Dubai World Cup

Dubai’s World Cup looms as possible target for Elusive State

Posted on January 18, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Elusive State's win in Sunday's Class 1 Egret Handicap (1650m) has Tony Millard contemplating a high-stakes Middle East tilt. The US$20 million Saudi Cup in Riyadh remains Millard's preference for Elusive State despite the winner of Sunday's Class 1 Egret Handicap (1650m) not being among the original entries for the world's richest race. Millard is[...]

Posted on June 3, 2020
in United States Horse Racing News

The world's highest prize money earner Arrogate has died in the US after a short battle to save him from a mystery illness failed. The horse's owner Juddmonte Farms issued a statement saying the Longines World's Best Racehorse in 2016 and 2017 was euthanised on Tuesday after falling ill last week. After a successful start[...]

Posted on March 23, 2020
in United Arab Emirates Horse Racing news

The prestigious Dubai World Cup meeting is the latest major event to be cancelled over the coronavirus pandemic. The race meeting, with prize money of $35 million and featuring the $12 million Dubai World Cup, had been scheduled to go ahead behind closed doors with appropriate protocols in place. But organisers have now abandoned those[...]

Posted on March 20, 2020
in United Arab Emirates Horse Racing news

The United Arab Emirates has suspended all sporting events to prevent the spread of coronavirus, raising doubts about whether the Dubai World Cup will go ahead this month. Many professional and amateur sporting events across the country have already been cancelled because of the deadly virus. Dubai World Cup organisers had said the race would[...]

Posted on March 19, 2020
in United Arab Emirates Horse Racing news, United States Horse Racing News

Three prominent American jockeys will miss the upcoming Dubai World Cup in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Irad Ortiz jr, Luis Saez and Tyler Gaffalione will not travel to the United Arab Emirates for the world's richest day of racing on March 28. Saez's agent, Richie DePass, said the coronavirus was behind the rider's[...]

Posted on March 5, 2020
in United Arab Emirates Horse Racing news, United Kingdom Horse Racing News

Benbatl will represent Godolphon trainer Saeed bin Suroor as he bids for a record 10th victory in the Dubai World Cup. A Group One winner on turf in Australia, Dubai and Germany, the six-year-old made a successful switch to dirt at Meydan in the second round of the Al Maktoum Challenge last month, to earn[...]

Posted on February 7, 2020
in United Arab Emirates Horse Racing news, United Kingdom Horse Racing News

Godolphin's globe-travelling multiple Group One winner Benbatl has made a sparkling debut on dirt at Meydan to open up some high profile options. The winner of the 2018 Caulfield Stakes and runner-up to Winx in the Cox Plate, Benbatl put himself in line for the Saudi Cup and World Cup with his victory in the[...]

Posted on January 22, 2020
in United Arab Emirates Horse Racing news

Charlie Appleby has been the leading trainer at the Dubai World Cup Carnival for the last two years and is sending a strong team again this year. Saeed Bin Suroor is the most successful trainer in the history of the fixtures and his horses should win a large chunk of the vast prize fund.

Posted on January 17, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Beauty Generation faces a pivotal test in Sunday's (19 January) Group 1 Stewards' Cup (1600m) at Sha Tin with not only the direction of future assignments but also his status as Hong Kong's best miler in the balance. Trainer John Moore has his heart set on Beauty Generation enhancing his legacy as a world class[...]

Dubai’s World Cup looms as possible target for Elusive State

Arrogate Euthanised After Mystery Illness

Dubai World Cup Race Meeting Cancelled

Coronavirus Puts Dubai World Cup In Doubt

US Jockeys To Avoid Dubai World Cup

Benbatl To Head To Dubai World Cup

Benbatl Wins Dirt Debut At Meydan

Benbatl and Cross Counter to deliver again at Dubai Carnival

Beauty Generation ‘diminished’ but not done

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