01/03/2011 The Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club witnessed crowds of spectators filled with enthusiasm over the richest horse race to be held in Abu Dhabi, His Highness The President’s Cup worth one millions dirham, the richest race for pure bred Arabian Horses in the UAE.Details

01/03/2011 We are still almost one month away from racing’s richest day, the $26 million Dubai World Cup Day. All of the races will be previewed in our special March 23 double issue to coincide with the Dubai International Arabian Horse Show, March 17-19 and World Cup Day, March 26. Details

01/03/2011 As he looks out over the expansive 92-acre Georgetown, Kentucky farm with a wintering carpet of that state’s famous bluegrass, he must think how much more idyllic this January day is compared with one just two short years ago. Details

01/03/2011 Presvis returned to his very best as he made a winning return in the Group Two Al Rashidiya, the 1800m Turf feature, under Ryan Moore.Details

01/02/2011 King of the Hill… Overcame the Hex! Jebel Ali Racecourse embarrassed Deira & Newbury Festival Day for the second time. The Derrinstown Stud renews the cemented relationship between the Blue Stable and the Yellow one, when Derrinstown Stud generously sponsored the featured race “The Listed Jebel Stakes. Details

01/02/2011 1946 was a very good year. The last great war of the 20th century had ended. Europe was ready to be rebuilt. Asia would be placed on a path that would result in its current rise to greatness. The Gulf States would soon follow. America would enjoy decades of economic prosperity and global respect. And Assault would become the seventh of only 11 winners of the American Triple Crown. Assault was not expected to amount to much and why should he? He had a deformed hoof from an injury suffered as a weanling afterDetails

01/02/2011 The Launch of Dubai International Racing Carnival 2011 in its 8th Edition is another giant step forward as 2011 carnival promises to be the very best yet. The Dubai International Racing Carnival is an important part of the international racing calendar, and in this year, the carnival takes and watches another great and giant step, by promoting four (Group3) races to (Group2) status – the Al Rashidiya, the Cape Verdi, the Balanchine and Al Quoz sprint 1,000m (Turf) .Furthermore, the UAE Oaks and Dubai RacingDetails

01/02/2011 On 6th Jan’11, Meydan City Racecourse hosts its First Spring Meeting, the final Meydan Meeting before the DIRC 2011, this meeting was the first of three Spring Meetings and the official feature, the 1600m Meydan was won by the Abdulla bin Huzaim-trained Saboteur under Jesus Rosales. New trainer Stephane Chevalier continued his success at Meydan Racecourse when he saddled a double with Strecker and Ceedwell in the first of three spring meetings at the track. The following 1600m produced a great result for trDetails

01/02/2011 Eclipse Awards… Pick Zenyatta as Horse of the Year It took three tries, but Zenyatta finally earned honors as The 40th Annual Eclipse Awards North American Horse of the Year for 2010 in an awards ceremony in Miami Beach, Florida Jan. 17. Details

01/02/2011 The start of the 2011 Dubai International Racing Carnival opened with a flourish as it included the first rounds of the Maktoum Challenge for Pure bred Arabians and Thoroughbreds both sponsored by Longines. The Dubai International Racing Carnival is spread over 11 race meetings and culminates on March 26th, with the sixteenth running of the US$10 million Dubai World Cup, sponsored by Emirates Airline. Details

01/01/2011 It may seem ironic, but the most prestigious award in American thoroughbred horse racing is named after the 18th century English racehorse Eclipse.Details

01/01/2011 Former champion and Zabeel Racing International trainer Satish Seemar , and stable jockey Richard Mullen continue their amazing and superb performance. Satish Seemar has a double at Meydan on the fifth winter Details

01/01/2011 The Cathay Pacific Hong Kong International Races, now known with almost equal familiarity as the Turf World Championships, have become recognised in this millennium, along with Royal Ascot, the Arc weekend,Details

01/01/2011 Turning the page on the year 2010 in North American horseracing calls to mind the master of misquotations, former New York Yankees’ baseball player Yogi Berra, who once said: “It’s déjà vu all over again.”Details

01/12/2010 Awesome Feather was awesome, Big Drama was dramatic and Dubai Majesty was majestic. Goldikova was golden, Uncle Mo had more and Unrivaled Belle had no rival. And, while we can put the blame on Blame for Details

01/10/2010 The St. Leger is the final leg of the English Triple Crown, preceded by the 2,000 Guineas and the Derby. It also completes the Fillies’ Triple Crown, which begins with the 1,000 Guineas and continues with the Oaks.It is the final Classic of the British flat racing season.Details

