Last year’s beaten Dubai World Cup favourite Capezzano was the big winner on a hugely entertaining Carnival race meeting sponsored by Meydan racecourse’s pillar partner Gulf News. Capezzano ran away with the Group 3 Firebreak Stakes under a confident Mickale Barzalona to stamp his ticket to the $20million Saudi Cup which takes place in Riyadh on February 29.
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Jockey Harry Bentley said a favourable draw in the first gate played a big role in Omani raider Rasi’s victory in the Group 2 Mazrat Al Ruwayah Sponsored By Wheels for Purebred Arabians.
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Mariam Hozefa, Senior account Group Manager-Wheels, with Rasi's trainer Sulaiman Ali Ghunaimi
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William Buick needed to be at his best aboard Godolphin’s Ya Hayati to see off some persistent rivals and win the Meydan Sponsored By getthat for trainer Charlie Appleby
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Priya Nair, Classifieds Sales Manager, alongside Derek Poupard, Charlie Appleby and William Buick after Ya Hayati won the Meydan Trophy race sponsored by getthat from Gulf News
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Richard Mullen described Bochart as an ‘amazing’ horse after the Satish Seemar-trained galloper totally outclassed his rivals for a massive victory in the tabloid! race, that will earn him a ticket to Super Saturday on March 7
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David Tusing, tabloid! Editor, with Bochart trainer Satish Seemar
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Like in the past two years, the Balanchine Stakes Sponsored By Gulf News was won by the Cape Verdi winner, with William Buick’s Magic Lily coming home a convincing victor
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Abdul Hamid Ahmad, Gulf News Executive Director Publications & Editor-In-Chief, and Rajeev Khanna, Commercial Director, Al Nisr Publishing, with Rod Daniel, trainer Charlie Appleby and jockey William Buick after Magic Lily won the Balanchine Stakes Sponsored By Gulf News
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Former British champion jockey Jim Crowley was all business aboard Waady, who held off American invader Torosay for a well-deserved victory in the Reach race
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Anshuman Joshi, Publishing Director, gives the trohpy to Salim Al Sabousi after Waady won the Reach race
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Last year’s beaten Dubai World Cup favourite Capezzano will head to Saudi Arabia for the $20 million Saudi Cup recording a seven-length, gate-to-wire victory under big-race rider Mickael Barzalona in the Firebreak Stakes Sponsored By gulfnews.com
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Sandeep Suvarna, Digital Advertising Sales Manager, and Mohamed Ziaour, Senior Account Group Manager-Digital, with Capezzano trainer Salem Bin Ghadayer
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Godolphin’s Eynhallow made all the running under a confident Mickael Barzalona in the Friday race to help trainer Charlie Appleby end the evening with three wins
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Shruti More and Taruna Sajnani, Account Group Manager-Friday, present Sophie Chretien with the trophy after Eynhallow's win
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