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An untimely, brief, and minor illness kept the 4-year-old colt Magnitude from shipping to Saudi Arabia for the $20 million Saudi Cup in February. A timely, sustained, and major display of speed, professionalism, and stamina won Magnitude the $12 million Dubai World Cup on Saturday at Meydan Racecourse.
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Fasto Gutierrez was winless with 31 starters at Gulfstream Park’s winter meet when he saddled Quatrocento for Saturday’s $150,000 Appleton Stakes – his last starter at the meet which ends Sunday.
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Proven at 1 1/4 miles in Europe in recent years, Ombudsman showed he is just fine racing at 1 1/8 miles with a smart win in Saturday’s Group 1 Dubai Turf at Meydan Racecourse in the United Arab Emirates.
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It took more work than one might have imagined, but odds-on favorite Calandagan eventually wore down the longshot pacesetter West Wind Blows and won the Group 1, $6 million Dubai Sheema Classic on Saturday at Meydan Racecourse.
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Dark Saffron won the Group 1 Golden Shaheen for sprinters at Meydan Racecourse in the United Arab Emirates on Saturday for the second consecutive year.
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The Dubai-based sprinter Native Approach repelled a late threat from Lugal of Japan to record a surprise win in Saturday’s Group 1 Al Quoz Sprint on turf at Meydan Racecourse in the United Arab Emirates.
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Fairy Glen, who struggled to win on turf for most of the last two years in low-level stakes for fillies and mares in Britain and France, has found a home in Dubai. On Saturday, Fairy Glen won her second consecutive Group 2 race in a strangely-run Dubai Gold Cup at two miles.
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Wonder Dean wore down pacesetting Six Speed and won the UAE Derby on Saturday at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, the fifth straight Japan-based winner of the 1 3/16-mile dirt race.
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From West Virginia last summer to Dubai on Saturday, Banishing has won two major stakes in the last year for trainer David Jacobson. The 6-year-old Banishing ended a five-race losing streak in Saturday’s Group 2 Godolphin Mile at Meydan Racecourse, the first Thoroughbred race on the Dubai World Cup program.
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It pays to have power, and that's exactly what Louies Girl N had in her arsenal in the first leg of the MGM Ursula McIntyre Pacing Series at MGM Yonkers Raceway on Friday night (March 27). With leading trainer Per Engblom handling her conditioning and leading driver Jason Bartlett at the controls, Louies Girl N made a huge move on the backstretch and rolled off to a brilliant 1:52 4/5 victory in the first $50,000 division. The 6-year-old import is undefeated since arriving in North America last year.