01/09/2010 This is the time of year when the North American racing calendar takes a pause, but is filled this year with anticipation for the fall racing season leading up to the Breeders’ Cup November 5 and 6 at Churchill Downs, Kentucky. Details

01/09/2010 The Breeders’ Cup administers the Breeders’ Cup World Championships 27, Thoroughbred racing’s year-end Championships.  The Breeders’ Cup also administers the Breeders’ Cup Challenge qualifying series, and the Breeders’ Cup Stakes Program, which will provide racetracks and horsemen nearly $4 million in purse Details

01/09/2010 Sponsored by Dubai Duty Free, the Shergar Cup is British racing’s only team event and is Ascot’s best-attended fixture outside of the Royal meeting. In a thrilling finish in front of a 28,741 crowd the Irish Team triumphed with 80 points, eight ahead of Europe with the Rest of the World on 45 and Great Britain on 43. Details

01/08/2010 Newbury Racecourse is located in the South of England, 1 hour 30 minutes west of London. It is one of the finest sporting venues in the UK, with 31 Race days in 2010, both Flat and National Hunt, and over £2,000,000 in prize money on offer. The course offers first class facilities and is home to the Dubai International Race Day fixture each year. The racecourse celebrated 100 years of racing in 2005. It is a left-handed, 2mile, almost flat, galloping track.Details

01/08/2010 Independence Day July 4th is generally regarded as the midpoint of summer in the United States. That date is firmly behind as we move into the “dog days” of August. The back-to-school sales are beginning in the department stores. Vacation traffic is beginning to wind down. Autumn is nearDetails

01/08/2010 The history of horseracing in Japan can be traced the beginning of the eighth century. Details

01/08/2010 The Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby took place at The Curragh Racecourse Co. Kildare, Ireland on Sunday 27th June, and the third year that the world’s biggest duty free retailer at a single location has sponsored the event.Details

01/07/2010 The finish of the Belmont Stakes signals the end of the American Triple Crown racing season. On a day that was hot and muggy, Belmont patrons – and perhaps the horses and riders as well – began to think of the cooler, slower paced summer at Saratoga Race Course in upstate Saratoga Springs, New York.Details

01/07/2010 The first race horses arrived on 26 January 1788 aboard the UK ships. Horse racing had become well established in and around Sydney by 1810. The first official race meeting was organised at Hyde Park, Sydney in October 1810.Details

01/06/2010 Lookin At Lucky finally had some luck, winning by ¾ of a length over pacesetter First Dude and a full length over Jackson Bend in what turned out to be for many a disappointing Preakness on May 15. Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver, “guaranteed” an American Triple Crown sweep by jockey Calvin Borel, could do no better than seventh in the 12-horse field, even with a favorable break from the #8 postDetails

01/06/2010 In our last issue we shed light on the US horseracing industry, some major races and prominent racecourses. In this issue we are going to visit the UK major racecourses and the review some major races in brief.Details

01/06/2010 When Lookin and Lucky crossed the finish line ahead of First Dude and Jackson Bend in the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico May 15, hopes were dashed for the first American Triple Crown winner in 32 years, the longest stretch in a Triple Crown history that goes back to Sir Barton in 1919.Details

01/06/2010 In our last issue we shed light on the US horseracing industry, some major races and prominent racecourses. In this issue we are going to visit the UK major racecourses and the review some major races in brief.Details

01/04/2010 Ryan Moore is to replace Kieren Fallon on potential Dubai World Cup contender Presvis following the six-year-old's defeat in a three-runner race at Meydan last week.Details

01/04/2010 The Dubai Racing Club is pleased to announce the appointment of recently retired champion jockey Michael Kinane as Ambassador for the inaugural Meydan Masters, an international Jockeys Challenge to be held at Meydan Racecourse on Friday March 5.Details

01/04/2010 Eclipse Award winners Gio Ponti and Lookin At Lucky as well as a number of other prominent U.S.-based horses are among a record number of entries for the 2010 Dubai World Cup (UAE-G1) card, which is set for March 27 at the new Meydan Racecourse.Details

01/02/2010 Sea the Stars, has been crowned the best horse of 2009 in the World Thoroughbred Rankings with a mark of 136, awarded for a remarkable season that culminated in victory in the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.Details

01/02/2010 Hong Kong's and the world's top sprinter Sacred Kingdom proved his class yet again when he ran out a smart winner in the Hong Kong Group 1 Kent & Curwen Centenary Sprint Cup, on 31st Jan 10, the first leg of the Hong Kong Speed Series, at Sha Tin Racecourse today.Details