#Zabeel Mile

Down On Da Bayou blitzes her rivals in Thursday's UAE Oaks at Meydan, and now is headed for the Saudi Derby. Photo by Erika Rasmussen, courtesy of Dubai Racing Club Feb. 21 (UPI) Weekend horse racing features a dash of Kentucky Derby, Saudi Derby, Hong Kong Derby, Qatar Derby and even the Winter Derby with action from the Far East to the Middle…

Defending race champion Mishriff will once again take on a strong group of American shippers when he tops a field of 14 entered for Saturday's $20 million Saudi Cup at King Abdulaziz Racetrack. Mishriff is well proven on dirt, but has done all his recent running on the turf. Trained by John and Thady Gosden, the 5-year-old son of Make Believe has…

Knicks Go warms up for Saturday's Pegasus World Cup. Photo by Lauren King, courtesy of Gulfstream Park Jan. 28 (UPI) -- It's only January, with lots of races yet to come, but it's possible the "race of the year" could be run Saturday in the $3 million Grade I Pegasus Stakes at Gulfstream Park as speedy Breeders' Cup champions Knicks Go and Life Is…

The Dubai racing carnival continues to heat up Friday, with the seven-race Meydan card featuring three Group races and three Listed races. Once again the card is subject to the TwinSpires Rest of the World Bet Back offer, where those who opt in can get up to $10 per race refunded for a win bet if the runner finishes second. I will focus on the two…

Real World (left): last seen chasing home Baaeed in the Queen Anne at Royal Ascot Queen Anne and Lockinge Stakes runner-up Real World will miss Saturday's Coral-Eclipse (3.35) at Sandown after scoping badly. The Saeed bin Suroor-trained five-year-old was as short as 13-2 for the £750000 contest - a race the Godolphin trainer has landed with Halling…

It will soon be the turn of the Dubai World Cup to take centre stage on the international racing scene and the recent Saudi Cup meeting at Riyadh and the carnival at Meydan, highlighted by Super Saturday, offered plenty of punting clues for the big day on March 26 The brilliant US-trained Life Is Good heads the Dubai World Cup market, but speed is…

In the days leading up to the $20 million Saudi Cup (G1) at King Abdulaziz Racetrack in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Feb. 26, usracing.com is publishing profiles of the starters in the world's richest horse race. Profiles will be updated with odds, post positions and jockeys several days before the race (jockeys listed from last race). By Richard…

The five-year-old scorched to victory in last season's Hunt Cup from the wrong side of the track at Royal Ascot and went on to land a five-timer, which included a pair of Group Two prizes in the Prix Daniel Wildenstein and Zabeel Mile. At the top level this term, he has twice had the misfortune to play second fiddle to the unbeaten Baaeed - in the…