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North America, Muntazah Face Off In Al Maktoum Challenge Round One

January 7, 2020
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The most anticipated race of the season thus far is upon UAE racing fans: Muntazah vs. North America in the Group 2 $350,000 Al Maktoum Challenge Round 1 on Thursday at Meydan Racecourse. The two Dubawi-sired dominators—and Dubai’s best milers—met…

Dubai Sprint Star Drafted Preparing For 2020 Campaign

November 26, 2019
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Trainer Doug Watson, who currently leads UAE standings one month into the 2019-20 season with 10 victories ($349,139) and a 17% strike rate, could have as many as three starters for the first Listed Thoroughbred stakes of the season, the…

Quip, Liam’s Legend Headed To Dubai For Potential World Cup Carnival Starts

November 18, 2019
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Two high-profile former trainees of USA-based Rodolphe Brisset are on their way to Dubai to join six-time UAE champion trainer Doug Watson’s Red Stables. Multiple Grade 2 winner Quip (pictured above) and recent sale topper Liam’s Legend have entered quarantine…

Reigning Dubai World Cup Winner Thunder Snow Readying To Defend Title

February 27, 2019
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It was only a matter of time until the equine king of UAE racing resurfaced and such appears to have come. Godolphin’s Dubai World Cup sponsored by Emirates Airline (G1) champion Thunder Snow is ready to make his 2019 Dubai World Cup…

‘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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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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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.…