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Programme released for 2009 DIRC

The Dubai Racing Club has released the programme for the 2009 Dubai International Racing Carnival introducing two new divisions of races to further strengthen its global appeal.

The US$175,000 Listed DRC Gold Cup over 3,200m on the turf rejoins the racing calendar on Thursday, February 26 at Nad Al Sheba while the inaugural US$150,000 Meydan Classic, a turf race for three-year-olds, will be added to the Super Thursday programme on March 6.

Lead-up races have also been written to complement the new events.

In addition to the new races, five races have been upgraded in status and given an increase in prize-money. They are;

• Dubai City of Gold now Group 2 and increased to US$250,000

• Cape Verdi now Group 3 and increased to US$200,000

• Balanchine now Group 3 and increased to US$200,000

• Al Quoz Sprint now Group 3 and increased to US$200,000

• Zabeel Mile now Group 3 and increased to US$200,000

The Listed Al Bastakiya has also had a prize-money increase to US$250,000.

“The core base of the Carnival, the rated handicaps, remain as they have been what the Carnival has built its success on and the new races give us the chance to continue to improve and provide more opportunities to owners and trainers who may have horses that could have been unsuited in the past,” said Martin Talty, Dubai Racing Club’s International Department Manager.

“The strength of the Carnival is in those that come to compete and on that evidence it is clear that the Carnival has been a success. The upgrade of four of races to Group 3 and the rise of the Dubai City of Gold to Group 2 merely emphasizes the quality of horses that now come to Dubai in the first quarter of the year. ”

“2008 was the strongest we have seen, Honour Devil, Jay Peg, Sun Classique and Curlin all had a Carnival campaign before going on to Dubai World Cup success while Archipenko also proved himself at Group 1 level internationally but we have to look to improve on that.”

“The structure of the Carnival has shown itself to work and the new races we have introduced merely add to the growth we have in mind. They give us two new divisions of races and we now have races for all types of horses from three-year-olds and upwards.”

The Dubai International Racing Carnival begins at Nad Al Sheba racecourse on January 15 and culminates with the Dubai World Cup meeting on March 28 with prize-money totalling in excess of US$30,500,000.

A couple of pretty nice fields...

Newbury - Friday 19 September
Going: Good to Soft, Good in places

14:10
17 Run Dubai Duty Free Cup (listed)
Class 1, £44000.00 added, 3yo plus, £24979.00 penalty 7f

1(17) 5-51521 Ordnance Row R Hannon 5 9 5 Dane O'Neill
2(16) 028033 Beaver Patrol (IRE) Eve Johnson Houghton 6 9 2 S Carson
3(6) 517485 Captain Marvelous (IRE) B W Hills 4 9 2 A Culhane
4(4) 29-2713 Dunelight (IRE) C G Cox 5 9 2 A Kirby
5(2) 9719-87 Hotel du Cap G Wragg 5 9 2 S Drowne
6(7) 066450- Mac Love Stef Liddiard 7 9 2 T P Queally
7(9) 11-212 Royal Vintage (SAF) M F De Kock 4 9 2 K Shea
8(14) 140806 Sonny Red (IRE) R Hannon 4 9 2 E Ahern
9(10) 15-4 Almajd (IRE) Sir Michael Stoute 3 8 13 R L Moore
10(11) 854-313 Easy Target (FR) B Smart 3 8 13 T Eaves
11(1) 3-32107 Iguazu Falls (USA) Saeed bin Suroor 3 8 13 Greg Fairley
12(13) 6-10245 Il Warrd (IRE) Saeed bin Suroor 3 8 13 L Dettori
13(12) 1411 Kalahari Gold (IRE) A M Balding 3 8 13 L Keniry
14(3) 1246-43 Lizard Island (USA) Jane Chapple-Hyam 3 8 13 J F Egan
15(15) 6-13312 Relative Order J R Best 3 8 13
16(8) 119-1 Sharp Nephew B J Meehan 3 8 13 S W Kelly
17(5) 005468 Majestic Roi (USA) M R Channon 4 8 11 T P O'Shea


Betting Forecast: 3/1 Il Warrd (IRE), 5/1 Royal Vintage (SAF), 7/1 Lizard Island (USA), 8/1 Ordnance Row, 10/1 Dunelight (IRE), 12/1 Sharp Nephew, Iguazu Falls (USA), Almajd (IRE), 14/1 Captain Marvelous (IRE), Kalahari Gold (IRE), Sonny Red (IRE), Easy Target (FR), 16/1 Beaver Patrol (IRE), Relative Order, 20/1 Hotel du Cap, 25/1 Mac Love, 33/1 Majestic Roi (USA)


