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Dubai World Cup news: Solow ‘all systems go’ for Dubai after Prix Montjeu win
March 9, 2016
Geoffrey Riddle reports on the global horse racing happenings in the lead up to Dubai World Cup night.
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‘No stone left unturned’: Victoria Pendleton ready to prove horse racing nous at next level
March 9, 2016
Geoffrey Riddle details London 2012 track cycling gold-medal-winner Victoria Pendleton's ambitious foray into jockeying, set to begin at the Cheltenham Festival next Friday.
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Owner ponders options for AF Mathmoon after Group 1 Liwa Oasis victory
March 6, 2016
The result extended the five-year-old bay’s tally to five wins from six starts. He was second to Thakif in his other race, Round 1 of Al Maktoum Challenge at Meydan, a Group 1 race, a month ago.
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Dubai World Cup 2016: Winners and losers from Super Saturday at Meydan
March 6, 2016
Ahed of the Dubai World Cup, who helped or hurt their cases the most after this past weekend's Super Saturday at Meydan?
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Musabah Al Muhairi primes up for Dubai World Cup with treble at Meydan’s Super Saturday
March 5, 2016
Special Fighter, Muarrab and Fityaan posed serious questions about the big names three weeks out from the big night at the Meydan Racecourse.
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AF Mathmoon ‘hopeful of a big run’ as his Purebred Arabian rivalry with Shateh shifts to Abu Dhabi
March 5, 2016
AF Mathmoon, the Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum-owned five year old, won the Group 2 Baniyas on Meydan dirt in their first meeting three weeks ago, writes Amith Passela.
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Meydan’s Super Saturday to act as the big dress rehearsal for Dubai World Cup night
March 4, 2016
Geoffrey Riddle previews Super Saturday at Meydan, a night or racing that may well prove the ultimate warm-up for the Dubai World Cup night.
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Very Special delivers a win worthy of the name in Balanchine Stakes at Meydan
March 3, 2016
Saeed bin Suroor roared to the top of the Dubai World Cup Carnival trainers’ standings with a treble here on Thursday night.
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Polar River the star attraction, perhaps unrivalled, for UAE Oaks
March 2, 2016
Geoffrey Riddle writes when the UAE Oaks is ran on Thursday night at Meydan Racecourse, Doug Watson's Polar River isn't liable to face much serious competition.
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Dubai Turf the target for Tryster on World Cup night, says Charlie Appleby
March 1, 2016
Tryster headlines the Group 1 Jebel Hatta on Super Saturday at Meydan after his bloodless victory in the Dubai Millennium Stakes two weeks ago, while Jungle Cat takes his chance in the Meydan Sprint against fellow Godolphin runner Toscanini, trained by Michael Halford in Ireland.
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Dubai World Cup aspirants Keen Ice and Mubtaahij to feature on loaded Super Saturday card at Meydan
February 29, 2016
Keen Ice, the only horse to have beaten American Pharoah last season, is in while Hong Kong’s Gun Pit, Doug Watson’s Faulkner and Kiaran McLaughlin’s Watershed could join Group 1 contest, reports Geoffrey Riddle.
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Dubai World Cup: XY Jet continues impressive run ahead of UAE trip with Gulfstream Park win
February 28, 2016
Marking and Rich Tapestry are guaranteed a searing pace to aim at in the Dubai Golden Shaheen after XY Jet put up an impressive performance at Gulfstream Park on Saturday night.
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Lessons learned: California Chrome team better preparing for Dubai World Cup this time
February 24, 2016
'With experience comes enlightenment' writes Geoffrey Riddle, as the team around California Chrome believe the horse is being positioned for a better chance this year at the Dubai World Cup.
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Charlie Appleby to send out Safety Check to defend Zabeel Mile crown at Dubai World Cup Carnival
February 23, 2016
Charlie Appleby is set to unleash stable stars Safety Check and Tryster at Meydan on consecutive weeks following the Dubai World Cup Carnival Week 8 declarations on Tuesday.
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California Chrome comes to Dubai having ‘never carried so much’ weight, according to trainer
February 22, 2016
The last US horse to prep for the world’s most valuable race in a handicap in Dubai was subsequent World Cup winner Curlin, who also carried 60ks to victory in the Jaguar Trophy at Nad Al Sheba in 2008, writes Geoffrey Riddle.
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Mahbooba uses her head to clinch race over Sniper De Monlau
February 21, 2016
Chaotic scenes followed a photo finish in the Group 3 Triple Crown Round 2, the feature race of Sunday night’s meeting in the capital.
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Tryster stays on turf while Godolphin trainer Charlie Appleby is running out of options
February 17, 2016
If Cat O'Mountain or Footbridge does not run well the Marmoom handler will be without a contender in the Dubai World Cup for the second successive season, writes Geoffrey Riddle.
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Ertijaal ‘to have a go at the dirt’ and could join Mike De Kock runner Mubtaahij at Dubai World Cup
February 17, 2016
Makes his first start on dirt in a 1,900-metre handicap on Thursday after a huge race on his debut in Dubai, having undergone the punishing quarantine required by De Kock’s South African imports, reports Geoffrey Riddle.
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Thakif makes up for lost time to win President’s Cup for Purebred Arabians
February 14, 2016
Harry Bentley unleashed a strong run on the home stretch to win by a half-a-length from Gerald Avranche and Abu Alabyad in the Dh3 million Group 1 race over 2,200 metres, writes Amith Passela.
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HH President’s Cup at Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club is one of biggest meetings of UAE racing season
February 13, 2016
Race has drawn the maximum 16 runners with five from the President Sheikh Khalifa’s Al Asayl Stables spearheaded by Abu Alabyad and four from Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed’s Al Wathba Stables led by Thakif, reports Amith Passela.
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