World Cup Carnival kicks off Thursday in Dubai
Meydan Racecourse in Dubai hosts the first of 11 Dubai World Cup Carnival racecards Thursday night, a program highlighted by the Al Maktoum Challenge Round 1.
Marcus HershJan 04, 2016
Meydan Racecourse in Dubai hosts the first of 11 Dubai World Cup Carnival racecards Thursday night, a program highlighted by the Al Maktoum Challenge Round 1.
Gold Actor (16-1) extended his winning streak to four races with the most prestigious win of his career Sunday in the $4,332,650 Arima Kinen Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Japan.
A Shin Hikari, Highland Reel, Maurice, and Peniaphobia won seven-figure Group 1 races on turf Sunday in Hong Kong on a program in which Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint winner Mongolian Saturday could finish only fifth behind Peniaphoabia in the $2.38 million Hong Kong Sprint at Sha Tin Racecourse.
The quality of the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint at Keeneland on Oct. 31 will get a stern test in the Far East on Sunday when the first- and third-place finishers, Mongolian Saturday and Green Mask, start in the $2.38 million Hong Kong Sprint at Sha Tin Racecourse.
Shanon Pandora, one of three females in a field of 18, scored a mild upset Sunday in the $4.68 million Japan Cup at Tokyo Racecourse, the fifth filly or mare to win Japan’s top race in the last seven years.
Lovely Day has been in peak form in the last six months, winning four consecutive graded stakes across Japan. The races were in preparation for the most important start of his career in Sunday’s $4.68 million Japan Cup at Tokyo Racecourse.
Red Cadeaux, a globe-hopping gelding who raced in eight countries and finished second in the Melbourne Cup three times, was euthanized on Friday as a result of injuries suffered in the Melbourne Cup earlier this month.
Annacotty was 16th of 24 in a handicap steeplechase last March at Cheltenham Racecourse in western England. That was better than his subsequent start, when he fell in a handicap chase over the Grand National fences at Aintree in Liverpool last April.
King’s Palace has won 7 of 11 starts, a record that will make him the favorite in Saturday’s $243,000 Paddy Power Gold Cup at 2 9/16 miles over fences at Cheltenham Racecourse.
Epsom Derby and Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner Golden Horn finished second to Found making his final start in the Breeders’ Cup Turf, but he was judged second to none in European racing during 2015 when named Cartier Horse of the Year on Tuesday in England.