International Horse Racing

• Emotional victory for Japan in Dubai

  Japan’s Victoire Pisa has won the Dubai World Cup overtaking Transcend to win the world’s richest horse race and offer hope to a country struggling to recover from twin disasters.

   
• Victoria Pisa wins 2011 Duabi World Cup

  Victoire Pisa led home a Japanese 1-2 in the world’s richest horse race, the Dubai World Cup, at the Meydan racecourse on Saturday with Transcend finishing second in an emotional victory coming in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami disaster that struck the country.

   
• Voice in full cry for Cup bid

  Saeed bin Suroor expects to see a more grown-up Poet’s Voice in Saturday’s Dubai World Cup.

   
• Hall’s well with Wigmore

  Wigmore Hall made a good impression on Michael Bell as the trainer returned to Dubai to supervise the four-year-old gelding for Saturday’s Dubai Duty Free at Meydan.

   
• Sole powered up for Sprint

  Irish trainer Edward Lynam cannot wait to get his shock Nunthorpe Stakes winner Sole Power back on the track in the Al Quoz Sprint, the opener on Dubai World Cup night at Meydan on Saturday.

   
• De Kock duo to atone for Bold blow

  Mike de Kock is looking to Musir and Golden Sword to give him a first success in the Dubai World Cup following the forced withdrawal of Bold Silvano.

   
• Presvis pleases in final work

  Luca Cumani’s Presvis completed his preparations for Saturday’s Dubai Duty Free with a workout at Meydan on Monday morning.

   
• Derby glory on the House for Her Majesty

  The Queen is excited about the prospect of Carlton House developing into a realistic hope for the Derby in the year of a Royal wedding.

   
• Mulholland rules out National bid

  Neil Mulholland has ruled out running Midnight Chase in this year’s Grand National following his sterling effort in Friday’s Cheltenham Gold Cup.

   
• Push primed for National defence

  Don’t Push It is bang on course to bid for back-to-back victories in the Grand National following his eye-catching run at the Cheltenham Festival.

   
• Weld stayer set for Leopardstown return

  Dermot Weld’s Ascot Gold Cup winner Rite Of Passage will reappear in the Saval Beg Stakes at Leopardstown in May.

   
• Injured Snow Fairy out of Dubai Sheema Classic

  Snow Fairy, who was being lined up for a tilt at the Dubai Sheema Classic on Saturday, has suffered “a minor leg injury” and will miss the race.

   
• Kauto Star to stay in training

  Kauto Star will race on as a 12-year-old after Paul Nicholls moved to quash all speculation.

   
• Spencer booked for Blanco in World Cup

  Jamie Spencer will ride the Aidan O’Brien-trained Cape Blanco in Saturday’s Dubai World Cup at Meydan.

   
• Buck’s secures World domination

  The incomparable Big Buck’s stretched his unbeaten record to 11 races when securing a third consecutive World Hurdle at Cheltenham.

   
• Albertas takes flight in Ryanair

  Jonjo O’Neill and Tony McCoy’s powers of persuasion ultimately ensured Albertas Run was able to successfully defend his title in the Ryanair Chase at Cheltenham.

   
• Game Vista pockets Pertemps

  Cheltenham Festival regular Buena Vista recorded a fantastic repeat win in the Pertemps Final when leading from pillar to post.

   
• Hay List among nominations for the KrisFlyer International Sprint

  Hulking sprinter Hay List is among seven Australian-trained horses who have been nominated for the Group One KrisFlyer International Sprint in Singapore.

   
• Elliott leads from the front for Ireland

  Gordon Elliott stole the show with a fantastic 101-1 double as Team Ireland claimed six of the seven winners at the Cheltenham Festival on Wednesday.

   
• Super Sizing sizzles for Champion glory

  Sizing Europe rubber-stamped his excellence over two miles (3200m) in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival.