The haters will always hate but even the professional whingers will surely struggle to criticise the quality on show in Dubai on Saturday evening. Sand racing may not be for everyone, and it is arguable the dirt track at Meydan has proven to be even more one-dimensional than ever this season, but the best horse in the world, Arrogate, will be stepping on it at 12.45pm (ET) and for the credibility of the meeting, that

From Dubai Racing Club: Arrogate (USA) – Powered down the Meydan stretch before dawn in what trainer Bob Baffert said was an approximate 800m breeze, going at an easy clip under exercise rider Dana Barnes before exiting the track in big, springing strides and with his ears pricked. Baffert said he did not have a stopwatch on the colt but probably went in about 50 seconds for the distance, just enough of a move to

Oaklawn Park Race 10 Rebel Stakes All eyes this weekend will be on Oaklawn Park for the Grade 2 Rebel Stakes, the second leg of Oaklawn’s three-year-old Kentucky Derby prep races. First run in 1961 and won by Bass Clef, the Rebel Stakes has been a popular prep for horses with Derby dreams. This year’s edition has drawn a strong field of 11. On paper, this race has a ton of early speed. Those horses

From Santa Anita ARCADIA, Calif. (March 8, 2017)–Jimmy Jerkens’ Shaman Ghost and Phil D’Amato’s Midnight Storm head a competitive field of nine older horses in Saturday’s Grade I, $750,000 Santa Anita Handicap at a mile and a quarter. America’s longest continually run “hundred grander,” the Big ‘Cap, which was first staged in 1935, will be run for the 80th time at The Great Race Place. A solid second to the mighty Arrogate in the $12