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Tag Archives: Transcend

Mar
22
2012

Smart Falcon adds familiar feel to Dubai World Cup

Likely Dubai World Cup entrant Smart Falcon brings some fond memories of last year’s Dubai World Cup, when countrymate Transcend emerged from the arguably lesser ranks of Japanese dirt racing to a near World Cup boil-over.  This year, Transcend is back too, and comes with a horse that has a magnificent lifetime record, but lacks [...]

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Mar
16
2012

Eishin Flash joins Smart Falcon, Transcend, as Japanese starters for Dubai World Cup

Eishin Flash, winless since 2010 Japanese Derby (G1) in May of that year, has received an invitation for the Dubai World Cup, giving three chances for the Japanese entrants to do it again after the win by Victoire Pisa in 2011.  Transcend and Smart Falcon are the others.  Read more from the Racing Post.

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Feb
26
2012

Projected 2012 Dubai World Cup Field #1

As conditions develop and change over the weeks leading up to the 2012 Dubai World Cup, we will provide our second annual projections for the field, limited to 14, and run over 2,000 metres of the Meydan Tapeta.  Before we dive in – we remind the reader – we could be entirely wrong.  The connections [...]

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Feb
19
2012

Transcend falters on return in February Stakes

Transcend, second in the 2011 Dubai World Cup, just a half-length behind countrymate Victoire Pisa, failed to fire in the February Stakes (G1), in what was expected to be a major prep for a repeat engagement in the world’s richest race.  Under regular rider Shinji Fujita, Transcend did not break with prominence and was under [...]

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Dec
04
2011

Transcend scores second Japan Cup Dirt, Dubai World Cup return anticipated

Shinji Fujita guided Transcend, second in the 2011 Dubai World Cup (G1), to another win in the richest dirt race in Japan on Sunday.  Fujita sent the colt hard from the extreme outside post position to clear the majority of the field in the first 200 metres of the 1800 of the trip, then held [...]

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Dec
04
2011

Transcend favored in Japan Cup Dirt

Transcend, second in the 2011 Dubai World Cup, is one of the likely favorites for tonight’s Japan Cup Dirt. Get the profile of all the runners from the Japan Racing Association, or comments from their connections leading to the race.

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Oct
23
2011

Demuro’s World Cup ride a $6 million heist

As the 2011-2012 UAE racing season approaches, we thought it appropriate to look back and marvel at the brilliance of Mirco Demuro’s ride on Victoire Pisa in last year’s Dubai World Cup, a ride that could unequivocally be characterised as armed robbery.  In preparing for the new season, DubaiRaceNight.com came across last season’s Trakus timing [...]

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Oct
10
2011

Transcend victorious in comeback after second in DWC

After nearly landing a massive boilover in the 2011 Dubai World Cup, Transcend returned to the races a winner taking the Mile Championship (G1) at Tokyo on dirt.  The one-mile event was the first since a narrow defeat by countrymate Victoire Pisa in the world’s richest race.  Jockey Shinji Fujita, aboard for the second in [...]

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Mar
20
2011

Can Japan get a Dubai World Cup boost?

The story really has not been told yet, and it will surely develop over the course of the week, but Japan’s trio of chances in the $10 million Dubai World Cup (G1) is one of the main story lines for the 2011 edition of the world’s richest race.  Buena Vista could become the all-time leading [...]

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Feb
28
2011

Victoire Pisa easy in World Cup prep, Nakayama Kinen

One of two likely Japanese entrants in the Dubai World Cup, Victoire Pisa sat well off the pace and ran on to win the Nakayama Kinen (G2) over nine furlongs on turf, Sunday.  Along with champion turf mare Buena Vista, Victoire Pisa is expected for the $10 million race over the Tapeta.  Transcend, another Japanese [...]

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