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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 December 26, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Elusive State is among Hong Kong's top-ranking dirt-track specialists and this Saturday (26 December) at Sha Tin he'll contest the headline act, the Class 2 Chek Keng Handicap (dirt, 1650m), with the door still ajar for another overseas campaign. “He's going well – I've given him a good preparation and we've given him a couple[...]

Posted on April 14, 2020
in Saudi Arabia Horse Racing News

The Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia is withholding Maximum Security's winning prize money for the $20 million Saudi Cup, after trainer Jason Servis was indicted on federal charges in the United States. The trainer is one of 27 people indicted by the District Attorney for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan as part[...]

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 March 1, 2020
in Saudi Arabia Horse Racing News, United States Horse Racing News

Maximum Security has erased the pain of losing the Kentucky Derby with a fighting victory in the inaugural Saudi Cup. The 1800m-race worth $20 million, came down to a fight between Maximum Security and fellow American Midnight Bisou with Benbatl third. Twice a winner in Grade One company since his disqualification as the Kentucky Derby[...]

Posted on February 28, 2020
in Saudi Arabia Horse Racing News, United States Horse Racing News

Khalid Abdullah has owned some of the world's most famous horses but will get personal satisfaction if Tacitus can win the inaugural Saudi Cup. A member of the Saudi royal family, Abdullah is recognised globally as one of the most prominent owner/breeders in the sport through his Juddmonte Farms operation. Thoroughbred greats such as Dancing[...]

Posted on February 27, 2020
in Saudi Arabia Horse Racing News, United States Horse Racing News

American trainer Jason Servis is hoping the decision to send Maximum Security on his travels will pay dividends in the inaugural Saudi Cup. The four-year-old has won six of his eight starts including three at the highest level. But he is perhaps best known for passing the post first in last year's Kentucky Derby, only[...]

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 6, 2020
in United States Horse Racing News

Horse of the Year finalist Maximum Security is among 17 horses formally invited to compete in the Pegasus World Cup Invitational at Gulfstream Park. But his owner Gary West has already indicated Maximum Security is more likely to go to the new $20 million Saudi Cup in February rather than next month's Pegasus. Maximum Security,[...]

Posted on August 8, 2019
in Saudi Arabia Horse Racing News

Saudi Arabia will host the world's richest horse race in Riyadh at the King Abdulaziz Racetrack, with a purse of $20 million up for grabs. The Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia confirmed on Thursday at Saratoga in New York the Saudi Cup will be run over nine furlongs (1800m) on dirt on February 29 next[...]

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