Juvenile winner Midshipman to Dubai, then Derby? Nov 7, 2008
"Shiekh Mohammed has been actively acquiring top American-based 2-year-olds this fall. Last weekend, trainer Bobby Frankel said that Vineyard Haven, the winner of the Hopeful Stakes and Champagne Stakes in New York earlier this year, had been acquired by Godolphin.Although racing schedules for Midshipman and Vineyard Haven aren't final, it is possible they could start in the $2 million UAE Derby at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse in Dubai in March.Midshipman has won 3 of 4 starts and $1,138,200. He won... (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Baffert wins Juvenile with Midshipman Oct 26, 2008
Discreet Cat was bred in Kentucky and taken to Dubai, where he became a Derby contender by winning the UAE Derby. He was shipped back to the United States but was kept out of the 2006 Derby to be given more time to develop. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Saranac: Turf experiment for Ready's Echo Aug 31, 2008
She had not run since finishing third against the boys in the UAE Derby at Nad Al Sheba on March 28. In the Love Sign, Cocoa Beach raced three wide down the backside under Ramon Dominguez, who didn't ask his filly to run until the three-sixteenths pole. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
DRF: Tomcito gets last shot at Kentucky Derby Apr 17, 2008
Massive Drama, formerly based in California with Bob Baffert, finished ninth, beaten 42 lengths, in the March 29 UAE Derby in his first start for Romans. Halo Najib was seventh Saturday in the Blue Grass at Keeneland. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Countdown to the Crown Apr 4, 2008
Third choice HONOUR DEVIL won UAE Derby; whiffed in Florida Derby taking stand against BIG BROWN. How are we doing on the season. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Next unsure for World Cup conqueror Curlin Apr 2, 2008
The de Kock-trained UAE Derby winner Honour Devil will ultimately be aimed at the Breeders' Cup Classic in October, while both he and a stablemate, UAE Derby runner-up Royal Vintage, are already looking down the road at next year's Dubai World Cup ... Elusive Warning, its unlucky Godolphin Mile runner-up, has an American campaign lined up, so too its UAE Derby third Cocoa Beach, and the disappointing World Cup seventh Jalil. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Dutrow trainees win Godolphin Mile, 'Shaheen Mar 30, 2008
UAE Derby: De Kock runs 1-2 De Kock retained his stranglehold on the $2 million UAE Derby, sweeping the first two placings with Honour Devil ($6), who was much the best, and Royal Vintage, who finished well clear of the Godolphin filly Cocoa Beach. De Kock won the UAE Derby for the fourth time ... Honour Devil had beaten Royal Vintage two starts ago, but was edged by him in the Nad Al Sheba prep for the UAE Derby earlier this month. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Big test for Big Brown Mar 30, 2008
It's Dubai World Cup day in Dubai and the $2 million UAE Derby is one of several multimillion-dollar stakes on the undercard to the $6 million Dubai World Cup, which features 2007 Horse of the Year Curlin. The UAE Derby field includes Massive Drama and Numaany, two possible Kentucky runners if connections opt to try the so-far-unsuccessful Dubai-to-Churchill Downs double. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Plonk: Countdown to the Crown Mar 29, 2008
Michael de Kock (3-time winner) and Saeed bin Suroor (5 wins) have dominated this race, the only men to saddle at UAE Derby winner in the event's 8-year history ... G3 UAE Derby Picks: 1- #3 MY INDY 2- #8 ROYAL VINTAGE 3- #9 HONOUR DEVIL. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Curlin eyes $6M in Dubai Mar 29, 2008
Asiatic Boy looked like any kind of horse winning the UAE Derby on the World Cup card last year, but after a strong sprint win in January, he suffered a surprising defeat in his World Cup prep. "He's a lot sharper going into this run," trainer Mike de Kock said. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Big Brown has chance to make big noise Mar 28, 2008
