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DUBAI (December 5, 2018)— Racing at Meydan on Thursday is highlighted by The Garhoud Sprint (Listed) sponsored by Al Tayer Motors over the same 1200m dirt course and distance as the $2.5 million Dubai Golden Shaheen sponsored by Gulf News (G1). Inaugurated in 2013, four of the first five editions have been won by horses owned by His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who supplies two of this field’s ten, and no less than six winners from the 2018 Dubai World Cup Carnival are declared in the first stepping stone toward the world’s richest dirt sprint.

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DUBAI (November 28, 2018)—Meydan Group has released the list of horses accepted for the 2019 Dubai World Cup Carnival, which commences on January 3, 2019, at Meydan Racecourse. The list features 202 accepted horses conditioned by a total of 71 trainers from 17 countries. Several international stars are set to travel to Dubai this winter to compete for a share of the US$12,670,000 prize money—an increase of 12% from 2018—across 10 race cards, including 61 Thoroughbred races and 4 Group Purebred Arabian races.

Racing at Al Ain on Friday, a seven-race card, was another productive meeting for the Al Asayl team of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and trainer Eric Lemartinel who, after a treble at the course’s first meeting of the season last Thursday, combined to win two of the four contests in which they were represented this week.

They kicked off their brace in what was a third 1600m Purebred Arabian maiden on the card, one which produced a landmark outcome for jockey Pat Cosgrave who, riding Marahib for Sheikh Khalifa and Lemartinel, registered his 100th winner in the UAE.

Racing at Meydan on Thursday was highlighted by a 1600m rated conditions event, the GulfNews.com, where Ramzan Kadyrov’s Cosmo Charlie ran out an emphatic winner under Pat Dobbs, just as he had done in the equivalent race 12 months ago. Trained by Doug Watson, the 4-year-old gelded son of Stay Thirsty overcame a poor start to rush up from his low draw and lead from the rail from the 1200m onward. Though Connor Beasley and mount Radaini drew level at the top of the straight, the end was barely in doubt, as Dobbs soon settled the matter with a flick of the reins.

Friday’s second meeting of the new campaign at Al Ain is a seven-race card with just one Thoroughbred contest and six for Purebred Arabians, the best of which appears to be a 1400m handicap with the maximum field allowed of 15 due to face the starter. Ernst Oertel saddles three in said event for his main owner, Khalid Khalifa Al Nabooda, whose retained jockey Tadhg O’Shea has opted to partner AF Makerah. That leaves Chris Hayes to partner AF Tathor and apprentice Adam McLean claiming a valuable 3kgs off AF Noqoush, who heads the weights alongside JAP Burhan.

Sharjah Equestrian and Racing Club hosted the second of their six meetings scheduled for the season on Saturday, a six-race card highlighted by the second edition of the HE Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan Cup, a 1700m Prestige Handicap AED100,000.