14:45
9 Run Dubai Duty Free Arc Trial (group 3)
Class 1, £65000.00 added, 3yo plus, £36901.00 penalty 1m 3f 5y

1(8) 492714 Multidimensional (IRE) H R A Cecil 5 9 6 T P Queally
2(4) 714026 Regime (IRE) M L W Bell 4 9 6 Hayley Turner
3(1) 7477-27 Blue Monday R Charlton 7 9 3 S Drowne
4(9) 450450 Halicarnassus (IRE) M R Channon 4 9 3 S Hitchcott
5(6) 770782 Illustrious Blue W J Knight 5 9 3 P Doe
6(3) 86/140-5 Numide (FR) G L Moore 5 9 3 G Baker
7(7) 5-16631 Spanish Moon (USA) Sir Michael Stoute 4 9 3 R L Moore
8(2) 155-236 Sushisan (AUS) J M P Eustace 6 9 3 S W Kelly
9(5) 1-4112 Staying On (IRE) W R Swinburn 3 8 10 A Kirby


Betting Forecast: 11/10 Multidimensional (IRE), 4/1 Spanish Moon (USA), 10/1 Illustrious Blue, Halicarnassus (IRE), Regime (IRE), 14/1 Blue Monday, Sushisan (AUS), Staying On (IRE), 16/1 Numide (FR)

Blue Monday, K Gold win, Mac Love sat down??? :D

God I love that guy.

Eagle Mountain to the BC!

Have you heard anything about him (Oriental Tiger), Brock?

I'm sorry to post a rumor here but there's a story going around that he was found dead this morning. Hopefully it's not true.

Confirmed.

RP...

Sprinter Benbaun:{>: :D to join Ryan next year


David Carr

GROUP 1-winning sprinter Benbaun is to join Kevin Ryan when his current trainer Mark Wallace heads to Australia early next year.

The seven-year-old won the Prix de l'Abbaye at Longchamp last season but has been beset by bleeding problems this term and is without a win in seven races.

Wallace said on Wednesday: "He is going to have a break and then he is going to go to Kevin Ryan. He will have a couple of runs next year, they will give him another go."

Happy retirement to Maraahel. :) :{>:

RP...

Maraahel retired while Ask to target Arc

David Milnes


MARAAHEL, one of the most popular Flat horses in training:tro: , has been retired, but stablemate Ask is set to return to action next season with the Arc as his target.

Trained by Sir Michael Stoute,Maraahel won eight of his 34 starts and over £1 million in prize money.

The seven-year old recorded back to back victories in the Group 2 Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot in 2006 and 2007, but could never quite break his duck in Group 1s, coming closest when finishing a short-head second to Notnowcato in the 2006 Juddmonte International.

Angus Gold, racing manager to owner Hamdan Al Maktoum, said: "Maraahel was a fantastic servant and is currently enjoying his retirement atShadwell. Hopefully we canfind a stud job for him somewhere in the near future."

I think this thread has about 20 or so Hattan (HATTAN! :cool: ) posts so just want to say hooray and thrilled and his brave 2nd at Nad Al was absolutely the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Okay well the best would have been if he had won but hey... he's still got it).

Congrats to this wonderful horse and his connections and cheers for keeping him in training.

~ Hattans number 1 fan :) :{>: (swoon) :D

Well I figured instead of bumping up the Kandidate thread (cause it's depressing!), I'd put this here. (Thanks for telling me, No Chance).

Cheers to this boy and to his biggest fan (happy late Birthday!).

This was his 50th start. He'd been last his last 3 starts, hadn't won since last March. I think he only had one win in 2007 too. Kinda like Hattan... one a year or so. Gotta love them!

Thought he was going to Dubai...

Maybe he will now.

Cheers to KANDIDATE!


Sunday February 15 2009
Southwell 16:00 - Result
Dine In The Pantry Handicap
£18000 added, 4yo plus, 1m 3f, Class 2, £11981 penalty,
4 ran

Going: Standard
Winning Time: 2m 26.03s 14:30 15:00 15:30 16:00 16:30 17:00 Pos. Dr. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 2 Kandidate 9-6 R Winston C E Brittain 7 4/1
soon led, quickened over 3f out, driven and headed over 2f out, hard ridden and led again over 1f out, stayed on gamely opened 11/2 £400-£400
2 5 1 Robby Bobby 8-11 Greg Fairley M Johnston 4 Evs f
tracked leader, driven to challenge over 2f out, soon led and hung left, hard ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on same pace opened 6/5 touched 10/11
3 1 6 Formation (USA) 8-9 P Cosgrave J R Boyle 4 5/2
held up in touch, under pressure over 3f out, soon beaten opened 2/1 touched 11/4 £1100-£400
4 3 s.h Best Prospect (IRE) 8-8 T Eaves M Dods 7 9/1
broke well, soon tracking leaders, under pressure over 3f out, soon beaten opened 7/1 touched 10/1

Non-Runners
NR Mohathab (IRE) 8-4 J R Boyle 4

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Racing Post...


