Michael Dickinson reviews the performance of his surface, Tapeta, over the course of the Carnival and reveals the expected maintenance on race day, when temperatures are expected to soar.
1. DUBAI INTERNATIONAL RACING CARNIVAL If it is not yet obvious – it better be…you almost have to be in it to win it. The Dubai International Racing Carnival claimed four of the eight winners on Dubai World Cup night as graduates and 15 of the 24 horses who finished in the top three of [...]
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America’s Daily Racing Form offers readers with fantastic insight into a variety of racing topics. A realistic analysis of the racing from Meydan is NOT one of them. In a story published three weeks ago, their writer indicated that the racing at Meydan has favored horses closing from off the pace. In fact, Zenyatta trainer [...]
After months, if not years of preparation to install his Tapeta surface at Meydan, its creator, former trainer Michael Dickinson pronounced the surface a success throught he first four nights of the 2010 Dubai International Racing Carnival. While the course played slow through the first night or two of the Carnival, Dickinson tells The National’s [...]
A potential flagship moment in Dubai racing was announced on Tuesday when the Daily Racing Form reported recent longshot winner of the Goodwood Stakes (G1), Gitano Hernando, will skip the $5,000,000 Breeders’ Cup Classic to prepare for the $10,000,000 Dubai World Cup (G1). This is, essentially, the first published occasion in which the sky-high purses [...]
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In a long-anticipated press-release, the Dubai Racing Club confirmed that their iconic new racecourse, Meydan, will install the Tapeta synthetic surface on its 1,750 meters course, inside a 2,400 meters turf course. Tapeta has been used on the training track at Godolphin’s Al Quoz Stables for years while it was installed at a training track in [...]