The 2011 Dubai International Racing Carnival gets going this week with a likely 8-race fixture on Thursday evening from Meydan. Entries were due today and final declarations will be released Tuesday morning. As the week progresses, DubaiRaceNight will provide analysis and insight to each race, but we want to leave you with one prime tip. [...]
Buena Vista (pictured below), disqualified from the win in the Japan Cup (G1), and second home in the Dubai Sheema Classic (G1), makes an appearance in Sunday’s Arima Kinen (G1) while Maktoum Challenge (G2) winner Red Desire returns from the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1). The put-up winner of the Japan Cup, Rose [...]
Team Valor president Barry Irwin announced this week that his Dubai World Cup probable, Gitano Hernando, will get two preps before the world’s richest race. The latter two legs of the Maktoum Challenge will serve as the leg-stretchers for the 2009 Goodwood Stakes (G1) winner, in advance of a second try at the Dubai World [...]
America’s top male turf star Gio Ponti, and the fourth home in the 2010 Dubai World Cup (G1), will remain in training with a goal being the 2011 edition of the $10 million race. By Tale of the Cat, Gio Ponti will be six in 2011, and looks to add to a lifetime ledger that includes [...]
Al Shemali, the massive longshot winner of the 2010 Dubai Duty Free (G1), and second home Bankable, could meet in the 2011 $10 million Dubai World Cup (G1), reports Jason Ford from the Racing Post. Click HERE for the full story. A meeting in the opening round of the Maktoum Challenge (G3) could renew the [...]
Red Desire, winner of the 2010 Maktoum Challenge – R3 (G2), was strong in morning trackwork at Churchill Downs on Saturday morning, traveling five furlongs in 1:00 flat. Kent Desormeaux was aboard for trainer Mikio Matsunaga and kept his filly well off the rail for the long-striding work. Presumably, had Desormeaux kept Red Desire towards [...]
Red Desire, the one horse to defeat Gloria De Campeao in the Maktoum Challenge (G2) before he went on to win the 2010 Dubai World Cup (G1), has arrived in America in preparation for two races this autumn. Trained by Mikio Matsunaga, Red Desire is expected to contest the Flower Bowl Invitational (G1) on October [...]
The flashing winner of the 2010 Maktoum Challenge – R3 (G2), Red Desire will be aimed for two starts in the United States this fall. Trainer Mikio Matsunaga will send his daughter of the sneaky sire Manhattan Cafe to New York’s Belmont Park for a prep race in the Flower Bowl Invitational (G1) over 10 [...]
By PatCummings
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Posted in Future Plans
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Also tagged Belmont Park, Breeders' Cup betting, Breeders' Cup Classic, Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf, Churchill Downs, Dubai betting, Dubai horse racing, Dubai racing, Dubai World Cup, Espoir City, Flower Bowl Invitational, Gloria De Campeao, Manhattan Cafe, Meydan, Mikio Matsunaga, Red Desire
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Trainer Jeremy Noseda reported Forgotten Voice, the second home in the 2010 Maktoum Challenge – Round 1 (G3), just behind eventual Dubai World Cup (G1) winner Gloria De Campeao, will aim for the Royal Hunt Cup at the Royal Ascot meeting once again. Our pick for the Godolphin Mile (G2) ran a troubled fifth, but continues [...]
Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum’s Lizard’s Desire won the 2010 Singapore Airlines International Cup (G1) by a neck over Gloria De Campeao, avenging the reverse result in the 2010 Dubai World Cup (G1), and confirming the overwhelming strength of the Dubai International Racing Carnival, Michael Dickinson’s Tapeta surface, and the grit and determination of [...]
By PatCummings
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Posted in Racing News
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Also tagged Al Shemali, Audemars Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup, Dubai International Racing Carnival, Dubai racing, Gloria De Campeao, Green Birdie, Jolie's Shinju, Kevin Shea, KrisFlyer International Sprint, Lizard's Desire, Mike de Kock, Rocket Man, Sha Tin, Shadow Gate, Singapore Airlines International Cup, Stephen Jell
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