Valentine foal for Ouija Board By Nancy Sexton11.23AM 15 FEB 2009
Ouija Board: foaled a colt by Monsun on Saturday

MULTIPLE Group 1-winning globetrotter Ouija Board gave birth to her second foal on Saturday morning, a colt by leading German sire Monsun.

The eight-year-old daughter of Cape Cross, who was a week overdue, will now travel to Kiltinan Stud in Ireland to visit last season's champion sire Galileo.

According to Peter Stanley of Stanley House Stud, where the mare boards, Ouija Board is doing well.

"She's a great mother, very sensible,"he said. "It was a straightforward foaling. The colt weighs 50kg and is a very nice, correct sort with a strong character."

Lord Derby's homebred mare retired at the end of the 2006 season following a brilliant career which yielded ten wins including seven at the highest level. Among her most memorable victories was a seven length annihilation of the 2004 Oaks field and two renewals of the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf.

Ouija Board's first foal is a colt by Kingmambo, who is likely to be retained by Lord Derby.

I know Vision d'Etat has some fans here and just incase Prospect Wells and The Bogberry do too...

3ème(P/ 182) PRIX D'HARCOURT , le 05.04.2009, LONGCHAMP
GROUPE II , PLAT, 2.000 mètres, corde à DROITE. ( 74.100, 28.600, 13.650, 9.100, 4.550) Après Partants: 20 Engagés. 6 Forfaits. 1 Supplémentaire. 4 Non-Déclarés-Partants. 1 Annulation-de-Partant. 9 Partants Définitifs. Offre de paris : Classic Tiercé,Trio, Quadrio


PMU * Horse Sire / Dam Draw Owner Silks Trainer Jockey Weight Weight Purse Music Claiming Rating Blink. Coupled Breeders
01 P2 vision d'etat m.ps. 4 ans Par: CHICHICASTENANGO et UBERABA (GARDE ROYALE) 04 JACQUES DETRE RAYEE GRIS ET GRENAT T GRENAT E. LIBAUD IORITZ MENDIZABAL 59 1116600 5p1p1p 1p1p(07)1p1p 555 G. GILLES
02 P2 trincot m.ps. 4 ans Par: PEINTRE CELEBRE et ROYAL LIGHTS (ROYAL ACADEMY) 06 SCEA ECURIE BADER BLEUE POIS BLANCS M ET T BLEUES P. DEMERCASTEL STEPHANE PASQUIER 57,5 178100 8p(08)0p1p3p6p 7p1p1p1 515 SCEA ECURIE BADER
03 P2 loup breton (ire) m.ps. 5 ans Par: ANABAA et LOUVE (IRISH RIVER) 01 ECURIE WILDENSTEIN BLEUE T BLEU-CLAIR E. LELLOUCHE ANTHONY CRASTUS 57,5 294365 4p(08)6p2p7p7p 3p1p(07 530 DAYTON INVESTMENTS LTD
04 P2 prospect wells m.ps. 4 ans Par: SADLER'S WELLS et BROOKLYN'S DANCE (SHIRLEY HEIGHTS) 07 WERTHEIMER & FRERE BLEUE COUTURES BLANCHES M ET T. BLANCHES A. FABRE OLIVIER PESLIER 57,5 229060 6p6p2p8p1p 2p(07)2p2p 520 O WERTHEIMER & FRERE
05 P2 the bogberry usa m.ps. 4 ans ... (supp) Par: HAWK WING et LAHINCH (DANEHILL DANCER) 05 SERGEY EFROS BLEUE UNE ETOILE ET M BLANCHEST BLEUE A.DE ROYER DUPRE GERALD MOSSE 56 172222 4p3p1p5p 3p(07)9p1p6p 515 MARCH THOROUGHBREDS
06 P2 court canibal (gb) m.ps. 4 ans Par: MONTJEU et PAS D'HEURE (ARAZI) 03 MISE DE MORATALLA ROUGE T VERT-CLAIR M. DELZANGLES MAXIME GUYON 56 115000 1p(08)5p5p5p3p 4p5p2p 505 CHILDWICK BURY STUD MANAGEMENT
07 P2 never on sunday m.ps. 4 ans Par: SUNDAY BREAK et HEXANE (KENDOR) 02 DANIEL-YVES TREVES JAUNE UN CHEVRON VERT T ROUGE JC. ROUGET (S) CHRISTOPHE-PATRICE LEMAIRE 56 126200 1p1p1p 2p4p1p(07)1p1p 515 SCEA PRAIRIES
08 P1 diyakalanie f.ps. 5 ans Par: ASHKALANI et DIYAWARA (DOYOUN) 08 RAYMOND LUCE RAYEE JAUNE ET BLEU T BLEUE UNE ETOILE JAUNE Y.DE NICOLAY CHRISTOPHE SOUMILLON 54,5 181440 2p(08)3p5p5p2p 6p(07)7 470 R. LUCE
09 P2 la boum ger f.ps. 6 ans Par: MONSUN et LA BOUCHE (IN THE WINGS) 09 EMMANUEL TRUSSARDI BLEU-CL CR DE LORRAINE ET BRASS JAUNES T RAY JAUNE & BLEU-CL R. COLLET (S) THIERRY JARNET 54,5 157200 1p 6p6p8p2p9p(07)1p1p4 505 GESTUT KARLSHOF

