Listed below is the start of DubaiRaceNight.com’s top ten “moments of the decade” in Dubai horse racing. Over the next few days, we will individually unveil the top five moments until we get to #1. Feel free to add comments at the bottom of each post and enjoy. #10 – Ajtebi scores a homegrown double [...]
By PatCummings
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Posted in Accomplishments
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Also tagged Ahmed Ajtebi, Al Bastakiya, Asiatic Boy, Curlin, Dubai Duty Free, Dubai horse racing, Dubai International Racing Carnival, Dubai Kahayla Classic, Dubai racing, Dubai Sheema Classic, Gladiatorus, Madjani, Paolini, Right Approach, UAE 2000 Guineas, UAE Derby, UAE Triple Crown
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Friday’s six race card at Jebel Ali is headlined by the third race, a Jebel Ali Stakes prep carrying a 120,000AED purse and drawing a relatively competitive and well-balanced field of 14. I am most interested in #11 Black Eagle who makes the fifth start of his career and the first in Dubai for trainer [...]
By PatCummings
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Posted in Racing News
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Also tagged Abdullah bin Huzaim, Alexandros, Black Eagle, Bound By Honour, Doug Watson, Dubai International Racing Carnival, Dynamic Saint, Gladiatorus, Godolphin, Jebel Ali, Kal Barg, Mubarak bin Shafya, Muy Ponderado, Naseehah, Roman's Run, Ryan Moore, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
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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 [...]
After a strong second in the Canadian International (G1) behind Champs Elysees, the winner of the 2009 Grosser Preis Von Europa (G1), Jukebox Jury, is being pointed to a start in the 2010 Dubai Sheema Classic (G1), reports trainer Mark Johnston. Jukebox Jury narrowly edged the 2009 winner of the Sheema Classic, Eastern Anthem, while [...]
Dubai Sheema Classic (G1) winner Eastern Anthem was just a nose short of landing his first win since the $5,000,000 victory in March when he was second to Jukebox Jury in the Grosser Preis von Europa (G1) at Cologne. Click HERE for the story from the Thoroughbred Times
Godolphin’s Eastern Anthem got only as close as second in the Grosser Preis von Baden (G1) in Germany, beaten three lengths by local superstar Getaway. Frankie Dettori had the Dubai Sheema Classic (G1) winner moving well but was no match for the improving 6-year-old winner. Youmzain, a two-time Sheema Classic participant, was third and a [...]
By PatCummings
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Posted in Racing News
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Also tagged Ahmed Ajtebi, Anatolia Trophy, Aqlaam, Baden-Baden, Balius, Dubai Duty Free, Dubai Sheema Classic, Frankie Dettori, Gladiatorus, Godolphin, Grosser Preis von Baden, Jebel Hatta, Longchamp, Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum
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The 2009 Dubai Sheema Classic (G1) winner Eastern Anthem will be joined by two-time Sheema Classic participant Youmzain in Sunday’s Grosser Preis von Baden. Winless in more than a year, Youmzain gets the services of newly-renewed jockey Kieran Fallon, just days following the conclusion of a lengthy suspension. Trainer Mick Channon, whose barn has warmed-up [...]
After taking some time to recover from a winter in Dubai, 2009 Mahab Al Shimaal (G3) winner Gayego is scheduled to make his return to the races on Monday at Saratoga in a six furlong allowance race. Gayego defeated eventual Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1) winner Big City Man when taking the Mahab Al Shimaal on the [...]
By PatCummings
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Posted in Racing News
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Also tagged Big City Man, Cologne, Deauvlle, Dubai Duty Free, Dubai Golden Shaheen, Dubai Sheema Classic, Gayego, Getaway, Gladiatorus, Godolphin, Godolphin Mile, Goldikova, Lantana Mob, Mahab Al Shimaal, Michael Trombetta, Prix Jacques le Marois, Saeed bin Suroor, Saratoga, Super Thursday, Two Step Salsa, Wiener Walzer
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The surprise winner of the 2009 Dubai Sheema Classic (G1), Eastern Anthem, is going to give Germany a chance on Sunday when the son of Singspiel is entered to face six others in the Rheinland-Pokal (G1) at Cologne. Over 12 furlongs, the winning distance of the Sheema Classic, Godolphin’s Eastern Anthem will be making his [...]
Sent postward at odds just greater than 2-1, Godolphin’s Kirklees was victorious in his first start following a four race winter campaign in Dubai which included a handicap win on the sixth night of the Dubai International Racing Carnival and a placing in the Al Rashidiya (G3) behind Silver Mist. Friday’s start in Sandown’s Helical [...]
By PatCummings
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Posted in Racing News
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Also tagged Al Rashidiya, Ascot, Covert Ambition, Dubai International Racing Carnival, Dubai Sheema Classic, Godolphin, Halicarnassus, Helical Bar Gala Stakes, Jade Robbery, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Kirklees, Saeed bin Suroor, Sandown, Silver Mist
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