This evening’s ninth meeting of the 2019 Dubai World Cup Carnival, the final Carnival fixture before next weekend’s Super Saturday card, is highlighted by the Gr3 $300,000 Nad Al Sheba Trophy
On a Dubai World Cup Carnival night that featured three Gr3 contests Variety Club emerged as a serious Dubai World Cup day contender.
SA Champion trainer Mike de Kock reflected on last Thursday’s Carnival meeting at Meydan with great joy and an equal measure of frustration.
The Dubai racing season opened last Thursday with a 6 race card. Carded aboard Paschendale from the Al Muhairi yard, was Andrew Nienaber.
Igugu makes her UAE debut in Thursday evening’s Gr2 Balanchine Stakes,
Mike de Kock talks about Dubai World Cup Carnival Plans for star mare Igugu
Dubai: South Africa remains the UAE’s key business and investment partner, with total bilateral trade reaching almost $2 billion (Dh7 billion) so far, top officials said yesterday.
There’s no South African racing fan worth his salt, that doesn’t know Bankable.
The all-powerful two-man ‘Awards Committee’ of the Cape Breeders Club caused a bit of controversy late last year, when it succumbed to hubris. It picked J J The Jet Plane as the Cape Breeders’ Horse of the Year over the official Equus winner Irish Flame.
South African links are everywhere in Dubai, as stallions Daylami and Silvano feature in Dubai’s longest race.
Emirates NBD were the sponsors of Friday’s 7th meeting of the Dubai Racing Carnival, featuring Gr2 Balanchine Stakes and a 2000m conditions race on the All-Weather, both races dominated by Mike De Kock and Christophe Soumillon.
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