| Kahayla Classic glory for Texas | | DUBAI — TM Fred Texas came up with a late run under Adrie De Vries to land the $250,000 Dubai Kahayla Classic Purebred Arabians Group, the opening race of the 2012 Dubai World Cup night at the All Weather track of iconic Meydan on Saturday evening. | | Biggest puzzle to solve | | DUBAI - The shortest race of the night, the 1,000m Group 1 Al Quoz Sprint, sponsored by Emirates NBD is certainly one of the meeting’s most difficult puzzles to solve with 16 runners set to hurtle down the straight Meydan turf track. | | Rocket Man set to defend his crown | | DUBAI - Singapore’s remarkable sprinter Rocket Man bids to defend his crown in this 1,200m all-weather contest, having also finished second in the race in 2010. | | Battle between Hong Kong trio | | DUBAI - Hong Kong formidable trio; Ambitious Dragon, California Memory and Xtension will be hard to beat in the $5million Dubai Duty Free, the seventh event on the card which will be contested over 1800m on turf has attracted a maximum field of 16 runners going to post. | | Cavalryman looks to pass Songcraft test | | DUBAI - Cavalryman has every chance to return to winning ways when the multi Group-1 contender face the starter in the $5m Dubai Sheema Classic which has attracted the smallest but selective field of ten runners. | | UAE can do it Ahmed, says Bujsaim | | DUBAI - UAE former international football referee Ali Bujsaim said the time has come for a UAE-bred, owned, trained and ridden horse to win the World Cup for the nation. | | Animal Kingdom could compete in 2012 DWC | | DUBAI - The 2011 Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom could compete in the 2013 Dubai World Cup (DWC) after missing this year’s event through injury, according to his trainer Graham Motion. | | ‘We are all behind Capponi’ | | DUBAI - UAE football ace Ismail Matar said he’s not quite sure of his Saturday’s agenda, but he will try his best to watch the Dubai World Cup night from Meydan. | | Godolphin eyes Dubai Gold Cup and Godolphin Mile | | Godolphin are confident of landing both the Dubai Gold Cup and Godolphin Mile on Saturday, with their two most-prominent trainers talking up the respective chances of Opinion Poll and African Story. | |
