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The 4-year-old favorite son of Smart Strike, Curlin, did not disappoint horse racing fans as he won the US$6 million Dubai World Cup by 7 3/4 lengths on Saturday, March 29, at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse.
Curlin’s final time for the 1 miles was 2:00:15, the third fastest in 13 runnings of the Dubai World Cup.
Curlin, 2007 Preakness Stakes winner and 3rd in last year’s Kentucky Derby, now has a four-race winning streak. After finishing a close second to the filly Rags to Riches in the Belmont Stakes, Curlin took the Jockey Club Gold Cup, the Breeders’ Cup Classic and the February 28 Jaguar Trophy Handicap in Dubai.
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Honour Devil, ridden by jockey John Murtagh, pulled away in the stretch for an easy 4 3/4-length victory in the $2 million UAE Derby, one of the 2008 Kentucky Derby prep races, at Nad Al Sheba racetrack.
The 4-year-old colt bred in Argentina, Honour Devil, is trained by South African Michael de Kock, who also trains the runner-up Royal Vintage. Honour Devil is owned by Dubai’s Sheik Khalifa. Honour Devil has won four of five career starts.
Zayat Stables’ Massive Drama, America’s top hope in the UAE Derby at 1,800 meters (about 1 1/8 miles), led the field to the straight but was hard-pressed from that point on under Garrett Gomez for trainer Dale Romans. Strike the Deal was the first to sweep past to lead briefly before being tackled by the Mike de Kock duo. Massive Drama faded to 9th.
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With a purse of US$6 million, the Dubai World Cup (Group 1) is the richest horse race. Thirtine horses all over the world will compete for the US$3.6 million first prize.
The complete field of the Dubai World Cup on March 29 at the Nad Al Sheba Racecourse:
- Sway Yed ridden by jockey Olivier Peslier, 100-1
- Well Armed ridden by jockey Aaron Gryder, 33-1
- Happy Boy ridden by jockey Kerrin McEvoy, 16-1
- Kocab ridden by jockey Stephane Pasquier, 33-1
- Great Hunter ridden by jockey Garrett Gomez, 66-1
- Premium Tap ridden by jockey Sebastian Madrid, 14-1
- Vermilion ridden by jockey Yutaka Take, 12-1
- Jalil ridden by jockey Lanfranco Dettori, 7-1
- Asiatic Boy ridden by jockey John Murtagh, 10-1
- Lucky Find ridden by jockey Kevin Shea, 25-1
- Gloria de Campeao ridden by jockey Christophe Lemaire, 33-1
- Curlin ridden by jockey Robby Albarado, 2-5
- A.P. Arrow ridden by jockey Ramon Dominguez, 25-1
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After arriving in Dubai on Monday night, horse trainer Dale Romans, best known in Dubai as the trainer of 2005 Dubai World Cup winner Roses in May, sent Massive Drama out on Tuesday for an easy 5-furlong breeze and was delighted with the result.
“He looked great and handled the track real well,” horse trainer Dale Romans said of his challenger for the $2 million UAE Derby (UAE-II), one of the 2008 Kentucky Derby prep races. “He was on hand and he did it easily. And I just wanted whatever he did to be done easily. It was very exciting to see.”
The clocker at Nad Al Sheba reported a half-mile time of :46.59 for Massive Drama and offered the comment: “Impressive work; very fit.”
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Bodog Racebook’s odds to win 2008 Dubai World Cup on Saturday, March 29, at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse, Dubai:
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Horse of the Year Curlin won his first race as a 4-year-old in the $1750,000 Jaguar Trophy at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse Thursday, February 28. It was his 2008 debut.
Racing for the first time since winning the Breeders’ Cup Classic last October, Curlin, ridden by jockey Robby Albarado, covered 1 1/4 miles in 2:00.60. Familiar Territory was 2 1/4 lengths behind followed by Jet Express who placed 3rd in the 6-horse event.
Unraced as a 2-year-old, Curlin had an impressive campaign as a 3-year-old. He won the Preakness Stakes and placed in the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes. He also won the Arkansas Derby and Jockey Club Gold Cup en route to winning the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year and top 3-year-old male.
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Breeders’ Cup Classic winner and Horse of the Year Curlin is making his 2008 debut in the desert of Dubai racing in the $175,000 Jaguar Trophy at 1 1/4 miles in Nad Al Sheba Racecourse on Thursday, February 28.
The Jaguar Trophy is Curlin’s final prep race for the $6 million Dubai World Cup (UAE-I), also at 1 1/4 miles.
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The Breeders’ Cup Challenge, a series of automatic qualifying races for the Breeders’ Cup World Championships, will be expanded from 24 races to a minimum of 49 races at 12 of North America’s premier horse racing venues in 2008, Breeders’ Cup announced today.
The expanded Breeders’ Cup Challenge will now include six international races at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Canada. Other new markets and tracks for the 2008 Breeders’ Cup Challenge include Emerald Downs in Auburn, Wash.; Suffolk Downs in Boston; Delaware Park in Wilmington, Del.; Calder Race Course near Miami; and Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J.
The 2008 Breeders’ Cup Challenge races will begin on July 5 with races from Monmouth Park, host of last year’s Breeders’ Cup. The Monmouth races are the Salvator Mile (gr. III) at 1 mile on dirt and the United Nations (gr. I) at 1 3/8 miles on turf.
Breeders’ Cup Challenge races will be televised on ABC, ESPN, TVG and HRTV in more than 120 countries.
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The 2007 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings (WTRR) was released Tuesday, January 15, and past Breeders’ Cup Classic winners Curlin and Invasor are ranked among the top horses in America.
World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings
Top 10 Horses of 2007
RANK HORSE RATING TRAINED
1 Manduro (GER) 131 FR
2 Authorized (IRE) 129 GB
2 Curlin (USA) 129 USA
2 Dylan Thomas (IRE) 129 IRE
2 Invasor (ARG) 129 USA
6 Street Sense (USA) 126 USA
7 Admire Moon (JPN) 125 JPN
7 English Channel (USA) 125 USA
7 Soldier Of Fortune (IRE) 125 IRE
10 Any Given Saturday (USA) 124 USA
10 Lawyer Ron (USA) 124 USA
10 Youzmain (IRE) 124 GB
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By GREG MELIKOV
Ulysses S. Grant was president, the U.S. population was 38,558,371 and there were 37 states when Pimlico Race Course opened in Baltimore.
In 1868, Maryland Gov. Oden Bowie and his friends, prominent racing figures, agreed at a dinner party in Saratoga to commemorate the evening with a race in two years for yearlings at the time.
Both Saratoga, the first U.S. track that debuted four years earlier, and the American Jockey Club bid for the event. But Bowie pledged to build a model track in Maryland if the race was staged there.
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