Items Tagged with 'al-sheba'

De Kock looks forward to Dubai campaign thumbnail

De Kock looks forward to Dubai campaign

DUBAI - Trainer Mike de Kock, who runs top filly Mother Russia in Saturday’s Met, is upbeat about the ...
De Kock has firepower for his best ever Dubai raid thumbnail

De Kock has firepower for his best ever Dubai raid

TRAINER Mike de Kock has set up base in United Arab Emirates for the eighth season running. He has a string ...
Archipenko retires to stud at Lanwades, UK thumbnail

Archipenko retires to stud at Lanwades, UK

ARCHIPENKO, a winner of five Group races on three continents, including the 2008 Group 1 Audemars Piquet QEII Cup at Sha-Tin ...
Meydan set for January 28 launch thumbnail

Meydan set for January 28 launch

AN opening date of Thursday January 28, 2010, has been set for Dubai's multi-billion-dollar racecourse Meydan - despite persistent rumours that ...
Jay Peg, Takover Target will defend titles in Singapore thumbnail

Jay Peg, Takover Target will defend titles in Singapore

Jay Peg and Takeover Target - the winners of Singapore's two feature international races last year - are coming back to ...
Gladiatorus is ranked the world’s best racehorse thumbnail

Gladiatorus is ranked the world’s best racehorse

Timeform Global Rankings see Gladiatorus rated as the leading horse in the world after his rout at Nad Al Sheba on ...
Murtagh is racing’s jovial ambassador thumbnail

Murtagh is racing’s jovial ambassador

IN Dubai World Cup week, Charl Petorius interviews South Africa's hopeful Asiatic Boy's jockey Johnny Murtagh about life at the top. In ...
The Dubai Diaries, Volume One thumbnail

The Dubai Diaries, Volume One

CHARL PRETORIUS, on his 2009 sojourn to Dubai, files Part 1 in another installment of  "Dubai Diaries'', a behind-the-scenes tell-it-all from ...
“Tapeta” is the buzzword in track surfaces thumbnail

“Tapeta” is the buzzword in track surfaces

THE Emirates Racing Authority in Dubai this week opened the new "Tapeta'' training track on the outskirts of Nad Al Sheba. ...
SA is well represented at DWC thumbnail

SA is well represented at DWC

SIXTEEN runners with South African connections including game Archipenko (photo taken by Andrew Watkins at Monday's gallops) will be lining up ...