After Dubai World Cup cancellation, focus turns to transport logistics
“Getting home” can be a racing term used to denote a horse winning a race. The phrase has gathered deeper implications this week in Dubai.
Marcus HershMar 23, 2020
“Getting home” can be a racing term used to denote a horse winning a race. The phrase has gathered deeper implications this week in Dubai.
Suddenly, the competition for leading rider in Hong Kong is very close. Through March 17, Joao Moreira had a four-race lead on Zac Purton. Two programs later, after Sunday’s Hong Kong Derby card at Sha Tin, Purton had narrowed Moreira’s advantage to one by winning five races at Happy Valley last Wednesday and at Sha Tin on Sunday compared to two wins in those days for Moreira.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong selections and analysis for Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Golden Sixty closed from 11th through the stretch with a spectacular rally to win Sunday’s $2.57 million Hong Kong Derby at Sha Tin Racecourse, completing a sweep of the circuit’s early-year Triple Crown for 4-year-olds.
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The 2020 Dubai World Cup card, scheduled for March 28, was canceled on Sunday by Dubai government officials.
Betting shops are closed and the grandstands are empty, but the turf flat season in Ireland is on. Monday, a seven-race program at Naas Racecourse will launch a season that will provide much-needed action for European flat racing fans.
Even as North American racetracks one by one cease racing this week in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, the Dubai World Cup card on March 28 appears likely to come off as scheduled. Ten American horses shipped from Florida on Tuesday and arrived Wednesday in Dubai.
William Buick will ride Mucho Gusto in the Dubai World Cup on March 28, trainer Bob Baffert said Thursday.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong selections and analysis for Sunday, March 22, 2020 at Sha Tin.
Farnan, the winner of two Group 2 stakes in the last month, can give trainer Gai Waterhouse a record seventh win in the Group 1 Golden Slipper Stakes at Rosehill Gardens outside of Sydney, Australia, on Saturday.