Ali Rashid Al Raihe put the UAE racing scene on notice after four consecutive wins to close the first night of racing at Meydan on Thursday. Il Grande Maurizio (first picture) got the party started for the local training champion, followed by Carnival winner Alazeyab, then Rochdale, before well-favoured Zain Shamardal (second picture, below) capped [...]
Trainers Alan McCabe and John Quinn indicated their plans to run respective charges Caspar Netscher and Red Duke in Dubai, with at least the latter aimed for the UAE Derby (G2). Read the full story from the Racing Post.
As the 2011-2012 UAE racing season approaches, we thought it appropriate to look back and marvel at the brilliance of Mirco Demuro’s ride on Victoire Pisa in last year’s Dubai World Cup, a ride that could unequivocally be characterised as armed robbery. In preparing for the new season, DubaiRaceNight.com came across last season’s Trakus timing [...]
Winner of the 2011 Jebel Hatta (G2) at Meydan, Wigmore Hall followed that with a strong third in the Dubai Duty Free (G1) and got back to the winner’s enclosure with a solid score in the Northern Dancer (G1) at Woodbine. Now, back on home soil, he is considered one of the longer chances in [...]
In a just-published column for The National, trainer Sir Henry Cecil tells Geoffrey Riddle that he is unlikely to contest the Dubai World Cup again. ”I’m not going to prepare a horse for a race where I’ve got no chance,” Cecil said, speaking specifically of horses drawn wide for the 2,000 metres start at Meydan. [...]
The Dubai Gold Cup (formerly known as the DRC Gold Cup) will become the ninth Group race on the Dubai World Cup programme, the Dubai Racing Club reported today. Getting a purse boost to $1 million, the race will complete a full palette of options for global racing superstars, and offer a grand opportunity for [...]
The Godolphin duo of Prince Bishop, last seen finishing 10th in the Dubai World Cup (G1), and Simon de Montfort, a 2011 Dubai World Cup Carnival winner, will meet UAE 1000 Guineas and winner UAE Derby (G2) third Mahbooba and nine others in Saturday’s Winter Hill Stakes (G3) at Windsor. This event, over ten furlongs, [...]
2011 Dubai World Cup (G1) winner Victoire Pisa has arrived in France and will remain there in his prep work for the 2011 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1), according to published reports today. The initial plan for the winner of the world’s richest race was a start in the Irish Champion Stakes (G1), but [...]
The 2010 Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1) winner, Kinsale King, will get back on track Sunday, four months after being scratched the morning of the 2011 Dubai Golden Shaheen, eventually won by Rocket Man. Trained by Carl O’Callaghan, Kinsale King won his 2011 debut at Golden Gate Fields but was turned out soon after his World [...]
The third home in the 2011 Godolphin Mile, Red Jazz put forth his best result in three starts since when going second in the Bet365 Lennox Stakes (G2) on the opening card at Goodwood. Under Michael Hills, the Barry Hills trainee led most of the way but could not hold off the impressive Strong Suit, [...]