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Vermilion invincible since last Dubai try Mar 27, 2008
Admire Aura had a strong gallop Tuesday morning in company with Iide Kenshin, who races Saturday in the UAE Derby. Finsceal Beo tunes up for Duty Free The flow of horse racing in the U.S. goes round and round. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Curlin draws wide post for Dubai World Cup Mar 27, 2008
There are 11 horses, including three from Godolphin and two from trainer Mike de Kock, in the UAE Derby, with 15-horse fields entered in the Golden Shaheen and the Godolphin Mile. Idiot Proof landed a potentially difficult post 14 in the Golden Shaheen, with Benny the Bull in post 10 and Diabolical in the five slot. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
DRF: 87 horses will vie for $21 million in Dubai Mar 26, 2008
Asiatic Boy, last year's runaway UAE Derby winner, looked like Curlin's main competition before a disappointing third in his World Cup prep ... The Mike de Kock-trained duo of Honour Devil and Royal Vintage top the $2 million UAE Derby, which drew one U.S. horse, Massive Drama. (MSNBC -- Sports)
DRF: Curlin puts in final World Cup work Mar 25, 2008
The Godolphin Mile also drew a 15-horse field, with 12 horses entered in the UAE Derby. ALSO ON THIS STORY. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Santa Ana: Costume must outlast a closing pack Mar 22, 2008
Lavender Sky is a half-sister to Kentucky Derby possible Numaany, who runs next weekend in the UAE Derby in Dubai. The question for Lavender Sky, runner-up two back in the Grade 2 San Gorgonio, is if nine furlongs is far enough. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
U.S. horses arrive in Dubai for World Cup day on March 29 Mar 21, 2008
Also, Massive Drama will try to become the first American-based horse to win the UAE Derby. Scott Blasi, assistant trainer to Steve Asmussen, has been with Curlin since the colt's arrival. (MSNBC -- Sports)
UAE 2000 Guineas: 'Devil' wins; Etched fourth Feb 16, 2008
While this half-hearted effort does not disqualify Etched from Kentucky Derby consideration, it makes victory in the 1 1/8-mile UAE Derby on March 29 virtually imperative if the Forestry colt is to line up at Churchill Downs. But in the UAE Derby he may again be faced with the imposing presence of Honour Devil and Royal Vintage, both of whom will run beforehand in the listed 1 1/8-mile Al Bastikiya on World Cup Preview Night, March 6. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Road to Kentucky Derby: Prep race results Jan 15, 2008
29 - UAE Derby, Nad al Sheba, 1 1/8 miles. Apr. (MSNBC -- Sports)
DRF: Shadwell Stable builds on its success Dec 12, 2007
They are expected to start in January at Gulfstream with the hopes of one or more being good enough to take to Dubai for the UAE Derby on March 29. The day after Invasor got injured, Daaher ran in the Queen's Plate at Woodbine, checking in fourth. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Rags to Riches to resume training Nov 15, 2007
He was 11th in the $2 million UAE Derby in Dubai, emerging from the race with a fractured pelvis, Harty said. The Native Diver is run at 1 1/8 miles. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Breeders' Cup Friday goes extra mile Oct 25, 2007
Mettee expressed confidence that Discreet Cat, a 4-year-old Forestry colt, will be able to return to the form that carried him to smashing triumphs in the UAE Derby, Jerome Handicap, and Cigar Mile in his sensational 3-year-old season. "I think we may have him back to the level he was at for the Cigar Mile," said Mettee. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Dubai sets '08 World Cup date Aug 11, 2007
The $2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen, the $2 million UAE Derby and the $1 million Godolphin Mile complete the program. World Cup Night will be one of 49 race meetings run in the United Arab Emirates this season, which gets under way at Nad Al Sheba on Nov. 8. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Godolphin sweeps two Goodwood stakes Aug 3, 2007
