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.
That headline deserves an exclamation point as the gallant old-boy Presvis, winner of the 2011 Dubai Duty Free, will return for yet another Dubai World Cup Carnival, according to reports today from the Racing Post. David Milnes has the story on the Cumani team for the upcoming season.
The new British Champions Series’ crowning event is scheduled for October 15, and in 2011, it will host one of racing’s newest Grade 1 winners as Wigmore Hall is expected to start, reported trainer Michael Bell. The 10-furlong Qipco Champion Stakes is the featured middle-distance event, and serves as the next stop for Sunday’s Northern [...]
Jamie Spencer settled Wigmore Hall back off a slow pace and hugged the rail to victory as Wigmore Hall out-dueled frontrunner Simmard and Al Khali, an even deeper closer, to win the Northern Dancer Turf (G1) at Woodbine in Toronto, Canada. The win is the first since taking the Jebel Hatta (G2) on Super Thursday [...]
A field of ten were drawn on Tuesday for the 2011 Arlington Million (G1) and Wigmore Hall, drawn nine in the 1 1/4 miles turf event, could get some meaningful pace to pursue in this event. After being one of the few horses to make meaningful ground in the relatively paceless Singapore Airlines International Cup [...]
The second choice in the initial morning line for Saturday’s Beverly D. Stakes (G1) at Arlington, River Jetez (pictured below, first) had her first spin around the Polytrack on Tuesday. With assistant trainer Trevor Brown aboard, the daughter of Jet Master who won the Balanchine (G2) and recorded seconds in the Dubai Duty Free (G1) and [...]
The initial list of horses expected to appear at Arlington Park’s International Festival of Racing is a brilliant one, and DubaiRaceNight.com will be on site for the festivities, Saturday, August 13. River Jetez, winner of the Balanchine (G2) at the 2011 Dubai International Racing Carnival, and second in both the Dubai Duty Free (G1) and [...]
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Khalifa bin Dasmal, Emirati businessman and steward for the Dubai Racing Club, managed to be a part of history in the UK today as his colt, Dream Ahead, landed the Darley July Cup (G1) at Newmarket with Hayley Turner in the irons. Turner, 28, is the first female jockey to win a Group 1 winner [...]
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At the ripe age of eight, River Jetez towers over the field of eleven as far as experience is considered, for Friday’s Falmouth Stakes (G1) at Newmarket. Making her first start in Europe, trainer Mike De Kock has indicated that the Dubai Duty Free (G1) and Singapore Airlines International Cup (G1) second is using this for a [...]
Fifth in the 2011 Dubai Duty Free, beaten only four lengths, Victor’s Cry makes his return to the races back in his native California in Saturday’s Shoemaker Mile (G1) at Hollywood Park, a race he landed last season at 21-1. His main challenger is expected to be Courageous Cat, second to Goldikova in the 2009 [...]