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No clear clues on Sakhee after workout

Hard-riding Wayne Smith took advantage of some thoroughly competitive fare to rattle off a brilliant four-timer at the yesterday's Jebel Ali race meet, a feat that was sensationally matched by retaining trainer Mazin Al Kurdi.

If you like your action hard and fast then come watch the big race at Nad Al Sheba racecourse tonight. Those who prefer not to test the heart's capacity, are advised to stay away.

The signs could hardly be better for Conceal as Richard Alford's improving sprinter bids for back-to-back victories when he contests the Al Adiyat Cup, the featured race of today's Ramadan race meeting at Nad Al Sheba.

Ted Durcan has not enjoyed the perfect start to his new season in the UAE but the three-time champion jockey will be hoping for better as he has secured an attractive book of rides at Nad Al Sheba today.

Marienbard works well

Qatar are preparing to host the 15th Asian Games for the first time in 2006 - but they're already eyeing the Olympics.

The collective desire that drives a team to victory was very much in evidence as Hong Kong beat Malaysia in the finals of the third Emarat International Snooker Tournament at the Dubai Snooker Club yesterday.

Pakistan dealt defending champions UAE A their first defeat in the third Emarat international snooker tournament to seal their place in the semifinals at the top of the ultra-competitive Group A.

There was no mistaking the joy on the faces of the UAE A team as they booked a place in the semifinals of the third Emarat international snooker tournament after posting their third successive victory at the Dubai Snooker Club.

Hong Kong became the first team to secure a place in the semifinals of the third Emarat International snooker tournament when the defeated a struggling Indian side to record their third straight Group B victory at the Dubai Snooker Club yesterday.

Godolphin trainer Saeed bin Suroor described Grandera's victory in the Group One Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown yesterday as "the sweetest of them all.