He just got up for third by a short head from UAE Derby winner Asiatic Boy, who was clearly in need of the race off a four-month absence. The time for the mile on good ground was 1:37. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
DRF: Octave to pinch hit for Rags to Riches Jul 21, 2007
Folk, a daughter of Quiet American, won two stakes against fillies in Dubai before finishing 10th of 13 against males in the UAE Derby. Though this will be her first start in 16 weeks, her connections are confident that Folk, the probable pacesetter, will fire fresh. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Folk to meet girls again in CCA Oaks Jul 19, 2007
Folk, who got dusted by males in the UAE Derby on March 31, is one of four 3-year-old fillies considered definite for Saturday's $300,000 CCA Oaks ... Her connections opted to try her against males in the UAE Derby, where she finished 10th of 13, beaten by 24 3/4 lengths ... Mettee said Godolphin has not targeted a return spot for Discreet Cat, who last year won a third-level allowance race at Saratoga by 11 lengths in his first start since winning that year's UAE Derby. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Reigning Horse of the Year Invasor retires due to injury Jun 24, 2007
He was privately purchased by Sheik Hamdan, and his only loss came in Dubai, when he was beaten by Discreet Cat in last year's UAE Derby. Invasor avenged that loss in the Dubai World Cup, with Discreet Cat finishing last. (USA Today -- Sports)
Kentucky Derby notes May 23, 2007
And the Maktoum-inflated $2 million purse for the UAE Derby makes that race 167% more significant. It becomes more important to address such absurdities when the graded-earnings rule is being invoked every year instead of only occasionally. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Invasor avenges loss, wins Dubai World Cup Apr 3, 2007
The only loss came against Discreet Cat in last year's UAE Derby over this same Nad Al Sheba track ... --Asiatic Boy pulled away for an easy victory in $2 million UAE Derby, with Kentucky Derby prospect Day Pass ninth. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- More)
HORSE RACINGBonfante's rally wins California Turf Sprint Apr 1, 2007
" Dubai World Cup: Invasor, the reigning American Horse of the Year, pulled away from Premium Tap in the final sixteenth and won the $6 million Dubai World Cup by 1 3/4 lengths at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse. Ridden by Fernando Jara, trained by Kiaran McLaughlin and owned by Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Invasor ran about 1 1/4 miles in 1:59.97 for his 11th win in 12 starts. He moved into fourth place among all-time money-earners for horses that ran in North America with $7,804,070 -- behind... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Prado, Scat Daddy pull away, win derby Apr 1, 2007
The only loss came against Discreet Cat in last year's UAE Derby over this same Nad Al Sheba track. Invasor took charge from Premium Tap and pulled away to win by 1 3/4 lengths in the world's richest race, which capped a day of races worth $21. (AZCentral -- Sports)
Horse Racing: School's out in Dubai as Asian and U.S. horses star Apr 1, 2007
The four-year-old colt was bred in Argentina and was undefeated in four starts in Uruguay when Sheik Hamdan bought him and shipped him to Dubai, where he suffered the only defeat of his career: last year at this same meeting in the UAE Derby - won by Discreet Cat. Both horses went to the United States after last year's World Cup, but they did not meet again on a racecourse until Saturday night in Dubai - and they are unlikely to challenge each other again. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Horse Racing: Scat Daddy following Barbaro's Derby path Apr 1, 2007
UAE Derby: Asiatic Boy pulled away for an easy victory in the $2 million race in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with Kentucky Derby prospect Day Pass a disappointing ninth. Asiatic Boy, bred in Argentina, finished nearly 10 lengths ahead of runner-up Jack Junior, with Adil, Kent Desormeaux aboard, taking third in the 11/8 mile race. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Invasor's run hits 6 in Dubai Apr 1, 2007
