A driving four-horse photo thrilled the masses on Thursday in the Artemis Goodwood Cup (G2) over two miles at the glorious meeting, yielding a Godolphin, and Dubai International Racing Carnival, exacta. Opinion Poll, third in the DRC Gold Cup (G3), the top stayers event in the UAE, stayed on through the final furlong after racing [...]
Reports published on the Sports Network wire indicate that 2009 Dubai World Cup (G1) winner Well Armed has started the long road back to the races following injury, with the goal being a renewed encounter in the world’s richest race. “Well Armed has been on a program of swimming combined with riding and he has [...]
Trainer Bob Baffert told the Daily Racing Form that Goodwood (G1) and Pacific Classic (G1) winner Richard’s Kid will skip the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) and return to Dubai to begin preparations for the 2011 Dubai International Racing Carnival and Dubai World Cup. Richard’s Kid is owned by Sheikh Rashid’s Zabeel Racing International. Click HERE [...]
Long pointed for the Dubai World Cup (G1), Gitano Hernando did not disappoint as the 1-2 favorite stormed home a convincing 4.5 length winner of the Winter Derby Trial at Lingfield. Jockey Kieren Fallon got into the colt with about three furlongs to run and bending for home, the Goodwood (G1) winner from October lengthened [...]
By PatCummings
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Also tagged Breeders' Cup Classic, Confront, Dubai Sheema Classic, Dubai World Cup, Gitano Hernando, Godolphin Mile, Henry Cecil, Juddmonte Farms, Kieren Fallon, Lingfield, Marco Botti, Sir Michael Stoute, Spanish Moon, Suits Me, Tom Queally, Twice Over, Winter Derby Trial
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Spanish Moon, second in the 2009 Dubai Sheema Classic (G1), made all the running in Sunday’s Prix Foy (G2) at Longchamp, defeating Vision d’Etat. The win was yet another on the hearty CV for the Juddmonte Farms runner, who also landed the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (G1) earlier in the season. The next start for the son of [...]
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Also tagged Ahmed Ajtebi, Al Quoz Sprint, Canadian International, Dijeerr, Dubai International Racing Carnival, Dubai Sheema Classic, El Prado, Grand Prix de Saint Cloud, J J The Jet Plane, Juddmonte Farms, Prix Foy, Spanish Moon, Vision d'Etat, Woodbine
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Richard Hannon declared last week that J J The Jet Plane would get a break following a lackluster last-place performance in the Betfred Sprint Cup (G1) at Haydock. Now, he’s backing up the gelded son of Jet Master into Saturday’s Starlit Stakes (Listed) at Goodwood. The six-furlong sprint will mark the first time J J [...]
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Also tagged Beaver Patrol, Beckermet, Betfred Sprint Cup, Bon Spiel, Bound By Honour, Cat Junior, Chester, Doncaster, Doubnov, J J The Jet Plane, Jet Master, Noble Citizen, RacingPost, Richard Hannon, Swop, Traffic Guard, Windsor
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Mourilyan, a 2008 winner at the Dubai International Racing Carnival and placed in the 2009 festivities, won the Windflower March Stakes (Listed) at Goodwood on Saturday. Held up at the back of a seven-horse field, Ryan Moore’s mount found plenty of traffic in the stretch but showed a strong turn of foot to burst away [...]
Sent postward at odds of 10-1, Dubai International Racing Carnival winner Balthazaar’s Gift landed his first Group win since July 2007 when landing the CGA Hungerford Stakes (G2) at Newbury by three lengths. The 6-year-old, intact son of Xaar seems to be getting better with age. After a handicap win at the 2009 DIRC, Balthazaar’s [...]
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Also tagged Balthazaar's Gift, Betfair Cup, Chester, City Plate, Clive Cox, Criterion Stakes, DIRC, Dubai International Racing Carnival, His Excellency Sheikh Sultan Bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, Hungerford Stakes, Imbongi, Longchamp, Philip Robinson, Prix de la Foret, Xaar
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Godolphin racing manager Simon Crisford reported the Dubai Duty Free (G1) winner is now considered “quite likely” for the Arlington Million (G1) on August 8, according to the stable’s website. Gladiatorus (pictured below) was ruled out of a start in Wednesday’s Sussex Stakes at Goodwood. In the event that the son of Silic did not [...]
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Posted in Future Plans
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Also tagged Ahmed Ajtebi, Arlington Million, Dubai Duty Free, Frankie Dettori, Gladiatorus, Godolphin, Gran Criterium, Nad al Sheba, Paco Boy, Presious Passion, Prix Jacques la Marois, Queen Anne Stakes, Royal Ascot, Silic, Simon Crisford, Sussex Stakes
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The next two days of racing at the 2009 Royal Ascot meeting will see several Dubai International Racing Carnival graduates go postward. Wednesday’s card has the Windsor Forest Stakes (G2) for fillies and Eva’s Request, third in the Cape Verdi (G3) and seventh in the Balanchine (G3) this past winter, will be one of nine [...]
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Also tagged Ascot Gold Cup, Balanchine, Cape Verdi, Coolmore, Dubai International Racing Carnival, Dubai Sheema Classic, Eastern Anthem, Epsom, Eva's Request, Investec Coronation Cup, Lomitas, Nad al Sheba, Princess Elizabeth Stakes, Royal Ascot, Veracity, Windsor Forest Stakes, Yeats, Yorkshire Cup
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