Sunday April 5 2009
Longchamp 14:25 - Result
Prix D'harcourt (group 2)
€138835 added, 4yo plus, 1m 2f, €79136 penalty,
9 ran

Going: N/A
14:25 14:55 Pos. Dr. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 6 Trincot (FR) 9-1 S Pasquier P Demercastel 4

2 5 The Bogberry (USA) 8-11 G Mosse A de Royer Dupre 4

3 4 Vision D'etat (FR) 9-4 I Mendizabal E Libaud 4

Also Ran: Loup Breton (IRE), Never On Sunday (FR), Court Canibal, Prospect Wells (FR), Diyakalanie (FR), La Boum (GER)

3ème(P/ 203) PRIX DJEBEL (Listed) , le 10.04.2009, MAISONS-LAFFITTE
COURSE A CONDITIONS , PLAT, 1.400 mètres ( 27.500, 11.000, 8.250, 5.500, 2.750) Après Forfaits 1: 9 Engagés. 2 Forfaits.

Pour poulains entiers et hongres de 3 ans. Poids: 58 k. Versement à la poule des propriétaires: 170 à l'engagement ou 1.650 à l'engagement supplémentaire.



Horse * Weight Rating Priorité Owner Trainer Purse Rcl
1 :cool: naaqoos :cool: (gb) m.ps. 3 ans P2 58 540 HAMDAN AL MAKTOUM F. HEAD (S) 238.000
2 good bye my friend m.ps. 3 ans P1 58 440 GERARD AUGUSTIN-NORMAND N. CLEMENT 109.100
3 LE HAVRE (IRE) M.PS. 3 ans 58 480 GERARD AUGUSTIN-NORMAND JC. ROUGET (S) 28.000
4 ROCK'N'ROLL DREAM M.PS. 3 ans 58 000 CHARLES HAKOUN A. SPANU 4.400
5 RACHMANINOV M.PS. 3 ans 58 400 ROBERT JEFFCOCK F. DOUMEN (S) 20.550
6 STRICKE M.PS. 3 ans 58 405 GILLES MAAREK MME C. HEAD-MAAREK 36.550
7 diableside m.ps. 3 ans P2 58 455 SAFSAF CANARIAS SRL Y. DUREPAIRE 47.600


Oh well...

http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse...at/177450/top/

Happy birthday, Ace. :eek: :D :{>:

http://www.poonawallagroup.com/pfarm/content/ace.htm

Happy birthday to Antonius Pius and Dylan Thomas too.

Crowded House runs tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!! :tro:

Sad news, from Racing Post...

Injured champ Adlerflug faces early retirement
By David Conolly-Smith4.06PM 27 MAY 2009

GERMAN champion Adlerflug has almost certainly run his last race after fracturing a cannon bone while working on Tuesday morning.

A team of surgeons were flown over from Newmarket to operate on the In The Wings five-year-old in Germany on Wednesday afternoon.

Trained by Jens Hirschberger, Adlerflug won the German Derby in 2007 and finished runner-up in the last two renewals of the Grosser Preis von Baden. On his most recent outing, he narrowly failed to steal second behind Vision d'Etat in the Prix Ganay. He had been an intended runner in Sunday's Group 2 Grand Prix de Chantilly.

Peligroso, a Group-winning juvenile for trainer Mario Hofer last November, is set to make his debut for Godolphin after being supplemented for Monday's Group 3 Bavarian Classic at Munich.

Bhakti.

In the future, please note that any and all news on this one is appreciated. :) :tro: :D

Gift Horse won today