The only loss came against Discreet Cat in last year's UAE Derby over the same Nad Al Sheba track ... In other races, New Zealand-bred Vengeance of Rain ran to victory in the $5 million Dubai Sheema Classic; Asiatic Boy pulled away for an easy victory in the $2 million UAE Derby; Kentucky-bred Kelly's Landing won the $2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen, a 6-furlong sprint on the dirt; and Spring At Last won the $1 million Godolphin Mile by 2 3/4 lengths over Parole Board. (Boston Globe -- Sports)
RICHARD ENG: Several of world's top horses to be on display in Dubai Mar 30, 2007
If I had to pick one horse on the Dubai card that I like, it would be Asiatic Boy in the UAE Derby. He is a Southern hemisphere colt. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Sports)
All eyes on Discreet Cat Mar 30, 2007
Invasor finished a distant fourth to him here in the 2006 UAE Derby, but the 2006 U.S. Horse of the Year is by all accounts a different animal now than the one Discreet Cat beat ... She faces colts in the UAE Derby, and could target the Kentucky Oaks if she holds her own ... Day Pass, who easily won the Nashua Stakes last November at Aqueduct, also goes in the UAE Derby, but was a distant fourth in his prep for the race and isn't considered a Kentucky Derby prospect, Crisford said. (MSNBC -- Sports)
This weekend on TV, radio Mar 30, 2007
HORSE RACING 2:30 p.m. -- UAE Dubai World Cup and UAE Derby, Ch. 5. (Boston Globe -- Sports)
After long trip, stumbling isn't trainer's worry Mar 29, 2007
" ABC will continue its NTRA Racing to the Kentucky Derby programming Saturday with same-day broadcasts of the Dubai World Cup from Nad Al Sheba Racecourse. The broadcast, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., will feature a showdown between Horse of the Year Invasor and Discreet Cat, who has won all six of his races, including last year's UAE Derby in which he handed Invasor his only career loss. ABC also will show tape of the $2 million UAE Derby. The Florida Derby, meanwhile, will make history when... (Sunspot.net -- Sports)
This week at Bay Meadows Mar 28, 2007
The two horses, owned by different members of Dubai's ruling Maktoum family, met in the UAE Derby on the World Cup program last year, with Discreet Cat winning by 6 lengths and Invasor fourth. Invasor subsequently won the Pimlico Special, Suburban Handicap, Whitney Handicap, Breeders' Cup Classic and Donn Handicap. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Ky. Derby Watch Mar 3, 2007
March 31 UAE Derby Nad Al Sheba 11/4 miles (I) $2 million. March 31 Florida Derby Gulfstream 11/8 miles (I) $1 million. (Kentucky.com, KY -- Sports)
DRF: Stormello set for 3-year-old debut Feb 15, 2007
Kent Desormeaux will ride Stormello in the Fountain of Youth, after which the colt will be considered for yet another ambitious spot - the $2 million UAE Derby on March 31 in Dubai. Its something thats on the plate, Currin said, adding, hed have to win the [Fountain of Youth] laughingly. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Road to the Kentucky Derby Feb 13, 2007
Date Race Track Dist. Purse Feb. 17 Sam F. Davis Tampa Bay 1 1/16m $150,000 Feb. 19 Southwest Oaklawn 1m $250,000 March 3 Fountain of Youth Gulfstream 11/8m $350,000 March 3 Hutcheson Gulfstream 71/2f $150,000 March 3 Robert B. Lewis Santa Anita 1 1/16m $200,000 March 10 Louisiana Derby Fairgrounds 1 1/16m $600,000 March 10 Gotham Aqueduct 1 1/16m $200,000 March 17 San Felipe Santa Anita 1 1/16m $250,000 March 17 Rebel Oaklawn 1 1/16m $300,000 March 17 Tampa Bay Derby Tampa Bay 1 1/16m $300,000... (Buffalo News -- Sports)
Horse racing Feb 3, 2007
Invasor has won nine of 10 career races, with his only loss coming in Dubai, in the UAE Derby. However, the horse is owned by Dubai's Sheik Hamdan, and Invasor's next stop will be the $6 million Dubai World Cup on March 31. (Kentucky.com, KY -- Sports)
