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  • 11 January 2010
    Abu Dhabi stages first round of UAE Triple Crown

    Sunday's Abu Dhabi meeting is a six race affair with a fascinating Thoroughbred race starting proceedings on a night highlighted by the Listed opening round of the UAE Triple Crown over 1600m.

  • 11 January 2010
    Airbuss flies home but Otaared stars in Selvaratnam treble

    Airbuss flies home but Otaared stars in Selvaratnam trebleFriday's seventh Jebel Ali meeting of the current season was a memorable one for the home team of owner His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, trainer Dhruba Selvaratnam and jockey William Buick who combi

  • 11 January 2010
    De Kock opens UAE campaign this weekend

    Jebel Ali's first meeting of 2010 is an all Thoroughbred six race card w

  • 04 January 2010
    Deeb starts year in style

    The jockey said: "She is a tough mare and rarely runs a bad race. That is the perfect way to start 2010."

  • 30 December 2009
    Ibn Battuta finds Listed glory

    The Musabah Al Muhairi-trained Ibn Battuta maintained his 100% Abu Dhabi record on Sunday evening when winning the Listed HH The President's Cup, the sole Thoroughbred race on the card, all of which was sponsored by Meydan.

  • 30 December 2009
    Al Taleei and Sama Bu Dhabi take fillies classic

    After a weekend off, caused by the inclement weather, last Sunday, racing returned to Abu Dhabi on Sunday evening with a six race card highlighted by the Abu Dhabi Fillies' Classic.The 1600m conditions race, for three-year-old fillies bred in the UAE, was being contested for the eighth time since its inception in 2001 and produces a thrilling finish.

  • 30 December 2009
    Hat trick of victories for Al Raihe at Ffrench

    After last week's Jebel Ali double, trainer Ali Rashid Al Raihe combined with stable jockey Royston Ffrench to go one better as the pair registered a treble, winning three consecutive.Stable stalwart Jet Express started the ball rolling in the 1400m conditions race, before Fathayer won the afternoon's feature, also a conditions race but over 1800m. The prep race for the Jebel Ali Stakes, it was a decent contest and a nice performance from Fathayer who won on the Abu Dhabi turf on his seasonal return.

  • 22 October 2009
    Triple header to open the landmark 2009/2010 racing season in the UAE

    His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister of UAE and Minister of Presidential Affairs and Chairman of the Emirates Racing Authority, has approved the race fixtures list for 2009/2010 racing season at Jebel Ali, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club and the new Meydan Racecourse.

  • 22 October 2009
    Fantastic 1-2-3 for Dubai graduates in Singapore

    Gloria De Campeao, second in the 2009 Dubai World Cup, sponsored by Emirates Airline, went one better claiming his first Group One win in a thrilling finish to the S$3 million Singapore Airlines International Cup earlier on Sunday.
    Second until being left in front before the home turn, the five year-old entire straightened for the judge a length ahead of the pack, which included previous Dubai runners Balius, Presvis, Bankable, Pompeii Ruler and last year’s winner Jay Peg.

  • 22 October 2009
    Well Armed to get well deserved break

    After his smashing victory, record-breaking Dubai World Cup winner Well Armed came out of his sensational win in “fantastic” condition, according to assistant trainer Oliver Costello.
    “He had about 20 minutes of walking this morning and then about ten minutes of picking at grass and everything was good,” Costello said on a rainy Sunday in Dubai, echoing the emotions of everyone connected with the six-year-old gelding when he added: “It was just such an amazing night.”

  • 22 October 2009
    Dubai World Cup - Post Race Quotes

    Jockey Aaron Gryder – Well Armed – 1st (On weighing in) Here we go boys, the last race at Nad Al Sheba and we won it. I was able to control the race which I couldn't do last year. He's such a good horse, I can drop the reins and he wastes no injury. He showed his class this year.

  • 21 October 2009
    Locals steal the show on turf

    Rookie trainer Mubarak Bin Shafya and Emirati apprentice Ahmed Ajtebi completed the Group 1 turf double and, in the process, stole the show on Dubai World Cup night when Eastern Anthem scored in a thrilling finish to the Dubai Sheema Classic, sponsored by Nakheel.