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Grande made it 2 for 2 since he was scratched from last year’s Kentucky Derby when he scored a front-running, three-quarter-length victory in Saturday’s $150,000 Ghostzapper Stakes at Gulfstream Park.
Danon Bourbon, a Kentucky-bred colt by Maxfield, remained unbeaten after three starts with an important win in Saturday’s $227,800 Fukuryu Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Japan.
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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.
