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Feb
12
2010

Recapping Thursday’s DIRC Night 4

Here are a few thoughts, in no particular order, from Thursday’s races at Meydan 1.  SIYAADAH?  Really?  How completely shocking was the UAE 1000 Guineas (Listed) win of Siyaadah?  In my opinion, it was one of the most surprising performances from a Godolphin horse, racing in Dubai, in years.  A maiden win at Redcar was [...]

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Dec
21
2009

DRN Commentary: Doubtful of Golden Shaheen change

Within the last week, the UK-based Racing Post and the USA’s Daily Racing Form have published stories pondering the possible shift of the Dubai Golden Shaheen from the dirt/all-weather surface of its past/present to grass.  Today, an article published in the Melbourne Herald Sun indicated that Anthony Cummings sprinter Turffontein is hoping for an invitation [...]

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Nov
02
2009

Crime Scene, Mourilyan gain strong placings in Melbourne Cup

Winners from each of the last two Dubai International Racing Carnivals, Crime Scene and Mourilyan were second and third behind gallant winner Shocking in the 2009 Emirates Melbourne Cup (G1) on Tuesday at Flemington.  Shocking raced wide throughout the 3,200 meters while Mourilyan managed to flash home from deep in the 23-horse field to claim third.  [...]

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Oct
28
2009

Mourilyan holds Herman’s hopes

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 [...]

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Aug
30
2009

Mourilyan, Traffic Guard represent Dubai racing form with wins

Mourilyan, a 2008 winner at the Dubai International Racing Carnival and placed in the 2009 festivities, won the Windflower March Stakes (Listed) at Goodwood on Saturday.  Held up at the back of a seven-horse field, Ryan Moore’s mount found plenty of traffic in the stretch but showed a strong turn of foot to burst away [...]

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Aug
13
2009

Carnival grads duke it out at Newbury this Saturday

Saturday’s CGA Geoffrey Freer Stakes (G3) at Newbury will feature a host of Dubai International Racing Carnival graduates looking to move on to bigger and better.  Five Carnival alums (Age of Reason, Basaltico, Halicarnassus, Kings Gambit, and Mourilyan) are expected to face Godolphin’s up and comer Kite Wood along with three others in a diverse renewal [...]

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