Horse Racing News

Wahoo Partners LLC & Bret and Brereton C. Jones' Summer Soiree took the lead when the gates opened on Saturday's $100,000 Bourbonette Oaks

Godolphin's Khawlah became the first filly to garner the $2 million U.A.E. Derby at Meydan Saturday, outdueling Coolmore's Master of Hounds in a dramatic showdown between the world's rival Thoroughbred superpowers.

Victoire Pisa pulled an upset in Saturday's $10 million Dubai World Cup after jockey Mirco Demuro made a bold move to challenge for the lead about five furlongs from the finish.

Rewilding, third in the 2010 English Derby, won the biggest race of his career in Saturday's $5 million Sheema Classic at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, giving jockey Frankie Dettori his second winner of the Dubai World Cup undercard.

In the 2009 Dubai Duty Free, Presvis beat 14 rivals by at least two lengths, but pacesetting Gladiatorus ran the race of his life that night, and Presvis had to settle for second.

In his last four Group 1 appearances, Rocket Man had finished second by a head, second by a neck, second by a half-length, and second by a neck. Ouch.

Skysurfers, capturing the first group or graded stakes in the 10th start of his career, burst to the lead in midstretch and turned back an inside challenge from Mufarrh to win the $1 million Godolphin Mile by a half-length.

J J the Jet Plane confirmed his position as one of the world's best turf sprinters with a brave victory in the $1 million Al Quoz Sprint

Jockey Garrett Gomez has hired veteran agent Tony Matos to manage his book, Gomez said March 24.

Seeking a change of fortune, his trainer, Greg Fox, has brought Battle of Hastings here to Fair Grounds, hoping that a new turf course and a switch in riders will bring out the best Saturday in the Grade 2, $400,000 Mervin Muniz Memorial Handicap.