Rebel’s Romance
Dubai City of Gold (G2) This is a very easy job on certain days. Sometimes you just look at the horses that need to be covered on the schedule and you know it will be an enjoyable watch. There are just a small handful of horses who can be considered to be genuinely 125+ performers […]
Coolmore Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2)
Coolmore Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) Commandment took his record to 3 wins from 4 races for Brad Cox when landing the Coolmore Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream on Saturday evening. He was a well supported favourite for the race and duly delivered for his supporters in relatively comfortable fashion, but was the race […]
‘Super Saturday’
Super Saturday Rebel’s Romance (William Buick) wins the Hardwicke Stakes at Ascot Racecourse 21.06.25 Photo © Francesca Altoft focusonracing.com As we begin to head towards the climax of the Dubai season, we have reached the Super Saturday card. This card gets underway with the G1 Al Maktoum Challenge for the Arabian breds followed by 8 […]
‘European Road To The Kentucky Derby’ Conditions Stakes
‘European Road To The Kentucky Derby’ Conditions Stakes Charlie Appleby and Godolphin have won this race with both Notable Speech (2024) and Opera Ballo (2025) and so Hidden Force had some lofty shoes to fill when he stepped out on to the polytrack at Kempton on Wednesday evening. He had been backed into Even money […]
Constitution Hill
Constitution Hill Constitution Hill and Oisin Murphy. Southwell 20-2-26 pic Tony Knapton focusonracing.com It seems that the entire racing fraternity has an opinion on Constitution Hill and what he should do next. I won’t be adding to that here and this will be a much shorter and scientific view of the race as a result. […]
Midnite Winter Derby
Midnite Winter Derby Stakes (G3) The Winter Derby returned to Lingfield for the first time since 2023 and that has probably had a bigger influence on the result than may first be conceived. The tighter bends and shorter home straight at Lingfield meant that this race developed into much more of a test of speed […]
UAE Oaks (G3)
UAE Oaks (G3) Sponsored by Deepal On paper, this looked like being a competitive renewal of the UAE Oaks, but the actual race turned out to be the complete opposite. Labwah has now won her last 3 starts at Meydan and having put over 7 lengths and 1.41s between herself and the rest of the […]
Al Sakhir Cup
Al Sakhir Cup sponsored by Texel Air Thursday evening saw a thrilling renewal of the Al Sakhir Cup in the latest round of the Bahrain Turf Series. A field of 18 sprinters spread right across the track made for an amazing race and in the end, it was the Ali Abdulmajeed trained Dan Tucker that […]
Jebel Ali Mile
Jebel Ali Mile (G3) Sponsored by A.R.M. Holding Thrilling. That’s the only word to describe the driving finish of the 2026 running of the Jebel Ali mile on Sunday. Three horses separated by just 0.03s at the line. In the end, the race was called to be a dead-heat between David of Athens and Masmak, […]
Jonbon
Jonbon Betfair Ascot Chase (G1) When Jonbon crossed the line 2s and 9 lengths behind Il Etait Temps in the Betfair Tingle Creek at Sandown in December, he was finished. That run followed on from a very laboured effort in the Schloer Chase at Cheltenham a month earlier and despite plugging on to finish 2nd […]