Tag Archives: Dubai World Cup

On a night when five track records were broken, a French horse not named Goldikova won a third straight championship-level turf race and a European-based first-time-on-dirt runner pulverized a quality...

Ever-mercurial Godolphin star Thunder Snow chose to shine by a leisurely neck over North America in the Group 2 Al Maktoum Challenge Round 2 across near 1 1/4 miles of...

A night after the eclipsed blue super moon, the boys in blue eclipsed the competition and remained super, securing a sweep of Group 2 events and a consecutive Dubai World...

With North American racing catching its breath before the 2017 Eclipse Awards on Jan. 25, and the $16 million Pegasus World Cup at Florida's Gulfstream Park two days later, this...

If there were any remaining doubts about his greatness, Arrogate shot them down and cemented his still-youthful legacy on a rain-soaked track 8,015 miles from home by breaking last but...

"What a freak!" gushed Terry Spargo following the "Wizard's" most recent mesmerizing Carnival performance. But this Carnival is not a circus; it's the annual Dubai World Cup Carnival. Spargo is...

Favorites fell and new potential stars shone brightly as "Super Saturday" became "Surprise Saturday" at Meydan, re-shuffling the pecking order for the March 25 Dubai World Cup day. The biggest...

Timing is everything and with Super Saturday a week away, Godolphin put its best clockers in the post and came away with a royal blue flush—three wins in six Thoroughbred...

This week's Dubai World Cup Carnival featured an unusual two meetings on Thursday and Saturday and more than one unusual finish. It's rare that winning three of six races can...

We all know change can be a good thing. That maxim was proved at the World Cup Carnival as Furia Cruzada changed countries for the fifth time, trainers for the eighth...

Blue was the color of the fourth meeting of the Dubai World Cup Carnival at Meydan Thursday as hometown equine empire Godolphin and its boys in the royal blue silks...

The Al Fahidi Fort is named after Dubai's oldest structure, built in 1787, and the winner of this year's 7-furlong Group 2 feature was 6-year-old Championship, oldest among the top...

Local favorite Reynaldothewizard proved there is still some magic left in his 11-year-old hooves as he poofed away his competitors to win his third consecutive 3/4-mile Dubawi Stakes trophy on the...

If "April is the cruelest month", as T.S. Eliot famously wrote, then January may be the coolest month for horse racing fans, and not just because of the plunging temperatures....

The 2016 Dubai World Cup belongs to California Chrome. The 5-year-old put in an absolutely brilliant, dominating effort over the 1-1/4 mile dirt course at Meydan. With Victor Espinoza in...

A year ago, Art Sherman found himself coping with the sinking reality that his time with his champion was through. The 78-year-old racetrack lifer who conditioned the Cal-bred colt California...