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‘Exceptional’ Moshaher Launches UAE Derby Dreams With Dominant Debut Victory

Racing at Meydan on Saturday officially featured The District One Magnificent Stretch, a one-mile turf handicap, but the main event was upstaged from the outset when H And B’s Moshaher decimated a group of 3-year-old maidens with UAE Derby dreams…

World-Traveling Drafted Leads Watson Charge For Dubai Carnival’s Opening Night

December 28, 2018
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All Tracks, Los Alamitos

Six-time leading UAE trainer Doug Watson served notice last week with a five-win evening at Meydan—including sweeping both Listed Stakes—that he could be sitting on a career-best Dubai World Cup Carnival. Opening night could be a fruitful first card for…

Elementary: Watson Saddles Five Winners Thursday At Meydan

December 21, 2018
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All Tracks, Los Alamitos

Winning races at Meydan Racecourse proved elementary for Doug Watson, as the six-time UAE champion trainer turned up the proverbial heat two days before the first day of winter, winning five races, including a sweep of the evening’s Listed stakes.…

Six Dubai World Cup Carnival Winners Meet In Garhoud Sprint

December 5, 2018
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All Tracks, Los Alamitos

Racing at Meydan on Thursday is highlighted by The Garhoud Sprint (Listed) sponsored by Al Tayer Motors over the same 1,200-meter dirt course and distance as the $2.5 million Group 1 Dubai Golden Shaheen sponsored by Gulf News. Inaugurated in…