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Dubai Opening Day Preview

by Steven Molyneux, the Dubai Racing Channel presenter who used to handicap Dubai horseracing for Timeform Meydan Overview: Barely has the dirt settled after California Chrome’s win in last season’s Dubai World Cup in March and we are back kicking off another three months of quality action. Some may snigger at the quality adjective, and there will be certainly more attractive cards over the next ten weeks or so than the opening night on Thursday,

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Dubai World Cup Carnival begins Thursday, Jan. 5

Meydan Group has released the list of horses accepted for the 2017 Dubai World Cup Carnival which gets underway at Meydan Racecourse on Thursday, January 5, 2017. The list features 217 accepted horses from 18 countries with 19 Group 1 winners, 10 Group 2 winners and 25 Group 3 winners among them. A number of exciting horses are set to make the trip to Dubai’s winter sunshine this January where they will compete for a

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Pick Six Carryover Of $115,062 At Santa Anita

From Santa Anita ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec. 26, 2016)–No one tabbed six winners in Santa Anita’s opening day Pick Six on Monday, creating a carryover into Thursday at The Great Race Place of $115,062. With two dark days serving as a pari-mutuel stimulant, Thursday’s total Pick Six pool is expected to approach $750,000. First post time for an eight-race card on Thursday is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. PST. The Thursday Pick Six, which has attracted a

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Preview of G1 American Oaks and G3 Frankel at Santa Anita

From Santa Anita: STAYS IN VEGAS, DECKED OUT, MOKAT & QUEEN BLOSSOM HEAD WIDE OPEN FIELD OF 13 IN GRADE I, $300,000 AMERICAN OAKS ON SATURDAY AT SANTA ANITA December 28, 2016 PRESTIGIOUS OAKS, TO BE RUN AT 1 ¼ MILES ON TURF, IS FINAL GRADE I EVENT OF 2016 ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec. 28, 2016)–Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer’s Stays in Vegas heads a wide-open field of 13 sophomore fillies Saturday in Santa Anita’s Grade I, $300,000

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