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  • 28 November 2020
    Watson Dominates Feature After Trebles For Al Nabooda And Oertel

    Saturday November 28, 2020
    Racing at Sharjah Longines Racecourse on Saturday afternoon featured the sole Thoroughbred race on the card, a 1700m handicap, the AED200,000 HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum Cup which was dominated by Doug Watson who saddled the first three home, headed by Galvanize.

  • 27 November 2020
    Raahy Denies Raakezz In Jebel Ali Feature

    Friday November 27, 2020
    The third fixture of the Jebel Ali season on Friday afternoon officially featured a 1000m conditions contest for 3-year-olds and it proved the perfect opportunity for Raahy to double his career tally and open his local account in the process.

  • 27 November 2020
    Thoroughbreds To Take Centre Stage At Sharjah

    Friday November 27, 2020
    Saturday is the second fixture of the current season at Sharjah Longines Racecourse and highlighted by one of the track’s two main Thoroughbred races of the campaign, the HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum Cup, for which the maximum allowed field of 16 will face the starter.

  • 26 November 2020
    Bachalard Hoping Raakezz Can Make 'Home Advantage' Count, But Particularly Fears Bin Ghadayer's What A Metal

    Thursday November 26, 2020
    Jebel Ali stages their third meeting of the current campaign on Friday, hosting six races, highlighted by a 1000m conditions race for 3-year-olds in which 11 have been declared, including Raakezz.

  • 21 November 2020
    Brave Es Nahawand Stars At Al Ain Wtih Battling Display, But Pinheiro Takes Riding Plaudits Treble

    Friday November 20, 2020
    Racing at Al Ain on Friday, the third meeting already in ‘the Garden City’ this season, featured a 1400m handicap which provided the most exciting finish of the evening with ES Nahawand posting a gutsy success under Fernando Jara.

  • 19 November 2020
    Trebles For Al Mheiri And Fresu After Jayide Al Boraq Lands Meydan Feature

    (Dubai, Nov 19, 2020) -Racing at Meydan on Thursday evening was officially highlighted by the only Purebred Arabian contest on the card, the 1400m Group 2 Bani Yas sponsored by Gulf News, won by the improving and consistent Jayide Al Boraq.

  • 19 November 2020
    Top Purebred Arabians To Grace Meydan

    Dubai(18 November, 2020) - Racing at Meydan on Thursday evening, seven races all sponsored by Gulf News, is highlighted by the sole Purebred Arabian contest on the card, the 1400m Group 2 Bani Yas sponsored by Gulf News, which has attracted a field of 15, including the classy RB Money To Burn.

  • 15 November 2020
    Boerhan Lands Abu Dhabi Feature For Bachalard And Curatolo

    Sunday’s second meeting of the new season to be staged in the capital, at Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club, was highlighted by the sole Thoroughbred race on the card, a 1600m rated conditions stakes, which appeared a strong heat and was won, relatively comfortably, by Boerhan.

  • 15 November 2020
    Yaraa Takes Al Ain Feature For Yas RAcing, Al Jahoori And Jara

    Seven races at Al Ain on Saturday, all for Purebred Arabians, featured a handicap over 1800m, won stylishly by Yaraa, ridden by Fernando Jara for Yas Racing and Majed Al Jahoori.

  • 14 November 2020
    Thoroughbreds Serve Up A Captial Treat

    Racing in the capital on Sunday at the Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club is undoubtedly highlighted by the sole Thoroughbred contest on the six-race card, a 1600m rated conditions stakes which has attracted the maximum field allowed of 14, as well as one reserve.

  • 13 November 2020
    Gabr Stars In Watson And Hitchcott Trebles

    Friday November 13, 2020

    Racing at Jebel Ali on Friday afternoon was officially highlighted by a 1600m rated conditions stakes for which just a select field of five went to post in a contest eventually dominated by the colours of Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum who also sponsored the race through his Shadwell breeding operation.

    In a race all bar Sheikh Hamdan’s third runner, Mashaheer, threatened to win at some stage, it was left to Gabr to claim the spoils. Sam Hitchcott riding for Doug Watson, denying the owner’s retained jockey, Dane O’Neill, aboard Eqtiraan.

  • 13 November 2020
    Competitive Handicap Highlight Of All Purebred Al Ain Card

    Friday November 13, 2020
    A matinee meeting at Al Ain on Saturday with seven races, all for Purebred Arabians, is highlighted by a handicap over 1800m with the maximum allowed field of 15 set to face the starter.

  • 12 November 2020
    Quality Outweighs Quantity In Jebel Ali Features

    Thursday November 12, 2020
    Jebel Ali will stage their second fixture of the new campaign on Friday afternoon, a seven race card officially highlighted by a rated conditions stakes over 1600m which has attracted a select field of five, the weights headed by Captain Von Trapp.

  • 08 November 2020
    Exciting Somoud Makes Perfect Start For De Roualle

    Sunday November 8, 2020
    Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club staged their first fixture of the new campaign on Sunday evening, highlighted by the Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Jewel Crown Prep, a 2200m rated conditions contest, won stylishly by the classy Somoud under a very confident ride from Richard Mullen.

  • 07 November 2020
    Cracking Prep Highlights Card As Racing Returns To Capital

    Saturday November 7, 2020
    Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club become the fifth and final UAE racecourse to stage their first meeting of the season on Sunday, a six race card featuring the 2200m Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Jewel Crown Prep, a rated conditions contest set to be contested by the maximum field allowed of 14.

    The prep for the AED5 million December 4 Group 1 Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Jewel Crown, like the big race itself, has been extended to 2200m from 1600m this year and Sunday’s race looks a long heat with the local ‘big-hitters’ all represented.