Winner: X Y Jet Owner: Rockingham Ranch and Gelfenstein Farm Trainer: Jorge Navarro Jockey: Emisal Jaramillo Official Time: 1:10.75 (1200m, Track Record: 1:10.12 – Mind Your Biscuits, 2018) Margin of Victory: 1 ½ Lengths X Y Jet was first out of … Read more
Winner: Plus Que Parfait Owner: Imperial Racing LLC. Trainer: Brendan Walsh Jockey: Jose Ortiz Official Time: 1:58.41 (1900m, Track Record: 1:55.18 – Mendelssohn, 2018) Margin of Victory: ¾ lengths Brendan Walsh, who once spent a decade working on the Godolphin team … Read more
Winner: Blue Point (Ire) Owner: Godolphin Trainer: Charlie Appleby Jockey: William Buick Official Time: 1:08.39 (1200m, Track Record: 1:08.24 – Jungle Cat, 2018) Margin of Victory: 1 ¼ lengths Blue Point stamped his claim to being the best sprinter on the planet … Read more
Winner: Cross Counter (GB) Owner: Godolphin Trainer: Charlie Appleby Jockey: William Buick Official Time: 3.19.00 (3200m, Track Record: 3:17.92 – Vazirabad, 2018) Margin of Victory: 1 1/4 Cross Counter successfully bridged the gap between Australia and the UAE with a brilliant … Read more
Winner: Coal Front Owner: Robert LaPenta and Head of Plains Partners LLC. Trainer: Todd Pletcher Jockey: Jose Ortiz Official Time: 01:36:51 (1600m, Track Record: 1:34.99 – Muntazah, 2019) Margin of Victory: three-quarters Over 1600m on the Meydan dirt surface, the $1.5 … Read more
Winner: AF Maher (AE) Owner: Mr. Khalid Khalifa Al Nabooda Trainer: Earnest Oertel Jockey: Tadhg O’Shea Official Time: 2.15.67 (2000m, Track Record: 2:13.68 – Tallaab Al Khalediah, 2018) Margin of Victory: Nose AF Maher confirms his class in the Dubai Kahayla … Read more
Race 2: True Timber [3] Coal Front [12] Muntazah [6] Nonkono Yume [2] Race 3: Ispolini [6] Cross Counter [9] Prince Of Arran [5] Call The Wind [2] Race 4: Blue Point [8] Viddora [12] Sands Of Mali [2] Brave … Read more
YOSHIDA: AN INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS STORY By DWC Notes Team Member Keith McCalmont The globalisation of horseracing is never more apparent than at international events such as the Dubai World Cup. On Saturday, horses from around the world will test their … Read more
$6 million Dubai Turf (G1) sponsored by DP World Majestic Mambo—Majestic Mambo, trained by South African Mike de Kock, is having just his second start for the yard. Last out, he finished sixth to Dream Castle in the Group 1 … Read more
Audible—“Best I’ve ever seen him go,” Elliott Walden of WinStar Farm laughed as Audible briefly emerged from the fog that descended over Meydan Racecourse Friday morning, only to be shrouded again as he went through his gallop. As he stood … Read more
Race 1 Kapaulenko [6] Morvada [5] Royal Rumble [3] Balf’s Choice [1] Race 2 Heaven’s Deal [1] Viduka [2] Lake District Girl [3] Chucky [6] Race 3 Lostarc [9] Sizzling Bullet [1] All Hard Wood [3] Super Swoop [6] Race … Read more
Race 1 Sunday Pray [8] Mandela Effect [2] Beauty [16] See Me Fly [3] Race 2 Secret Blaze [2] Transact [4] Ohm’s Law [9] Manzala [8] Race 3 Sisstar [14] Invincible Lotus [12] Groot [5] Prince Of Sussex [7] Race … Read more
Race 1 Bellevue Hill [1] Strasbourg [2] Rome [4] Fortress Command [5] Race 2 All Too Soon [12] Moss ‘n’ Dale [2] Taikomochi [9] Goathland [8] Race 3 Madison County [1] Cossetot [4] In A Twinkling [2] Platinum Invader [3] … Read more
DUBAI (March 28, 2019)—The world’s elite horseracing performers from 2018 will be honoured at the His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Horseracing Excellence Awards, on March 28, 2019, two days ahead of the world’s richest race meeting, the … Read more
