Top 5 international stories of 2018
How to sum up an action-packed year on the international scene with an abundance of memorable developments? A “Top 5” retrospective can try to hit the highlights, but not all. Among those left on the […]
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Internationals prominent among 24 in Melbourne Cup
by JOHN MUCCIOLO On Monday at 11 p.m. (EST), or Tuesday afternoon in Australia, Flemington Racecourse will host “the race that stops a nation.” The A$7.1 million Melbourne Cup (G1) will be the highlight of […]
Hawkbill can’t be caught in Dubai Sheema Classic
Denied a top chance at a winner when Blue Point was scratched behind the gate in Saturday’s Al Quoz Sprint (G1), jockey William Buick must have felt a knot in his stomach, or at least […]
Cloth of Stars heads Team Godolphin versus Japan in Dubai Sheema Classic
Runner-up to all-conquering Enable in last October’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1), Godolphin’s Cloth of Stars can claim the most glittering formline going into Saturday’s $6 million Dubai Sheema Classic (G1). But the Andre […]
Dubai Super Saturday: Inside speed rules on dirt, Godolphin sweeps turf preps
Godolphin racked up three wins on the Super Saturday program at Meydan, all on turf for trainer Charlie Appleby, while the four dirt preps for Dubai World Cup night all went the way of horses […]
Super Saturday: Thunder Snow, Benbatl top Godolphin squad in Dubai World Cup night preps
Godolphin has mustered a formidable team for Meydan’s Super Saturday, comprising seven course-and-distance tune-ups for the March 31 Dubai World Cup night races. Although the internationals will have to be reckoned with in three weeks, […]
Gold Town sets UAE Derby standard in Guineas rout
Godolphin trainer Charlie Appleby dropped a Kentucky Derby (G1) hint at the Dubai World Cup Carnival Thursday, his mind racing as far ahead as his rapidly progressive Gold Town did in the $250,000 UAE 2000 […]
Heavy Metal drowns out Thunder Snow in Al Maktoum Challenge Round 1
Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum’s Heavy Metal upstaged Godolphin hotpot Thunder Snow in Thursday’s $250,000 Al Maktoum Challenge Round 1 (G2), the Thoroughbred feature on opening night of the 2018 Dubai World Cup Carnival. […]
Thunder Snow entered in Al Maktoum Challenge Round 1 on Dubai Carnival opener
Godolphin’s multiple Group 1 winner Thunder Snow, a star on the Meydan dirt last winter, is set to return in the $250,000 Al Maktoum Challenge Round 1 (G2) on Thursday’s Dubai World Cup Carnival kickoff. […]
Royal Ascot sneak preview: Friday
Continued from Thursday’s Royal Ascot forecast… FRIDAY Royal Ascot post times here The six-furlong Albany for juvenile fillies could involve two from Ward’s barn, his preferred spot for Fairyland and Princess Peggy. But the early […]