Saeed bin Suroor

Cox Plate Placegetter Back For UK Campaign

Posted on July 19, 2020
in United Kingdom Horse Racing News

Benbatl, runner-up in the last of champion mare Winx's four WS Cox Plate wins, is expected to return to action later in the UK summer. The six-year-old has demonstrated his versatility late in life by proving just as effective on dirt when winning a Group Two at Meydan before finishing third in the inaugural Saudi[...]

Posted on April 17, 2020
in Ireland Horse Racing News

Multiple Group One winner and renowned stallion Shamardal has been euthanised at the age of 18 after some recent health issues. Trained by Mark Johnston to win the Vintage Stakes and Dewhurst Stakes as a two-year-old, Shamardal joined Saeed bin Suroor in the Godolphin colours for his three-year-old season. It proved a memorable one, as[...]

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 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 10, 2020
in United Arab Emirates Horse Racing news

Multiple Group One winner Benbatl has outclassed his rivals on his return to action at Meydan in the Singspiel Stakes. Saeed bin Suroor's stable star won the Dubai Turf, the Grosser Dallmayr Preis in Germany and Caulfield Stakes in Australia in a stellar 2018 which he rounded off with a second to Winx in the[...]

Posted on September 28, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News, United Kingdom Horse Racing News

Caulfield Stakes winner and Cox Plate runner-up Benbatl has scored a dominant win in the Group Two Joel Stakes at Newmarket. Godolphin trainer Saeed bin Suroor is now eyeing Group One options on Champions day at Ascot for the five-year-old. Having been off the track since chasing Winx home in the Cox Plate in October,[...]

Posted on August 14, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News, United Kingdom Horse Racing News

Benbatl is unlikely to return to Australia this year – with targets in Canada and America possible, his trainer has said. Saeed bin Suroor's globetrotter won a Group One race in Australia last year before having a crack at Winx in the Cox Plate at Melbourne. The Godolphin-owned Benbatl ultimately came off second best in[...]

Cox Plate Placegetter Back For UK Campaign

Group 1 Winner And Top Sire Shamardal Dies

Dubai World Cup Race Meeting Cancelled

Benbatl To Head To Dubai World Cup

Benbatl Wins Dirt Debut At Meydan

Benbatl and Cross Counter to deliver again at Dubai Carnival

Benbatl Makes Winning Return At Meydan

Benbatl Dominant In Newmarket Return

Australian Return Unlikely For Benbatl

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