Trainer Bob Baffert told the Daily Racing Form that Goodwood (G1) and Pacific Classic (G1) winner Richard’s Kid will skip the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) and return to Dubai to begin preparations for the 2011 Dubai International Racing Carnival and Dubai World Cup. Richard’s Kid is owned by Sheikh Rashid’s Zabeel Racing International. Click HERE [...]
A close sixth in the 2010 Dubai World Cup (G1), Gitano Hernando is returning to the races for Team Valor International. He will line up against six others in the Diamond Stakes (G3) over the all-weather surface at Dundalk, a race won last year by Mastercraftsman. Run over 11 furlongs, the Diamond is a qualifying race [...]
By PatCummings
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Posted in Racing News
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Also tagged Breeders' Cup, Churchill Downs, Crowded House, Diamond Stakes, Dubai horse racing, Dubai racing, Dubai World Cup, Dundalk, Gitano Hernando, Mastercraftsman, Richard's Kid, Team Valor International
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Richard’s Kid, winner of the 2009 edition and seventh in the 2010 Dubai World Cup, will be joined by Crowded House, a 2010 Dubai International Racing Carnival placer and ninth in this year’s Dubai World Cup, in the $1,000,000 Pacific Classic (G1) at Del Mar. Over a 10-furlong trip, it is the premier race in [...]
Having been pointed to the Dubai World Cup (G1) by trainer Bob Baffert since a sixth place finish in the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), 2009 Pacific Classic (G1) winner Richard’s Kid was privately purchased by Sheikh Rashid bin Mohammed Al Maktoum’s Zabeel Racing International. The story, reported today by the Daily Racing Form, indicates that [...]
The winner of the 2009 Pacific Classic (G1), Bob Baffert trainee Richard’s Kid will prep once in advance of an expected start in the 2010 Dubai World Cup. Baffert told the Daily Racing Form that a prep in Saturday’s San Pasqual (G2) at Santa Anita would be too short for Richard’s Kid, a son of Lemon [...]
The 2007 UAE Triple Crown winner and potential starter Saratoga’s Woodward (G1) might have his plans shifted and head west to Del Mar to run in the Pacific Classic (G1), so trainer Kiaran McLaughlin told Bloodhorse legend Steve Haskin. Unbeaten in 2009, Rachel Alexandra has won the Kentucky Oaks (G1), Preakness (G1), Mother Goose (G1), and Haskell [...]
By PatCummings
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Posted in Future Plans
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Also tagged Asiatic Boy, Curlin, Del Mar, Dubai World Cup, Kiaran McLaughlin, Rachel Alexandra, Saratoga, Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum, Stephen Foster, Suburban, Woodward
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It has been more than four months since Well Armed demolished his rivals in the final Dubai World Cup (G1) at Nad Al Sheba. Now – the champion of the desert is back and will make his first start since in Sunday’s San Diego Handicap (G2) at Del Mar. The Eoin Harty trainee landed the [...]
By PatCummings
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Posted in Racing News
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Also tagged Aaron Gryder, Bill Casner, Del Mar, Dubai World Cup, Eoin Harty, Gloria De Campeao, Goodwood Handicap, Meydan, Nad al Sheba, San Diego Handicap, Singapore International Cup, Tiznow, WinStar Farm
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