With a $1 million purse and an upgrade to Group 3 status, the Dubai Gold Cup is the first major top class stayers event on the global racing calendar. Former American-based turfer Unusual Suspect was exported to Australia to run in some of their top stayer events, eventually finishing ninth in the 2011 Emirates Melbourne [...]
The inimitable Steve Moran tips today’s Emirates Melbourne Cup, which includes Godolphin’s Lost In The Moment and Modun.
Lost In The Moment, a winner at the 2011 Carnival, is one of two Godolphin starters for the Emirates Melbourne Cup (G1), joining Modun for Saeed bin Suroor. Lost In The Moment drew post three and Modun, five, in the field of 24. For more on the Emirates Melbourne Cup, be sure to catch Chewin [...]
With Dubai racing graduates Lost In The Moment and Cavalryman already on the docket for Godolphin’s team at the 2011 Emirates Melbourne Cup (G1), the boys in blue added Modun from Sir Michael Stoute’s yard, with the intent to run at the Carnival after a post-Australia freshening. The Racing Post has the story.
The 2010 Cathay Pacific Hong Kong International Races were a masterful display for horses who have spent some of their careers in Dubai. Well-backed after opening at 10-1 and being cut into 9-2 by the local punters at Sha Tin, Mastery landed the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Vase (G1) by 2.5 lengths. Fifth in the [...]
By PatCummings
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Also tagged Americain, Cathay Pacific Hong Kong International Races, Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Sprint, Dubai Golden Shaheen, Dubai World Cup, Frankie Dettori, Godolphin, Hong Kong Vase, J J The Jet Plane, Kempton, Lucky Houdalakis, Mastery, Northern Dancer, Redwood, Rocket Man, Saeed bin Suroor, Tazeez
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The fifth home in the 2010 Dubai World Cup (G1), Mastery carries the prime hopes of Dubai in Sunday’s Cathay Pacific Hong Kong International Races, drawing gate two in a field of 14 over 2,400 meters in the $1.8 million Hong Kong Vase (G1). Frankie Dettori will ride. The workload has been light for the [...]
Final declarations for the 2010 Emirates Melbourne Cup (G1) are due the end of this week and the current stage of runners remaining in contention seems to have only one main Dubai representative in Godolphin’s Campanologist, winner of the 2010 Dubai City of Gold (G2). Crime Scene was a longshot second in last year’s race [...]
Campanologist, winner of the 2010 Dubai City of Gold (G2), Cavalryman, and Mastery highlight nominations for the 2010 Emirates Melbourne Cup (G1). All three are amongst the top of the weight list, while other Dubai International Racing Carnival runners Claremont, Pompeyano, and Once More Dubai are weighted more conservatively. Click HERE for more from The [...]
Within the last week, the UK-based Racing Post and the USA’s Daily Racing Form have published stories pondering the possible shift of the Dubai Golden Shaheen from the dirt/all-weather surface of its past/present to grass. Today, an article published in the Melbourne Herald Sun indicated that Anthony Cummings sprinter Turffontein is hoping for an invitation [...]
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Posted in Perspectives
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Also tagged Al Quoz Sprint, Al Shindagha Sprint, Big City Man, Dubai Golden Shaheen, Dubai horse racing, Dubai International Racing Carnival, Dubai racing, Dubai World Cup, Godolphin Mile, Mahab Al Shimaal, Meydan, Mourilyan, Nad al Sheba, Tapeta
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Winners from each of the last two Dubai International Racing Carnivals, Crime Scene and Mourilyan were second and third behind gallant winner Shocking in the 2009 Emirates Melbourne Cup (G1) on Tuesday at Flemington. Shocking raced wide throughout the 3,200 meters while Mourilyan managed to flash home from deep in the 23-horse field to claim third. [...]