The 26th Breeders’ Cup will be run at Santa Anita this weekend and Dubai International Racing Carnival and World Cup graduates are plentiful at the entry box. Longshot winner of the 2009 Dubai Duty Free (G1), Gladiatorus will once again hold longshot status in the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1). Offered at 20-1 on the track’s [...]
By PatCummings
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Posted in Racing News
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Also tagged Breeders' Cup, Breeders' Cup Classic, Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic, Breeders' Cup Mile, Breeders' Cup Sprint, Cocoa Beach, Conduit, Dubai Duty Free, Dubai Sheema Classic, Gayego, Gladiatorus, Godolphin, Godolphin Mile, Mahab Al Shimaal, Red Rocks, Regal Ransom, Silic, Spanish Moon, UAE 1000 Guineas, UAE Derby, UAE Oaks
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Homegrown Emirati jockey Ahmed Ajtebi has his first American riding engagements this week when he is booked to partner Godolphin’s Gladiatorus and Buzzword at the 26th Breeders’ Cup Championships in California. 2009 has been a masterful year for the 27 year-old former camel jockey who has climbed the ranks to emerge as a regular rider for the boys [...]
The fabulous season from Sir Michael Stoute trainee Spanish Moon will seek to continue with a trip to the Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita in November. Specifically, the Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) over 12 furlongs will be the target as Juddmonte Farms racing manager Teddy Grimthorpe confirmed this weekend. The Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (G1) [...]
America’s top older mare, Zenyatta, holds a perfect record 12-for-12 mark and takes it into Saturday’s Lady’s Secret Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita against former Dubai International Racing Carnival winner Cocoa Beach. After taking the 2008 UAE 1000 Guineas and UAE Oaks (G2), Cocoa Beach was third in the 2008 UAE Derby (G2) behind Honour [...]
By PatCummings
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Posted in Racing News
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Also tagged Anabaa's Creation, Breeders' Cup, Breeders' Cup Classic, Cocoa Beach, Del Mar, Dubai International Racing Carnival, Honour Devil, Lady's Secret Stakes, Richard Migliore, UAE 1000 Guineas, UAE Oaks, Zenyatta
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In a long-anticipated press-release, the Dubai Racing Club confirmed that their iconic new racecourse, Meydan, will install the Tapeta synthetic surface on its 1,750 meters course, inside a 2,400 meters turf course. Tapeta has been used on the training track at Godolphin’s Al Quoz Stables for years while it was installed at a training track in [...]
The winner of the 2009 United Arab Emirates Derby (G2), Regal Ransom added another impressive tally to his racing CV with an easy, hand-ridden, win in the 30th Super Derby (G2) at Louisiana Downs. Owned by Godolphin Stable of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Dubai, [...]
By PatCummings
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Posted in Racing News
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Also tagged Alan Garcia, Breeders' Cup, Cigar Mile, Godolphin, Godolphin Stable, Kentucky Derby, Louisiana Downs, Nad al Sheba, Regal Ransom, Richard Migliore, Rick Mettee, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Super Derby, Tapeta, Travis Stone, UAE Derby
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The 50-1 upset winner of the 2009 Kentucky Derby (G1), Mine That Bird is being pointed to the 2010 Dubai World Cup (G1) and its $10,000,000 purse. So says racing writer Vic Zast, who spends each summer tracking stories in America’s racing wonderland, Saratoga. Zast offers a long look at Mine That Bird’s trainer Chip [...]
Reports emerged today that private purchases away from the Ballydoyle contingent trained by Aidan O’Brien will yield some new horses in Mike De Kock’s Newmarket yard, with a strong chance of seeing these two colts in Dubai next year. The horses in question: Frozen Fire and Golden Sword. Frozen Fire landed the 2008 Irish Derby (G1) [...]
By PatCummings
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Posted in Future Plans
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Also tagged Aidan O'Brien, Ascot, Breeders' Cup, Frozen Fire, Golden Sword, Investec Derby, Irish Derby, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Mike de Kock, Neewmarket, Sea The Stars
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Trainer Luca Cumani is firing on all cylinders right now and his Greek star Ialysos will make his group stakes debut in the Golden Jubilee at the Royal Ascot meeting. In an article that chronicles the various horses under Cumani’s care, Alan Lee uncovers that Presvis will be laid up for a fall campaign. Presvis [...]
By PatCummings
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Posted in Future Plans
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Also tagged Audemars Piguet QE II Cup, Breeders' Cup, Golden Jubilee Stakes, Hong Kong International Races, Ialysos, Japan Cup, Kranji, Luca Cumani, Presvis, Royal Ascot, Singapore Airlines International Cup
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