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The English Derby's winning jockey Willie Ryan provided jockey turned trainer Peter Brette with the first win of his new career during an incident filled race day at the Jebel Ali racecourse yesterday.

Here we go. One of the most eagerly anticipated seasons in UAE racing history begins this evening at Nad Al Sheba. And if past history is anything to go by, then standy by for a heady mix of close finishes, course records and personal triumphs.

The Dubai Municipality-sponsored sprint over six furlongs is the highlight of today's first Ramadan race meeting, and it's hard to see Dhruba Selvaratnam's top sprinter Ramp And Rave getting beaten.

Winning is something that is ever-present in Ted Durcan's mind. All he needs is the right opportunities. And so on Thursday night at Nad Al Sheba the talented horseman systematically rode out four winners to fuel his hunger for more wins and to just 'keep doing the right thing.'

Class is a potent element in sport, but courage is often the clincher and Sheikh Rashid bin Mohammed Al Maktoum revealed both qualities at Nad Al Sheba on Thursday night when winning his first ever flat race.

Pace setters Paddy Rudkin and Satish Seemar can be expected to have a big say when racing returns to Nad Al Sheba this evening, with both trainers well represented in many of the meet's six races.

River's Curtain, a disappointment for Godolphin in this year's Italian Derby, re-established himself in the best possible way by taking the Dubai Sports Channel (News)-sponsored feature race at Nad Al Sheba on Thursday night.

French trainer Erwan Charpy goes in search of a mini windfall at Nad Al Sheba tonight, when he sends out the luckless Jila to take on eight rivals in the thoroughbred feature race sponsored by Dubai Racing Club.

What a difference a year or two makes! Veteran Arabian campaigner Dent de Loup franked his 1997-98 form to win the feature race at Nad Al Sheba on Thursday night even as absent New Zealand trainer Graeme Rogerson claimed an important first UAE win for the Southern Hemisphere.

Former champion trainer Dhruba Selvaratnam has few peers when it comes to laying a horse out for a specific race. Today the master from the Jebel Ali Stables introduces an interesting newcomer for the Dhs 120,000 Churchill Stakes, the feature event of tonight's potentially thrilling eight-race card.

Dettori champ for fourth time

Sulamani can supply Godolphin with a landmark 100th Group/Grade One success by taking today's Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud at France.