ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – Seven months ago, Italian jockey Mirco Demuro landed a massive, emotional career tally when taking the $10 million Dubai World Cup with Japanese entrant Victoire Pisa. Just days removed from the tsunami that ravaged the Japan’s northeastern shores, and the psyche of millions more, Demuro’s underrated, but masterful ride [...]
Group 1 winner Planteur is now with trainer Marco Botti and has been given a Dubai World Cup goal for his new connections. Read more about the addition from The National.
With another dazzling win on his CV when landing the Arima Kinen, Orfevre actually surprised his own trainer, and is now being considered for the 2012 Dubai World Cup. Get the full story with comments from the Japan Times.
A Japanese Triple Crown winner, the recent Japan Cup winner, and the 2011 Dubai World Cup champion will all square off in the 2011 Arima Kinen at Nakayama on December 25. It rarely gets better than that in Japanese racing, and the annual all-star event is widely regarded as a massive fan favourite. Get more [...]
Lucky Nine and California Memory, winners of the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Sprint and Hong Kong Cup, respectively, were each given tentative goals to get to the Dubai World Cup meeting at the end of March. The latter, trained by Tony Cruz, could be joined by stablemate Joy And Fun, winner of the 2010 Al [...]
The impressive winner of the Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic, and the almost certain winner of the Eclipse Award for top 3-year-old filly, Royal Delta is being pointed for the 2012 Dubai World Cup, her new owner Ben Leon reported today. Leon’s Besilu Stables purchases Royal Delta during the Palides Investments dispersal at Keeneland just days [...]
Shinji Fujita guided Transcend, second in the 2011 Dubai World Cup (G1), to another win in the richest dirt race in Japan on Sunday. Fujita sent the colt hard from the extreme outside post position to clear the majority of the field in the first 200 metres of the 1800 of the trip, then held [...]
Transcend, second in the 2011 Dubai World Cup, is one of the likely favorites for tonight’s Japan Cup Dirt. Get the profile of all the runners from the Japan Racing Association, or comments from their connections leading to the race.
Alakleel, the winner of February’s domestic edition of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup (G1) (King’s Cup) at Janadriah outside Riyadh, continued his dominance of the local racing scene in Saudi winning the Prince Mohammed bin Saud Al Kabeer Cup (G2) on Friday by about seven lengths. Owned by King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz [...]
Buena Vista, a two-time visitor to Dubai, earned her rightfully deserved win in Sunday’s Japan Cup. Watch the replay below. 2011 Dubai World Cup winner Victoire Pisa, making his first start since the emotional victory, did very little running and finished 13th of 16.