Melbourne Cup winner Cross Counter has made a winning return to beat Godolphin stablemate Ispolini in the Group Two Dubai Gold Cup at Meydan. Cross Counter became the first British-trained horse to win the Flemington showpiece last November and despite having been off the track since, he was the 7-4… Read More »
Saturday night we see the soke of the richest races in the world being run on the coveted Dubai World Cup program and this year we have three Australian entrants all of which line-up in the Al Quoz Sprint although we also see last years Melbourne Cup winner Cross Counter… Read More »
View the final field for the 2019 Dubai Gold Cup. The Dubai Gold Cup will be run on Saturday 30th March at Meydan racecourse in Dubai. Time: 11:50pm (AEDT) Distance: 3200m Class: Group 2 1 MARINARESCO (SAF) Owner: Shirtliff,Commodore Racing,Bass Racing,Green Trainer: M de Kock Jockey: Bernard Fayd’Herbe Weight 57.5 Kgs 6 yrs. Bay… Read More »
English trainer Charlie Appleby expects his Melbourne Cup winning Cross Counter to prove “very hard to beat” in Saturday’s Dubai Gold Cup at Meydan. The four-year-old will be a hot favourite to make a winning return, on what will be his first competitive appearance since becoming the first British-trained horse… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winner Cross Counter kicks off his 2019 campaign at Meydan this Saturday in the Dubai Gold Cup (3200m) and is the favourite to resume a winner. The Charlie Appleby trained galloper hasn’t raced since scoring a famous win at Flemington in the Melbourne Cup. He returns to racing… Read More »
Godolphin’s Ispolini will not come to Sydney for The Championships after racing his way into the Dubai Gold Cup with a Group Three victory at Meydan. The Charlie Appleby-trained stayer is among entries for the Sydney Cup (3200m) but will instead run in the Gold Cup over the same distance… Read More »
Australia is well represented at the nomination stage for the world’s richest race meeting in Dubai. Eighteen horses, including nine Group One winners, have been entered across four Group One races and one at Group Two level. The biggest entry is 11 for the Al Quoz Sprint over the straight… Read More »
Cross Counter is set to make his seasonal reappearance in the stayers’ feature, the G2 Dubai Gold Cup, on the rich Dubai World Cup card at Meydan on Saturday, 30 March. The brilliant winner of the G1 Melbourne Cup at Flemington on Tuesday, 6 November, has thrived since his epic… Read More »
Champion stayer Big Orange has been ruled out for the season because of injury. Trainer Michael Bell says the Ascot Gold Cup winner, who has contested two Melbourne Cups, has damaged a suspensory. “It’s a body-blow for all concerned,” Bell told Press Association Sport. “The horse is 100 per cent… Read More »
The richest race meeting in the world comes around on Saturday night at Meydan in Dubai for Dubai World Cup Night, nine races full of world class athletes both horse and human. BONUS #1: Claim $600 in BONUS BETS* at Sportsbet.com.au BONUS #2: Claim $500 in BONUS BETS* at… Read More »
View the final field for the 2018 Dubai Gold Cup. The Dubai Gold Cup will be run on Saturday 31st March at Meydan racecourse. Time: 11:50pm (AEST) Distance: 32000m Class: Group 2 Barrier Horse Owner Trainer Jockey 1 Dal Harraild (GB) St. Albans Bloodstock W. Haggas Ryan Moore 2 Run… Read More »
Sydney Cup entrant Rare Rhythm will stay in Dubai rather than travel to Australia after an impressive win in the Group Three Nad Al Ehsba Trophy at Meydan. Godolphin trainer Charlie Appleby, who won last year’s Sydney Cup with English visitor Polarisation, said the Group Two Gold Cup (3200m) on… Read More »
Lindsay Park sprinter Faatinah begins a campaign at Caulfield that could eventually lead him to a race at the Dubai World Cup meeting. Faatinah and stablemate Almoonqith have been nominated for support races on World Cup night but co-trainer David Hayes said the pair would need to be in top… Read More »
Saturday will see the running of the richest race program in the world, with Dubai World Cup Night at Meydan, and with the likes of California Chrome, Highland Reel and Aussie sprinting star Buffering, it shapes up to be a top class program. BONUS #1: $501 FREE BET BONUS… Read More »