ALMOND EYE GIVING HER OWNERS THE THRILL OF A LIFETIME An interview with Silk Racing Club president Masashi Yonemoto by DWC Notes Team Member Kate Hunter Jockey Christophe Lemaire called Almond Eye a horse of a lifetime, and trainer Sakae … Read more
$6 million Dubai Turf (G1) sponsored by DP World I Can Fly—Was among the five envoys from Ballydoyle who made their first appearance on the dirt track on Thursday morning a little after 7:00 a.m. as the worst of the … Read more
Audible—Co-owners Jack Wolf of Starlight Racing and Elliott Walden of WinStar Farm were on scene at Meydan to lay eyes on the son of Into Mischief as he prepares for his start in the $12 million Dubai World Cup sponsored … Read more
Thursday, March 28, 2019 – Yorkshire trainer Philip Kirby is readying stable stars Blaklion and Lady Buttons for next week’s Randox Health Grand National Festival, which takes place from Thursday, April 4, to Saturday, April 6. Blaklion is set to … Read more
Fight Hero jig-jogged along the chute to the main Meydan dirt track at 5.05am Thursday (28 March) morning as trainer Me Tsui observed rail-side. “He’s more relaxed than in Hong Kong, this environment has helped him settle,” the handler … Read more
DUBAI (March 27, 2019)—The 2019 US $2.5 million Group 1 Dubai Golden Shaheen sponsored by Gulf News is set to be a clash of titans, with a five-strong U.S. attack headlining the field, as well as contenders from the United … Read more
John Moore heaped praise on the HKJC’s Conghua Racecourse as former serial loser Helene Charisma recorded his second win in three weeks by setting a new Happy Valley track record (2m 14.88s) over 2200m in the Mount Collinson Handicap tonight … Read more
It was Almond Eye’s morning at Meydan Racecourse (Wednesday, 27 March): Japan’s star filly breezed powerfully, fluidly, impressively down the turf straight under Christophe Lemaire, to a rattle of camera shutters. Just two minutes after the flurry, Hong Kong’s Southern … Read more
DUBAI (March 27, 2019)—There are few hotter properties in world racing right now than super filly Almond Eye, who has her first test outside her native Japan in a great renewal of Saturday’s $6 million Dubai Turf sponsored by DP World, … Read more
DUBAI (March 27, 2019)—When the table is set for a race as wide open as the $12 million Dubai World Cup sponsored by Emirates Airline (G1) of 2019, the ensuing proverbial chess match meets the absolute apex of horseracing excitement. While multiple … Read more
Of the 2008 runners super sire Danehill had 1505, or an exceptional 76.9 per cent, were winners. His progeny won 349 stakes races – a world record – on both sides of the equator at a ratio of 17.4 per … Read more
Last Week: 4 2019 Total: 4 Season Defining Clash On Thursday Night Collingwood has the chance to lift its game and redeem itself in Thursday’s clash with Richmond at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. It is another marquis clash for the … Read more
Last Week: 4 2019 Total: 9 Broncos Can Win Again At Suncorp After suffering losses in the first two rounds the St George Illawarra Dragons face another defeat at the hands of the Brisbane Broncos at Suncorp Stadium on Thursday night. … Read more
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GUNNEVERA CAMP ENJOYING HAPPIER TRAVELS by DWC Notes Team Member Tom Peacock There is much more of a spring to the step to all those associated with Dubai World Cup sponsored by Emirates Airline hopeful Gunnevera this year – including … Read more