Grand National pre-post favourite Prince De Beauchene has been ruled out of the Aintree spectacular after suffering an injury. The Willie Mullins-trained nine-year-old shot to the head of the betting for the world’s most famous steeplechase following a brilliant performance in the Bobbyjo Chase at Fairyhouse in February. But following… Read More »
Official Rating Horse Weight Age Trainer 126 SO YOU THINK (NZ) 57.0 5 yrs A O’Brien 122 GAME ON DUDE (USA) 57.0 5 yrs B Baffert 122 CAPPONI (IRE) 57.0 5 yrs M Al Zarooni 121 MONTEROSSO (GB) 57.0 5 yrs M Al Zarooni 121 TRANSCEND (JPN) 57.0 6 yrs… Read More »
Official Rating Horse Weight Age Trainer 128 CIRRUS DES AIGLES (FR) 57.0 6 yrs C Barande Barbe 123 ST NICHOLAS ABBEY (IRE) 57.0 5 yrs A O’Brien 119 SHIMRAAN (FR) 57.0 5 yrs M Al Zarooni 119 GREEN DESTINY (IRE) 57.0 5 yrs H Brown 118 BOLD SILVANO (SAF) 57.0… Read More »
Official Rating Horse Weight Age Trainer 122 PLANTEUR (IRE) 57.0 5 yrs M Botti 122 AMBITIOUS DRAGON (NZ) 57.0 5 yrs AT Millard 121 CITYSCAPE (GB) 57.0 6 yrs R Charlton 120 CALIFORNIA MEMORY (USA) 57.0 6 yrs T Cruz 120 PRESVIS (GB) 57.0 8 yrs L Cumani 118 RIO… Read More »
Official Rating Horse Weight Age Trainer 125 ROCKET MAN (AUS) 57.0 6 yrs P Shaw 118 LUCKY NINE (IRE) 57.0 5 yrs C Fownes 117 THE FACTOR (USA) 57.0 4 yrs B Baffert 117 KRYPTON FACTOR (GB) 57.0 4 yrs F Nass 115 GIANT RYAN (USA) 57.0 6 yrs B… Read More »
Official Rating Horse Weight Age Trainer 117 JOY AND FUN (NZ) 57.0 8 yrs D Cruz 117 REGALLY READY (USA) 57.0 5 yrs S Asmussen 115 PROHIBIT (GB) 57.0 7 yrs R Cowell 115 SOLE POWER (GB) 57.0 5 yrs E Lynam 115 BETTER BE THE ONE (AUS) 57.0 5… Read More »
Official Rating Horse Weight Age Trainer 119 HELMET (AUS) 59.5 3 yrs P Snowden 108 BOBY DI JOB (BRZ) 59.5 3 yrs M de Kock 107 BALADA SALE (ARG) 57.5 3 yrs P Bary 117 DADDY LONG LEGS (USA) 55.0 3 yrs A O’Brien 115 WROTE (IRE) 55.0 3 yrs… Read More »
Official Rating Horse Weight Age Trainer 116 OPINION POLL (IRE) 57.0 6 yrs M Al Zarooni 115 MIKHAIL GLINKA (IRE) 57.0 5 yrs H Brown 115 FOX HUNT (IRE) 57.0 5 yrs M Al Zarooni 115 KASBAH BLISS (FR) 57.0 10 yrs F Doumen 113 JOSHUA TREE (IRE) 57.0 5… Read More »
Official Rating Horse Weight Age Trainer 117 AFRICAN STORY (GB) 57.0 5 yrs S bin Suroor 116 DO IT ALL (USA) 57.0 5 yrs S bin Suroor 116 VISCOUNT NELSON (USA) 57.0 5 yrs M de Kock 115 SHAMALGAN (FR) 57.0 5 yrs X Nakkachdji 113 WESTERN ARISTOCRAT (USA) 57.0… Read More »
Official Rating Horse Weight Age Trainer 123 NIESHAN (FR) 57.0 6 yrs E Lemartinel 122 SERAPHIN DU PAON (FR) 57.0 6 yrs E Oertel 118 TIMADIT AL MELS (FR) 57.0 5 yrs S Rajhi 115 TM FRED TEXAS (US) 57.0 5 yrs R Martino 112 SAHIB DU CLOS (FR) 57.0… Read More »
$10 million Dubai World Cup Sponsored by Emirates Airline (UAE-I, Race 9, 1:40 p.m. EDT), 3 & up, 10 furlongs (Tapeta). Males carry 126 pounds, females 121 pounds. PP. Horse, Jockey, Trainer 1. Master of Hounds (KY), C. Soumillon, M. de Kock 2. Eishin Flash (Jpn), C. Lemaire, H. Fujiwara… Read More »
Frankel could make his first public reappearance in a racecourse gallop at Newbury next month. Trainer Henry Cecil is to ask officials at the Berkshire track for permission to give his stable superstar a spin at their two-day meeting on April 20 and 21. Cecil has already pencilled in the… Read More »
Meydan. What an amazing, incredible place. What an equine paradise. I’m currently looking out over Meydan from the media centre, which is located on the fifth floor right on the finish line, and I’m still amazed by the sight before me. The last two days Dubai has been shrouded in… Read More »
Godolphin’s two trainers Saeed bin Suroor and Mahmoud Al Zarooni discussed some of their Saturday prospects at a Press Conference following Thursday morning’s Breakfast With The Stars at Meydan. Al Zarooni believes that his best chance of success might come in the Group 3 US$1 million Dubai Gold Cup, sponsored… Read More »
Group 1 US$10 million Dubai World Cup, sponsored by Emirates Airline Capponi – The four-year-old chestnut has improved 18 lbs this year over his four outings at Meydan which were in handicaps until he raced in the Group 1 Al Maktoum Challenge Round III. Ridden boldly by Ahmed Ajtebi, who… Read More »
Turn back the clock 12 months and Silvestre de Sousa was hoping for a year of consolidation. Having finally established himself in Britain, the Brazilian jockey wanted to sustain that momentum. However, De Sousa, 32, quickly exceeded expectations even though he narrowly lost out to Paul Hanagan in a prolonged… Read More »
The last time Australian jockey Kerrin McEvoy had been to Dubai was in 2008 and while he had obviously followed the Dubai World Cup Carnival at home, standing below the massive Meydan stand, he admitted: “It’s different when you see it up close, it’s very impressive.” McEvoy first discovered Dubai… Read More »
Dual Cox Plate winner So You Think strengthened his position at the head of the market for the Dubai World Cup after drawing barrier four in the richest race in the world. The giant Australian import now with Aidan O’Brien is a 5-2 chance (from 3-1) with Paddy Power and… Read More »
Group 1 US$10 million Dubai World Cup, sponsored by Emirates Airline Eishin Flash – Did a fast workout on the all-weather track. Trainer Hideaki Fujiwara had the jockey Yuichi Fukunaga, sit on this horse this morning. Trainer Fujiwara commented, “Eishin Flash galloped very well, which was as scheduled. I imagine… Read More »
Group 1 US$10 million Dubai World Cup, sponsored by Emirates Airline Eishin Flash – The 2010 Japanese Derby winner Eishin Flash did a canter easily for a lap and did a half gallop on the second lap over the all-weather course as he prepares for Saturdays Group 1 US $10… Read More »
