Skysurfers, a 2010 Dubai International Racing Carnival winner, and third home in the Godolphin Mile (G2) will make his third start since that performance in Wednesday’s Fortune Stakes (Listed) at Sandown. In the mile-long event, Skysurfers will be joined by Dandy Boy, a David Marnane trainee mentioned as a possible 2011 DIRC candidate. Click HERE [...]
Favored by many in the 2010 Dubai World Cup, Gitano Hernando is scheduled to return for the Coral Eclipse Stakes at Sandown in July, his first start since a sixth place finish behind Gloria De Campeao and Lizard’s Desire. Click HERE for the comments from trainer Marco Botti.
The winner of the 2010 Burj Nahaar (G3), Cat Junior is unlikely to make a scheduled start in the Hong Kong Champions Mile (G1) this weekend as a result of the Icelandic volcano eruption clogging air travel. As a result, Brian Meehan has given his charge an entry in the Bet365 Mile at Sandown. Click [...]
Strong back form is definitely there for Mike De Kock trainee King of Rome, a 2009 Dubai International Racing Carnival placer and entrant in Friday’s Dubai Duty Free Arc Trial (G3) at Newbury. Over 11 furlongs, a field of six has been assembled and it includes the always dangerous Halicarnassus, a shock winner at Nad [...]
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Wednesday’s Fortune Stakes (Listed) at Sandown gives Bankable the best chance to score a trip to the winner’s enclosure since his Dubai International Racing Carnival success of 20 February. The son of Medicean has been quite game in his efforts since, finishing fifth behind Gladiatorus in the Dubai Duty Free (G1) and third behind Gloria [...]
Sent postward at odds just greater than 2-1, Godolphin’s Kirklees was victorious in his first start following a four race winter campaign in Dubai which included a handicap win on the sixth night of the Dubai International Racing Carnival and a placing in the Al Rashidiya (G3) behind Silver Mist. Friday’s start in Sandown’s Helical [...]
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Also tagged Al Rashidiya, Ascot, Covert Ambition, Dubai International Racing Carnival, Dubai Sheema Classic, Eastern Anthem, Godolphin, Halicarnassus, Helical Bar Gala Stakes, Jade Robbery, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Kirklees, Saeed bin Suroor, Silver Mist
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The well-traveled runner, who has twice spun through Dubai, is on track for a run in the Coral Eclipse Stakes (G1) at Sandown on July 4. Trained by Mike De Kock for Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum, Archipenko would be returning from a disappointing sixth in the Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Sha Tin [...]
After being well-regarded in the Dubai Duty Free (G1), Paco Boy (pictured below in Dubai) was back to his winning ways landing the Bet365 Mile (G2) at Sandown on Saturday. This win, as the 15-8 favorite, was the eighth from 12 lifetime starts for the son of Desert Style who was backed in the UK [...]