A two-time winner of handicaps at the 2010 Dubai International Racing Carnival, Luca Cumani-trainee Drunken Sailor is being pointed to the Melbourne Cup (G1) over 3,200 meters after landing the Windflower March Stakes (Listed) this weekend. What is notable about the decision to head for Australia is that Drunken Sailor lacks any past performance in [...]
Just days after landing the race that stops a continent, trainer Mark Kavanaugh confirmed his interest in sending Emirates Melbourne Cup (G1) winner Shocking to Dubai, along with already confirmed stablemate Whobegotyou, to the 2010 Dubai World Cup meeting, presumably with starts planned in the Dubai Sheema Classic (G1). Click HERE for the full story.
Mourilyan has raced in six countries in advance of Tuesday’s Emirates Melbourne Cup (G1). Some of his greatest successes have come in Dubai, the winner of two handicaps in 2008 and second in the DRC Gold Cup of 2009, a race over the Melbourne Cup distance of 3,200 meters. Adrian Dunn of The Courier Mail [...]
Godolphin’s Crime Scene, a winner on the opening night of the 2009 Dubai International Racing Carnival, hopes to get a solid prep while DIRC alum Basaltico hopes to secure a spot in the upcoming Emirates Melbourne Cup with a strong performances, if not a win, in today’s Geelong Cup (G3). Basaltico, trained by Luca Cumani, now carries [...]
Kirklees, Godolphin’s chance for the 2009 Melbourne Cup (G1), disappointed with a seventh in Saturday’s Caulfield Cup (G1) as 2008 Melbourne Cup winner Viewed took the spoils. Kerrin McEvoy got into the colt early and was floated incredibly wide in the field of 18 but still managed to finish seventh. It is expected he will [...]
Kirklees, a 2009 Dubai International Carnival winner and victor of three consecutive stakes races in England, is one of 18 to contest this Saturday’s Caulfield Cup in Australia, beginning a fortnight of top racing down under. Run over 2400 meters at Flemington, the Caulfield Cup begins a string of top races that concludes with the [...]
Saturday’s victory in the 12-furlong September Stakes (G3) at Kempton solidified Godolphin’s plan to send Kirklees to Australia for a chance at their biggest late season races. The victory was the third consecutive score for the son of Jade Robbery who has landed the Helical Bar Gala and the Skybet York Stakes (G2) before Saturday’s [...]
South African champion trainer Mike De Kock has nominated two Dubai International Racing Carnival graduates to the Melbourne Cup, Australia’s two-mile classic, to be run on Tuesday, November 3. Macarthur and King of Rome hold the honors for De Kock, who has started only one horse in the big race (Grey’s Inn – 2005, unplaced). [...]
After making three starts at the 2009 Dubai International Racing Carnival with just one placing, Basaltico is now being pointed to some loftier future goals. Now under the care of trainer Luca Cumani, Basaltico is on the long road to the Melbourne Cup, a race that has eluded Cumani in the form of some narrow [...]
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Trainer Luca Cumani will send two to the starting gate on Saturday with PRESVIS holding the stable’s hopes in the Dubai Duty Free and PURPLE MOON in the Dubai Sheema Classic mix. The latter is pictured below with Cumani’s daughter Francesca aboard for a main track gallop Tuesday morning. Purple Moon was fourth in the [...]