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Eleven Set for 26th Dubai World Cup
March 25, 2022 | LATT StaffBy Latt Staff/Press Release For a race in the middle of the Arabian desert, the Dubai World Cup (GI) has always managed to draw fairly full fields of the world’s top handicap stars and this year is no different as 11 are set to race under the lights of Meydan Racecourse for the winner’s share […]
Happy New Year! A Look Back On 2018 In Pictures
December 31, 2018 | Margaret RansomThe Most Exciting Moments In Racing In Picttures For 2018 By LATT Staff The year 2018 was one for the record books from start to finish. We had a Triple Crown winner in Justify who not only went unraced as a 2-year-old, he didn’t make his first start until February, just 2 1/2 months […]
Thunder Snow Blows Away Competition In Dubai World Cup
April 2, 2018 | Margaret RansomBy Margaret Ransom For the better part of the last year, Godolphin’s Thunder Snow was mostly known as the horse who did his best bucking bronco impression shortly after the start of the 2017 Kentucky Derby (GI), but all that changed on Saturday as the Saeed bin Suroor-trained son of Helmet left his bucking ways […]
Forever Unbridled Out For History In Dubai World Cup
March 30, 2018 | Margaret RansomBy Margaret Ransom For a race in the middle of the Arabian desert, the Dubai World Cup (GI) has always managed to draw fairly full fields of the world’s top handicap stars. And this year is no different, as 10 are set to race under the lights of Meydan Racecourse for the winner’s share of […]
Arrogate Back in California, Will Get Brief Break
April 3, 2017 | Margaret RansomBy Margaret Ransom Juddmonte Farm’s Dubai World Cup (GI) winner Arrogate arrived safely back at trainer Bob Baffert’s Santa Anita Park base on Saturday after a 20,000-mile round trip to the Middle East and 48 hours of quarantine at Los Angeles International Airport. The big gray colt was accompanied by stablemate Hoppertunity, who was sixth in […]
Is Bob Baffert Right About Arrogate?
March 30, 2017 | track-adminBy Derek Simon Following a performance in Saturday’s Dubai World Cup (GI) so impressive it gave goosebumps goosebumps, it’s not surprising that many racing fans were raving about Arrogate after the race. What was surprising, however, was the fact that Bob Baffert, a four-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer with 2,733 wins (and counting) and former pupils […]
Arrogate Becomes World’s Richest Racehorse With Dubai Win
March 25, 2017 | Margaret RansomBy Margaret Ransom In a performance that will no doubt go down in history as one of the most impressive of all time, Juddmonte Farms’ Arrogate captured the 2017 Dubai World Cup (GI) at Meydan Racecourse with a jaw-dropping last-to-first rally that left little doubt as to who the best horse in the world is. […]
Mind Your Biscuits Takes Aim at Golden Shaheen Glory
March 25, 2017 | Jordan SigmonBy Jordan Sigmon The New-York-bred star has found himself very far from home, but Mind Your Biscuits is right where he belongs, competing with the best the world has to offer in the Dubai Golden Shaheen (GI). The colt was joined on his journey to Dubai by fellow American sprinters Stallwalkin’ Dude and St Joe […]
Arrogate Headlines “Duel in the Desert”
March 24, 2017 | Margaret RansomBy Margaret Ransom Since the first running of the Dubai World Cup (GI) and Cigar’s amazing victory at Nad Al Sheba in 1996, some really talented American-based horses have taken their best shot in the great “Duel in the Desert.” Half of the winners over the last decade have been Americans, including dual Horse of […]
Arrogate Works at Santa Anita, Confirmed for Dubai World Cup Start
February 27, 2017 | Margaret RansomBy Margaret Ransom Juddmonte Farms’ Arrogate worked a mile in 1:38 2/5 over Santa Anita’s fast main track Monday morning in preparation for a start in either the March 11 Santa Anita Handicap (GI) or the March 25 Dubai World Cup (GI) at Meydan Racecourse. Trainer Bob Baffert’s go-to work rider, Martin Garcia, was aboard […]
