Heavy Metal bangs out Godolphin Mile
Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed al Maktoum’s Heavy Metal regained his status as the UAE’s leading miler in Saturday’s $1 million Godolphin Mile (G2), the opening race on the Dubai World Cup card. The Exceed and […]
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Economic Model begins new Dubai career in Godolphin Mile
Last-out Hal’s Hope (G3) winner Economic Model counts as an American shipper for Saturday’s $1 million Godolphin Mile (G2), the opening race on the blockbuster Dubai World Cup (G1) card at Meydan. But he will […]
Dubai World Cup night projected fields: Champions West Coast, Forever Unbridled, Roy H lead American hopes
A total of 15 American-based contenders will line up during the blockbuster Dubai World Cup program at Meydan on March 31, according to the projected fields released by the Dubai Racing Club on Wednesday. Final […]
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, […]
Thunder Snow, sister act Winter Lightning star in bin Suroor treble at Meydan
Godolphin trainer Saeed bin Suroor hit a triple on Thursday’s Dubai World Cup Carnival program at Meydan, including the evening’s $250,000 features. Progressive three-year-old filly Winter Lightning served as the opening act in the UAE […]
Second Summer splashes to Godolphin Mile upset
An American was widely forecast to take Saturday’s $1 million Godolphin Mile (G2), in the form of Sharp Azteca. But it was the 18-1 American expatriate Second Summer, a recent recruit to the Doug Watson […]
Sharp Azteca clashes with local star North America in Godolphin Mile
Saturday’s Dubai World Cup program opens, not with the Dubai Kahayla Classic for Purebred Arabians (which is now the 2ND race), but with the $1 million Godolphin Mile (G2). Any residual sleepiness for Western Hemisphere […]