Kilt Rock (first picture, below), Mujaazef, Mushreq and Sarbola, all winners at the first meeting of the season at Jebel Ali, backed-up to form with winners on Friday’s card, a fortnight after the first fixture of the season. The Kilt Rock win was the first in a double for Doug Watson who added to the [...]
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Also tagged Ali Al Raihe, Cedric Lane, Dhruba Selvaratnam, Dubai racing pictures, EERC, Glen Nevis, James Doyle, Jebel Ali, Kilt Rock, Mujaazef, Mushreq, Red Stables, Sarbola
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As always, there is some connection between the races in Dubai and America’s championship race weekend, the Breeders’ Cup. Next week at Churchill Downs, 15 races will determine top honors in most all imaginable divisions. The Breeders’ Cup Sprint is expected to have a field no more than 9, and former Doug Watson charge Force [...]
After spending the majority of his career in the UAE under the watchful eye of Doug Watson, Force Freeze hopes to make the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) after a return to North America, dirt, and Lasix. Winning the Teddy Drone Stakes at Monmouth Park in his first start since the Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1), Force [...]
Trainer Doug Watson spoke with DubaiRaceNight.com on Sunday at Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club about his charge, Force Freeze, expected to have an entry in the $2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1). While he will be an outsider in the event, Force Freeze has markedly improved over the past two runs, which included a third in [...]
Ali Rashid Al Raihe leads Doug Watson by two wins going into the final race card of the season, Friday at Jebel Ali. With just one thoroughbred race at Abu Dhabi on Sunday, and Watson holding no entries, the Jebel Ali meeting holds the key to the title. Click HERE for more from The National.
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 [...]
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Also tagged Ahmed Ajtebi, Al Arab, Allybar, Bankable, Barbecue Eddie, Dubai horse racing, Dubai racing, Eagle Mountain, Green Coast, Ibn Battuta, Imbongi, Meydan, Roman's Run, Skysurfers
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These double-header nights becomes an absolute marathon, but enjoyable nonetheless. I hope you have found a few winners over the last week. So much to discuss from the first double-dip at Meydan…let’s jump right in. 1. Thursday = parade of favorites Most often, racing in Dubai is not kind to favorites but Thursday witnessed a [...]
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The third race of Friday’s six-race meeting at Jebel Ali is the 500,000 AED Jebel Ali Stakes (Listed), run over 1,950 meters (about ten furlongs). A field of sixteen has been assembled for the race, including top-rated #7 MASHAAHED for trainer Erwan Charpy. The son of In The Wings was third in a conditions prep for [...]
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Also tagged Abu Dhabi, Dhruba Selvaratnam, Dubai horse racing, Dubai International Racing Carnival, Dubai racing, Dynamic Saint, Erwan Charpy, Jebel Ali, Mashaahed, Meeriss, Monte Alto, Nad al Sheba, William Buick
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Otaared rallied from the back of an 11-horse field to win the Shadwell Farm Conditions by more than three lengths in Friday’s feature at Jebel Ali, triggering the start of a treble for Dhruba Selvaratnam and jockey William Buick. This marks the second win in three seasonal starts at Jebel Ali for the 5-year-old son [...]
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The 8 January meeting at Jebel Ali is headlined by a AED120,000 conditions event over 1,400 meters that drew a field of 12 and will be contested as the third race of the card. War Monger, top-rated at 113, is making his 14th career start, the first that is not on a grass course. The [...]
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