Friday’s feature race at Janadriah Racecourse outside Riyadh pits some familiar foes and names associated with the Dubai World Cup and the Dubai racing community. The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup (G1), run over 2,400 metres, is the premier racing event in Saudi Arabia and a field of 21 were drawn. Jerry Barton, [...]
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Reports published on the Sports Network wire indicate that 2009 Dubai World Cup (G1) winner Well Armed has started the long road back to the races following injury, with the goal being a renewed encounter in the world’s richest race. “Well Armed has been on a program of swimming combined with riding and he has [...]
News broke Sunday that 2010 Dubai World Cup (G1) winner Gloria De Campeao was retired following the discovery of a torn tendon. Australian media outlets had the story first, following owner Stefan Friborg in relation to plans for his globetrotter to contest the Cox Plate. Gloria De Campeao was second in the 2009 Dubai World [...]
WinStar Farm’s Drosselmeyer, the upset winner of the 2010 Belmont Stakes (G1) over twelve furlongs, is being pointed towards the 2011 Dubai World Cup (G1) at Meydan. Earning his first stakes win in the Belmont, Drosselmeyer was believed to have suffered an ankle injury in trackwork following the race. Bone scans, however, revealed no serious [...]
The winner of the 2009 Dubai World Cup, the last run at Nad Al Sheba, Well Armed is not due back to the races until the summer, trainer Eoin Harty told the Daily Racing Form. A 7-year-old gelding by Tiznow, Well Armed’s career has seen its share of long layoffs. Injured in the 2006 UAE [...]
2009 Dubai World Cup (G1) winner Well Armed will have surgery following this week’s discovery of a bone chip, reported the Daily Racing Form’s Jay Privman. The Tiznow gelding finished last in Sunday’s San Diego Handicap (G2) at Del Mar, his first start since the victory in the world’s richest horse race. Click HERE for the [...]
With Dubai Duty Free winner Gladiatorus out, the hopes of Dubai racing fans sit with Gloria De Campeao for Saturday’s Arlington Million XXVII (G1), outside of Chicago. Over ten furlongs on the turf, a field of nine will head to the post with Gio Ponti a solid favorite on the heels of three consecutive Grade 1 [...]
The 2009 Dubai World Cup (G1) winner Well Armed failed to pick up the running in Sunday’s San Diego Handicap (G2) at Del Mar. A race he won in 2008 in his first start following a third place finish behind Curlin in the 2008 Dubai World Cup, Well Armed failed to get the lead and [...]
The runaway 2009 Dubai World Cup champion, Well Armed, is back on the track and recorded his first official workout for trainer Eoin Harty, reported the Daily Racing Form’s Steve Andersen. After a third place finish behind Curlin in the 2008 edition, Well Armed made his return to the races in Del Mar’s San Diego [...]
His first three starts were made in Argentina, the next four in Dubai, two after that in England, followed by six more in Dubai – now, Asiatic Boy will make his American debut on Saturday in the Stephen Foster Handicap (G1) at Churchill Downs. The only winner of the UAE Triple Crown (UAE 2000 Guineas, Al [...]
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