There were unforgettable scenes at the 2023 Dubai World Cup when Sibelius stormed along the rail to deny Switzerland in a thrilling edition of the G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen. It was trainer Jerry O’Dwyer’s biggest win to date and it launched him onto the world stage. The US-based Irishman now plans to do it again, with Sibelius prepped and ready to defend his title on March 30th. First though, he’s keen to reminisce. “I thought he had a good shot,” he says of last year’s race. “Everybody I spoke to thought he belonged there and that he was stepping up at the right time. I got a lot of confidence ..read more

OMODA & JAECOO marks successful participation at the global automotive event with the launch of OMODA’s first pure electric model, the OMODA E5 and JAECOO’s new energy hybrid models, the J7 PHEV and J8 PHEV. OMODA & JAECOO announces the O-UNIVERSE “GREEN OJ” public welfare platform, making a solid commitment to caring for ecological environmental protection and vulnerable groups.  OMODA & JAECOO, the innovative automobile brand dedicated to pioneering the future of travel, celebrated its participation at the prestigious Beijing Auto Show 2024 with the launch of three brand-n ..read more

The Dubai Duty Free Spring Trials Weekend which opened Newbury Racecourse’s 2024 Flat campaign on Friday 19 and Saturday 20 April attracted a large and enthusiastic crowd and brought exciting racing with one close finish after another and several impressive performances by horses with big futures. There were surprises in both the Classic Trials which featured on day two of the meeting. Italian runners are rare in the United Kingdom though after an unbeaten two-year-old career in her native Italy, Folgaria was allowed to take her chance in the Dubai Duty Free Stakes Group 3 for three-year-old f ..read more

Record 11-time UAE Champion Jockey Tadhg O’Shea conjured a stellar ride as Laurel River raced to a commanding victory to land the prestigious $12 million Group 1 Dubai World Cup at the Meydan Racecourse on Saturday night. Saddled by Bhupat Seemar and owned by Juddmonte Farms, Inc, the six-year-old from Into Mischief, won by a massive margin of eight and a half lengths over last year’s winner Ushba Tesoro.  And it was a double on the night for the pair of O’Shea and Seemar after the duo had won the $2 million Group 1 Dubai Golden Shaheen, run over 1,200 metres, with Tuz, earlier. The ..read more

The Emaar Polo Cup 2024, held at the prestigious Dubai Polo & Equestrian Club, concluded with a thrilling victory for the Bin Drai Polo Team. The much-anticipated event, sponsored by Emaar and renowned for its competitive spirit and high level of play, saw the Bin Drai Team emerge as champions, claiming the impressive AED 80,000.00 winner’s prize from the total purse of AED 120,000.00. The tournament, which began on January 4th, witnessed a congregation of top-tier polo teams, including the UAE Polo Team led by HH Sheikha Maitha bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Abu Dhabi Polo Team, Ban ..read more

by Al badia,  The 28th edition of the Dubai World Cup, scheduled to be held at the Meydan International Racecourse on March 30, will attract a strong elite of the world’s best horses competing during the evening’s nine rounds, with a total prize pool of $30.5 million. The list includes 33 winners of the first category races around the world, led by horses from 13 countries, and 24 horses from Japan alone, in addition to the return of Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien with 7 horses, while Godolphin is expected to be represented by 5 participants, in addition to a number of recent race winners. M ..read more

Clapton AJR sets record of 10 wins in 13 races and fifth consecutive victory by winning Grande Prêmio UAE President Cup Series For Colts & Fillies VII; and is recognized as the best horse in Arabian horse racing in Brazil. After the winning era of Atentaddo VE (Wonderful Boy x Dahaby NA by *Padrons Image) at the beginning of Arabian horse racing at the Cidade Jardim Racecourse, Jockey Club de São Paulo, Clapton AJR, son of Group I race winner Mared Al Sahra (x *Cowboys Gal by Wiking), is crowned the big winner in Cidade Jardim. By winning the Grande Prêmio UAE President Cup Series For Colt ..read more

The Dubai Arabian Horse Stud established its heroic presence in the second edition of the Rabatiyah Arabian Horse Championship – as part of a new leg of the Arabian Horse Tour (GCAT) – which concluded yesterday evening, Monday, April 1st, in the field of Al Bustan Palace Park, which is located between a mountain range and the Sea of ​​Oman. In the Omani capital, Muscat, by achieving all colors of precious metals, adding more to the completion of the first edition last year, where he achieved 4 titles, with a total of 5 titles, distributed between a gold title, 3 silver titles, and a bronze tit ..read more

Record 11-time UAE Champion Jockey Tadhg O’Shea conjured a stellar ride as Laurel River raced to a commanding victory to land the prestigious $12 million Group 1 Dubai World Cup at the Meydan Racecourse on Saturday night. Saddled by Bhupat Seemar and owned by Juddmonte Farms, Inc, the six-year-old from Into Mischief, won by a massive margin of eight and a half lengths over last year’s winner Ushba Tesoro.  And it was a double on the night for the pair of O’Shea and Seemar after the duo had won the $2 million Group 1 Dubai Golden Shaheen, run over 1,200 metres, with Tuz, earlier. The ..read more

Roger Varian’s selective approach has made him a man to watch on the international racing scene. The British trainer struck at the Dubai World Cup meeting in 2016 with Postponed and has registered other major successes in America, Canada and France. Although Eldar Eldarov travelled a somewhat shorter distance last year, he became another major overseas triumph when adding the G1 Irish St Leger (2800m) to a haul which already included the G1 English St Leger of 2022 (2800m). The thoughtful, softly-spoken Varian considers Saturday’s G2 Dubai Gold Cup Sponsored By Al Tayer Motors to be another lo ..read more