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Meydan: Frosted, Mubtaahij compete in separate stakes Thursday

Two hopefuls for the $10 million Dubai World Cup on March 26 are scheduled to start Thursday night at Meydan, but not in the same race. Frosted, winner of the Grade 1 Wood and the Grade 2 Pennsylvania Derby, and most recently seventh in the Breeders’ Cup Classic, starts in the Group 2 Al Maktoum Challenge Round 2, while Mubtaahij, last seen finishing fourth behind second-place Frosted in the Belmont Stakes, races in the Group 3, $200,000 Firebreak Stakes.

Marcus HershFeb 03, 2016

Frosted goes in first Dubai World Cup prep on Thursday

Frosted and four other Kiaran McLaughlin-trained horses arrived in Dubai from the U.S. on Jan. 24, and four of them – Frosted included –are slated to race on the Thursday card at Meydan Racecourse.

Marcus HershFeb 01, 2016

California Chrome works half-mile in Dubai

California Chrome, the 2014 Horse of the Year, worked a half-mile in 48 seconds at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai on Sunday, his first workout since arriving in the country on Jan. 22 for a two-race campaign in coming months.

Steve AndersenJan 31, 2016

Meydan: Forries Waltz helps de Kock dominate program

It was Mike de Kock night on Thursday at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, where de Kock won three races, finished one-two-three in a $120,000 handicap, and ran one-two-four in the featured Group 2, $200,000 Al Rashidiya Stakes, which de Kock won for the eighth time.

Marcus HershJan 28, 2016

Frosted, other McLaughlin horses arrive in Dubai

Five Godolphin-owned horses trained by Kiaran McLaughlin, including Grade 1 winner Frosted, arrived Sunday in Dubai after shipping from the U.S., and four of them, Frosted among them, are scheduled to race Feb. 4 at Meydan.

Marcus HershJan 27, 2016

De Kock sends promising Australian-bred Ertijaal in Al Rashidiya

The Mike de Kock-trained Ertijaal is set for his Dubai debut Thursday night at Meydan in the Group 2, $200,000 Al Rashidiya Stakes.

Marcus HershJan 27, 2016

Meydan: Safety Check repeats in Al Fahidi Fort

Safety Check won the Group 2, $250,000 Al Fahidi Fort Stakes for the second year in a row on Thursday night at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, beating Harry’s Son by 1 3/4 lengths in the turf fixture over about seven furlongs.

Marcus HershJan 21, 2016

Meydan: Safety Check could be dangerous in Al Fahidi Fort

The Group 2, $250,000 Al Fahidi Fort headlines a seven-race all-Thoroughbred card on Thursday night at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai. The nine-horse field includes Safety Check, the estimable Godolphin 5-year-old who struggled two winters ago in Dubai but went 3 for 3 on the Meydan turf course last year, including a win in the Al Fahidi Fort, a one-turn turf race of 1,400 meters (about seven furlongs).

Marcus HershJan 20, 2016

More Aspen, Reynaldothewizard get stakes wins in Dubai

More Aspen ended a 17-race losing streak with an upset win at 11-1 in Thursday’s Singspiel Stakes on turf at Meydan Racecourse in the United Arab Emirates.

Steve AndersenJan 14, 2016

Dubai: Farraaj tries to snap losing streak

Thursday at Meydan Racecourse in the United Arab Emirates, Farraaj tries to end a five-race losing streak in the $150,000 Singspiel Stakes at about 1 1/8 miles on turf.

Steve AndersenJan 12, 2016

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