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LONDON - The last three winners of the $1.45 million Aintree Grand National were among the 111 remaining entries for this year’s race when weights for the jumping showpiece were announced on Tuesday.

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The UAE Arabian Derby was the highlight of Sunday’s six race Abu Dhabi card and the 2200m feature was won in style by Seraphin Du Paon on his racecourse debut for Rod Simpson.

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ABU DHABI — Sunday’s Abu Dhabi meeting is a six race card highlighted by both the UAE Arabian Derby and the Emirates Fillies’ Classic. Ten have been declared for the Derby, over 2200m, including Doug Watson’s Quite A Show who, rated 100, is by far the highest-rated runner in the field and the mount of Richard Hills he should run a big race.

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Sultan Ahmad Al Beloushi won the prestigious His Highness The President’s Cup at the Emirates International Endurance Village in Al Wathba.

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DUBAI — Racing returns to Jebel Ali on Friday for a six race card highlighted by a 1600m handicap sponsored by the Shadwell organisation of Shaikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum. A competitive race has attracted the maximum field of 16 with Ryan Moore taking the ride on Satish Seemar’s Ibn Al Nafis who is bidding to remain unbeaten having won both his first two starts.

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Dettori partnered Mendip in the opening race, a 1400m Thoroughbreds Conditions with 14 runners lining up for honours.

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Earlier this week I was fortunate enough to meet top French jockey Olivier Peslier, who got off the mark for Meydan last week on Jerry Barton’s So Shiny on Friday night.

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DUBAI — Christina Calin–Thompson shone in the Elementary class on Apollo’s Mastermind, taking first place with 69.7 per cent in the sixth Affiliated Dressage competition of the season at Emirates Equestrian Centre.

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Action returns to the new Meydan with eight interesting races highlighted by the Al Shindaga Sprint at the state-of-the-art facility on Thursday.

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