2011 Dubai Sheema Classic winner Rewilding, owned by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s Godolphin, broke down in the stretch of the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes (G1) at Ascot on Saturday afternoon. Beginning to mount a rally, Rewilding traveled just outside St. Nicholas Abbey out the back of the field and sent [...]
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 [...]
From Godolphin’s website, the list of expected entrants over the five days of Royal Ascot has been updated, with 17 expected to take line up for the magnificent festival. Dubai veterans Splash Point, Campanologist, Calvados Blues, Delegator, and Dubai Sheema Classic (G1) winner Rewilding are expected to make starts. CLICK HERE for the full list.
Godolphin racing manager Simon Crisford told The National that the 2011 UAE Derby (G2) winner Khawlah will miss the English Oaks after taking some time to get into full training, but that a return at the Royal Ascot meeting is in the offing. Read the full story HERE.
The narrow winner of the 2011 UAE Derby (G2), Khawlah was initially considered for a the Investec Oaks at Epsom, a path that may be put on hold while waiting for the Royal Ascot meeting. The Racing Post has more. Master Of Hounds, the narrow second behind Khawlah in Dubai, came back to run a [...]
The 2011 Dubai Sheema Classic (G1) winner Rewilding has the Prince of Wales Stakes (G1) at the Royal Ascot meeting penciled in as a likely comeback. Bolting to a 3.5 length win in his first start as a 4-year-old in the Sheema Classic, the Mahmood Al Zarooni trainee must be raced fresh, says Simon Crisford. [...]
A narrowly-beaten second in the 2011 UAE Derby (G2), Master of Hounds (pictured below, right) looks a more logical candidate for the $2 million Kentucky Derby (G1) after Saturday’s results stateside. The trip to Kentucky has been mentioned as a possible goal for the horse who was beaten a nose to a weight-favored Khawlah in the UAE’s [...]
Reports to DubaiRaceNight indicate that Game On Dude, controversial winner of the 2011 Santa Anita Handicap (G1), has received a formal invitation to the Dubai World Cup (G1). Further, Chantal Sutherland is scheduled to retain the ride for Bob Baffert, making her the first woman to ride in the world’s richest race. Baffert has trained two Dubai [...]
Friday’s feature race at Janadriah Racecourse outside Riyadh pits some familiar foes and names associated with the Dubai World Cup and the Dubai racing community. The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup (G1), run over 2,400 metres, is the premier racing event in Saudi Arabia and a field of 21 were drawn. Jerry Barton, [...]
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Godolphin started 18 horses on Thursday’s card at Meydan and claimed ten placings in the seven races, including wins in the final three races of the night, while Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum preceeded that with a double. Horses stabled in Dubai were 7-for-7 on the night with wins for Mike De Kock and Ali [...]