ArroGREAT!
American challenger Arrogate stamped himself a once-in-a-lifetime racehorse for all of those fortunate enough to have watched him overcome the odds to win the $10 million Gr1 Dubai World Cup
25th March 2017
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American challenger Arrogate stamped himself a once-in-a-lifetime racehorse for all of those fortunate enough to have watched him overcome the odds to win the $10 million Gr1 Dubai World Cup
Mike de Kock was not exactly smiling when Mubtaahij drew the outermost barrier gate 14
Mike de Kock will be looking to convert three seconds in the Dubai World Cup into a champagne celebration in the $10 million 2017 renewal of the big race at Meydan next Saturday
With the Dubai World Cup –the world’s richest race day – barely two weeks away, Mike de Kock sends out only one runner at Meydan this evening
Mike de Kock’s dream of winning a race that has eluded him for many a long year has taken a sobering left hook
US galloper reigns supreme as Mubtaahij chases him home on tough day for the South Africans
South African racing media man Andrew Bon and international racing expert Patrick Cummings, a veteran of ten Dubai World Cups, preview the big day
The Dubai World Cup was first run in 1996. We stroll through 2 decades of DWC history.
Matthew De Kock selected stall 4 for Mubtaahij: He said: “We didn’t want to be one but wanted to be on the inside as there has tended to be inside bias through the season…”
Saftote will be operating full betting facilities on Saturday’s $30 million Dubai World Cup meeting at Meydan, which includes a host of exotic bets
The world’s richest day of horse racing with prizemoney of US$30million, and highlighted by the $10m Dubai World Cup, will close with the multi-talented Kylie Minogue performing a range of hits that span her phenomenal career
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
JP van der Merwe is not the only guilty party in the matter. In simple terms, he is the only rider to have exercised the NHA’s offer of an Acknowledgement Of Guilt and moved on with his life
Andrew Fortune made it three winners on the Family Day public holiday as Tenango breezed home to win the Gr3 feature
