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Tag Archives: Twice Over

Jul
05
2012

Dubai winners clash in Coral Eclipse

While So You Think was removed from Coral Eclipse consideration due to lameness, a stellar field of ten were declared for Saturday’s race at Sandown.  Dubai World Cup winner Monterosso will make his first European start since August 2010 and his first since his win in the world’s richest race, one of three Godolphin-trained entries [...]

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Oct
14
2011

Wigmore Hall, Twice Over long odds in Champion Stakes

Winner of the 2011 Jebel Hatta (G2) at Meydan, Wigmore Hall followed that with a strong third in the Dubai Duty Free (G1) and got back to the winner’s enclosure with a solid score in the Northern Dancer (G1) at Woodbine.  Now, back on home soil, he is considered one of the longer chances in [...]

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Oct
14
2011

Cecil’s comments about Meydan post draw hollow in light of facts, analysis

In a just-published column for The National, trainer Sir Henry Cecil tells Geoffrey Riddle that he is unlikely to contest the Dubai World Cup again.  ”I’m not going to prepare a horse for a race where I’ve got no chance,” Cecil said, speaking specifically of horses drawn wide for the 2,000 metres start at Meydan. [...]

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Jul
23
2011

Twice Over back on top in Skybet York

Returning to the races in March, Twice Over landed an over-the-top win in the 2011 Maktoum Challenge – Round 3 (G2) at Meydan.  The son of Observatory had disappointed since, ninth in the Dubai World Cup (G1), then uninvolved in the Lockinge (G1) and Prince of Wales’s Stakes (G1).  Saturday, Twice Over pounded his six [...]

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Mar
04
2011

Recapping Super Thursday 2011

Ok, let’s get it out of the way.  We totally, COMPLETELY missed on Twice Over (pictured below, middle).  Call us ungrateful considering we said we wouldn’t bet Twice Over with borrowed money.  We stand by that opinion, but based only on what we knew going into the night of racing.  Grab that dunce cap and [...]

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Feb
06
2011

Projecting the 2011 Dubai World Cup field

We are still six weeks out from the big week in Dubai leading to the world’s richest race.  Let’s grab the crystal ball and look into the future at the potential field of 14 to face starter Shane Ryan for $10 million over ten furlongs.  Our prediction of the field is based on recent performances, [...]

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Nov
30
2010

Wigmore Hall planned for possible Dubai World Cup tilt; Bary has new challenger for Carnival, Sheema

Wigmore Hall, the well-campaigned 3-year-old gelding trained by Michael Bell, is expected to be a high-profile up-and-comer at the 2011 Dubai International Racing Carnival, with a plan for the Dubai World Cup (G1).  With three wins, four seconds, and a third from nine starts in six months, this son of High Chapparal acquitted himself best [...]

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Oct
14
2010

Diverse assembly of Dubai grads headline Emirates Champion Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday

Three runners from the 2010 Dubai World Cup will make their next start in the top shelf Emirates Champion Stakes (G1) at Newmarket on Saturday.  Lining up for the ten furlong race include Twice Over (10th), Vision D’Etat (12th), and recent comeback winner Gitano Hernando (6th), returning to turf for the first time since May [...]

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Jul
06
2010

Twice Over a flashing Eclipse winner

Only tenth home in the Dubai World Cup, but just more than three lengths behind Gloria De Campeao, Twice Over landed top spoils in this weekend’s Coral Eclipse Stakes (G1), giving trainer Henry Cecil a fourth, and long-awaited win in the race. Click HERE for more from the Daily Record.

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Jun
29
2010

Dar Re Mi returning Saturday in Coral Eclipse

The Dubai Sheema Classic (G1) winner from 2010 will make her first start since landing those spoils when Dar Re Mi takes on an expected field of ten in Saturday’s Coral Eclipse Stakes (G1).  Twice Over, tenth in this year’s Dubai World Cup (G1) and second to the same silked Byword in the Prince of [...]

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