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, [...]
Returning to the races in March, Twice Over landed an over-the-top win in the 2011 Maktoum Challenge – Round 3 (G2) at Meydan. The son of Observatory had disappointed since, ninth in the Dubai World Cup (G1), then uninvolved in the Lockinge (G1) and Prince of Wales’s Stakes (G1). Saturday, Twice Over pounded his six [...]
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 [...]
While much of the racing world knows plenty about the wondermare Zenyatta, with her 19-for-20 record, retired and now pregnant with a foal by Bernardini, one of the best American rivalries to develop in recent history was confirmed on Saturday. The $750,000 Delaware Handicap (G2) featured two top-quality 4-year-old fillies in Blind Luck and Havre [...]
The Japanese invading Grand Prix Boss might just have the best opportunity to dull the fire of the big talking horse, Frankel, when going over the one mile trip of the St. James’s Palace Stakes (G1). Real Impact, beaten twice by Grand Prix Boss, managed a big win in the Yasuda Kinen (G1) last week, [...]
The magnificent preview videos and interviews from Thorough Media Solutions continue at Royal Ascot. Simon Burgess catches up with some of the connections throughout the lead-up. Ginny DiPasquale, traveling assistant for Todd Pletcher, previews the two horses brought to Royal Ascot by the leading American barn, Bridgetown (King’s Stand – G1) and More Than Real [...]