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.
:quality(75))
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.
:quality(75))
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.
:quality(75))
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.
:quality(75))
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.
:quality(75))
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.
:quality(75))
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.
:quality(75))
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.
:quality(75))
In what is expected to be her final start, the brilliant Japanese mare Namura Clair will attempt to win the first Grade 1 race of her career in her 11th attempt in Sunday’s $2.05 million Takamatsunomiya Kinen at six furlongs at Chukyo Racecourse.
The two-time winners Charlie, Danon Bourbon and Libeccio were the focus of early betting for Saturday’s $227,800 Fukuryu Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Japan, the last of the four races in that country’s Kentucky Derby qualifying series.
