration to return for the Totesport Mile at Goodwood on July 31. Now in the care of Gary Moore, Bankable is top-rated for the eight furlong event. Click HERE for more on [...]
A front-running masterpiece from Gloria De Campeao landed the 2009 Singapore Airlines International Cup (G1) defeating a hard-charging Presvis while Bankable completed a Dubai International Racing Carnival trifecta finishing third. This was the first race on turf for the Brazilian bred son of Impression (ARG) since the Prix Dollar (G2) in October at Longchamp where [...]
It is expected that five runners from the 2009 Dubai World Cup meeting will meet in the Singapore Airlines International Cup (G1) at Kranji Racecourse on Sunday. Bankable, Jay Peg, Gloria De Campeao, Balius, and Presvis will give the Dubai International Racing Carnival plenty of coverage, with the last of the lot having won the [...]
Around 6:45 A.M., and under the watchful eye of trainer Mike De Kock who was uncustomarily in the grandstand, a host of his stable’s runners made a round of Nad Al Sheba, with Dubai Duty Free contender ARCHIPENKO catching the eye most of all. The winner of the Zabeel Mile (G3) at this year’s International [...]
By PatCummings
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Posted in Dubai World Cup Trackwork
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Also tagged Albertus Maximus, Archipenko, Art of War, Asiatic Boy, Brave Tin Soldier, Dubai Duty Free, Godolphin Mile, King of Rome, Kingmambo, Lucky Find, Macarthur, Marcus Hersh, Zabeel Mile
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