Jason Ford reviews the jockey assignments for the Dubai World Cup’s Japanese contingent, led by Ryan Moore getting the mount on top mare Buena Vista. Read the story at the Racing Post.
A day after unseating jockey Jeff Lloyd in morning trackwork at Sha Tin, Lizard’s Desire returned to normal with a solid gallop over the all-weather at Sha Tin in advance of Sunday’s Audemars Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup (G1). The Hong Kong Jockey Club confirmed that jockey Christophe Soumillon is expected to be on course [...]
The rotation of jockeys on Luca Cumani-trainee Luca Cumani continues, and reverts back to the rider who has had the most success on the G1 winner. Ryan Moore will be aboard Presvis in the Audemars Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup (G1), the premier race won by the son of Sakhee. Click HERE for more.
On his website, Mike De Kock has named the jockey bookings for his stable’s stars on Dubai World Cup night. Earlier this week, De Kock announced that Shea would have his choice of World Cup mounts as Christophe Soumillon was booked for Vision D’Etat. Both Mr. Brock and Lizard’s Desire are dual Carnival winners, and Shea opted for [...]
According to a note in Wednesday’s London Evening Standard, Kieren Fallon will defer to Ryan Moore for future mounts on Luca Cumani-trainee Presvis, second last week when heavily favored in a handicap. Fallon noticably strugged to find a calm stride for the second home in last year’s Dubai Duty Free (G1). The mention is at [...]
The Dubai Racing Club has announced its March 5 card will include the introduction of the Meydan Masters jockey challenge, a unique variation on global jockey challenges that have taken place around the world. In Dubai, an invitation to the Masters is determined upon winning: take down a major international race, and you qualify for [...]
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Friday’s six race card at Jebel Ali is headlined by the third race, a Jebel Ali Stakes prep carrying a 120,000AED purse and drawing a relatively competitive and well-balanced field of 14. I am most interested in #11 Black Eagle who makes the fifth start of his career and the first in Dubai for trainer [...]
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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 [...]
After a heartbreaking defeat in the 2009 Dubai Sheema Classic (G1), Juddmonte Farms’ Spanish Moon rebounded in grand style to win Sunday’s Grand Prix de Saint Cloud (G1). Trained by Sir Michael Stoute and ridden by Ryan Moore, Spanish Moon settled off the leading trio and steadily advanced, wearing down Alpine Rose in the final [...]
The Mike De Kock trained turf sprinter J J The Jet Plane, a winner at the 2009 Dubai International Racing Carnival, will make his European debut on Monday at Windsor in the aptly named Up Up and Away Stakes (Listed). After a sputtering international debut on dirt in Dubai, the South African sprinting star returned [...]