D p p q TODAY’S ACTION TIME/COURSE CARD AND SPOTLIGHT, PAGE ?? 2 Tuesday, January 11, 2011 racingpost.com/iphone DUBAI CARNIVAL 2011 CONTENTS HHBig-race calendar ............Page 4 It’s another giant HHMeydan: My First Impressions (Terry Spargo) ....................Page 4 HHWorld map featuring nation-by-nation record Pages 4-5 HHMeydan one year on........Page 6 step forward as 2011 HHWhere the other action can be found..................................Page 7 HHMeydan: My First Impressions (Luca Cumani) ....................Page 7 carnival promises to HHThe challengers: Saeed Bin Suroor ................Page 8 HHThe challengers: Mahmood Al Zarooni..........Page 9 HHThe challengers: be the very best yet Focus on the UAE ......Pages 10-11 HHMeydan in pictures Pages 12-13 HHThe challengers: A MESSAGE FROM SHEIKH MOHAMMED . Mike de Kock ............Pages 14-15 AST year 2010 marked a with top-class horsemen and their Furthermore, the UAE Oaks and HHThe challengers: very important year for charges choosing Dubai as a part of Dubai Racing Club Gold Cup have Herman Brown ................Page 15 Meydan. Not only did the their global campaign. been elevated from Listed to doors open for the first The Dubai International Racing Group 3 status. HHMeydan: My First Impressions L time, unveiling to the world Carnival is an important part of the These changes highlight the a project that supersedes any other, (Richard Hills) ..................Page 15 international racing calendar and strengthening appeal of what is it took horseracing to the next level in 2011 it takes another giant step. certainly the most international with a seventh staging of the Dubai We can promise it will be the best racing festival, and as the industry HHThe challengers: International Racing Carnival. to date. evolves we aim to stay ahead of the Focus on Britain ..............Page 16 The all-weather and turf surfaces In addition to the variety of field. We therefore ensure that the saw horses from around the world world class Group, Listed and high demands of the industry are HHThe challengers: break new ground and imprint handicap races the carnival not only met but exceeded. Focus on France................Page 17 their mark on what was to be a offers, we are proud to announce We are delighted to open our brand new page for horseracing in the promotion of four Group 3 gates once again and invite all to HHThe challengers: the UAE. races to Group 2 status – the Al become a part of history and help Focus on Ireland ..............Page 17 Every year since its inception, the Rashidiya, the Cape Verdi, the Sheikh Mohammed: “Invite all us continue to write the story of carnival has continued to grow, Balanchine and the Al Quoz Sprint. to become a part of history” horseracing in the UAE. HHThe challengers: Focus on Japan ................Page 18 HERE’S WHO WE CAN EXPECT TO JOIN IN THE CARNIVAL THIS YEAR . HHThe challengers: Bahrain Michael Dods BARNEY MCGREW Walter Swinburn MONSIEUR JOE James Halpin BOYNAGH JO Focus on South America ..Page 18 RAIN DELAYED Fawzi Nass KRYPTON FACTOR Roger Teal STEELE TANGO JJHarnett SHIMMERING MOMENT SWEET LIGHTNING HH MY SWEET BABY The challengers: TIGER REIGNS Ed Walker RIGGINS Sabrina Harty BRAVELY FOUGHT Focus on USA ..................Page 18 ROYAL DESTINATION STRAWBERRYDAIQUIRI Ed Dunlop DUBAWI PHANTOM France David Marnane DANDY BOY FAREER SEPARATE WAYS HHMeydan: My First Impressions Brazil Pascal Bary INTERACTION (Wayne Smith)..................Page 18 Andy Oliver ANAM CHARA Eduardo Martins ENERGIA CARIOCA John Gosden AZMEEL Rod Collet LIPOCCO ENERGIA COLONIAL MARIOL David Wachman FIGHTING BRAVE Stef Higgins MAC LOVE HHThe challengers: HOTSIX SUPERSTITION Focus on the Middle East..Page 19 OROVESO WAR ARTIST Dermot Weld FAMOUS NAME QUALITY GUITAR Barry Hills REDWOOD Francois Doumen KASBAH BLISS Italy HHHow to find the winners............ VERDE MAR Alan Jarvis NAVAJO CHIEF ........................................Page 20 Britain Alain De Royer-Dupre CALLING ELVIS Marco Gasparini REBECCA ROLFE Mark Johnston GREYFRIARSCHORISTA GALLAHAD Ralph Beckett FOREST CROWN Japan HHNation-by-nation guide Page 21 OASIS DANCER William Knight PALACE MOON Mikel Delzangles THAI HAKU PUFF Akio Adachi ESPOIR CITY HHThe role of Arab racing..Page 22 David Lanigan OTTOMAN EMPIRE Andre Fabre BYWORD Michael Bell WIGMORE HALL WANNABE KING Noriyuki Hori JAGUAR MAIL John Hammond PALLODIO KINSHASA NO KISEKI HHHow last year’s World Cup Marco Botti FANUNALTER Mikael Magnusson BRIDGE OF GOLD TELLURIDE was won............................Page 23 GITANO HERNANDO Kunihide Matsuda DANON CHANTILLY LOLAMAR Brian Meehan DANGEROUS MIDGE Freddie Head MARINOUS RAJSAMAN Shigeki Matsumoto LA VERITA ROCK OF NASSAU Clive Brittain ABJER Robert Mills GOLDEN DESERT Yoshitaka Ninomiya AXION NIDEEB Xavier Nakkachdji AYUN TARA Gary Moore BERGO Ippo Sameshima MAKOTO SPARVIERO CHEYRAC David Brown DONCASTER ROVER NANIWA TOMOARE Stan Moore BIG CREEK HERMOUN Henry Cecil TRANQUIL TIGER RAINBOW PEGASUS KINKYAFRO PUTYBALL TWICE OVER WHITE PILGRIM SONORANSANDS TOO NICE NAME WIN FORSURE Mick Channon GALLIC STAR Katsuhiko Sumii RULERSHIP ZIBIMIX HALICARNASSUS David Nicholls EVENS AND ODDS VICTOIREPISA INXILE MONTAFF Germany Yoshito Yahagi GLORIOUS NOAH MASTA PLASTA Peter Chapple-Hyam CRYING LIGHTENING Manfred Hofer TITUREL GRAND PRIX ANGEL MISTER MANANNAN GRAND PRIX BOSS Paul Cole CIRCUMVENT Pavel Vovcenko INDOMITO KYOEI ASURA Jeremy Noseda WESTERN ARISTOCRAT MAKANI BISTY Robert Cowell LUI REI Hong Kong Jamie Osborne RAKAAN MORNING FACE PROHIBIT MOZU VITZANU Peter Ho ALDAWAY (Snow Watch) Editor Nicholas Godfrey John Ryan IVER BRIDGE LAD MR MEDICI OCEANIA BOSS Design David Dew Clive Cox JIMMY STYLES OCEAN BAY RANUNCULUS Senior reporter Howard Wright Ireland TOSHI GANG STAR Edward Creighton PICCADILLY FILLY Kevin Ryan ARGANIL Dubai correspondent Jason Ford Takayuki Yasuda TRANSCEND Graphics David Penzer, Jenny Luca Cumani DRUNKEN SAILOR Tracey Collins ACROSS THE RHINE Matty Salaman RULES N REGULATIONS ROCK JOCK Norway Robertshaw MABAIT MAN OF IRON David Simcock AHLAAIN Bloodstock advertising Cheryl Gunn PRESVIS Mick Halford BANNA BOIRCHE Niels Petersen BANK OF BURDEN (020 7293 3516) START RIGHT BUSHMAN HUJALEA CAT JUNIOR SWOP LORD OF THE STARS INVINCIBLE ASH MANCHESTER Racing Post Tuesday, January 11, 2011 3 BIG-RACE CALENDAR AND NATION-BY-NATION CARNIVAL RECORD, PAGES 4-5 racehorse owners around the world. The carnival’s growth curve has Cup programme due to the already This continues with the invitation been quite staggering. In 2004, established Dubai Golden Shaheen CARNIVAL TRAINERS 2004-10 from the Chinese Government to 53 trainers from 17 countries sent over 1,200m. It is our aim for the Al Trainer wins 2nd 3rd runs s-r% build a multi-purpose horseracing 105 international runners to compete Quoz Sprint to be further upgraded to complex near Tianjin. in Dubai; by 2010 that had grown to Group 1 level. S Bin Suroor (UAE) 95 73 64 514 18.5 The Dubai International Racing 95 trainers from 21 countries sending This increase in competition at the M de Kock (SAf) 78 53 50 422 18.5 Carnival took international racing to a 209 international runners. carnival will also see those that D Watson (UAE) 35 40 41 505 6.9 new level when it began in 2004 and Saeed Bin Suroor sits atop the compete build on an impressive M Al Kurdi (UAE) 19 17 22 198 9.6 Dubai Racing Club chief Frank its impact on the sport can be seen ladder for the most number of wins record that graduates have later in the Gabriel reflects on a time of around the world with international by a trainer with 95, ahead of Mike de year after racing in Dubai. I Mohammed (UAE) 18 14 21 168 10.7 change as international racing racing continuing to grow Kock with 78 but, remarkably, both Horses that competed in Dubai H Brown (SA) 16 21 14 201 8.0 year-on-year. trainers have identical strike rates, during 2010 went on to win 15 Group D Selvaratnam (UAE) 15 18 21 204 7.4 goes from strength to strength Before 2004 international racing 18.48 per cent of winners to runners. or Grade 1 races in six countries, E Charpy (UAE) 14 21 22 330 4.2 was available to the elite few – that You can be certain that the records further silencing those that believe it A Al Raihe (UAE) 12 16 17 240 5.0 HE first part of the new upper echelon of racehorses everyone of these two trainers, both assembling too hard for a horse to compete in century merely emphasised strives to have but few are lucky to powerful teams, will only improve Dubai and remain competitive later in J Noseda (GB) 12 5 5 53 22.7 the way in which enjoy, approximately one per cent of during the 2011 carnival. De Kock, for the year. M Bin Shafya (UAE) 12 10 6 109 11.0 horseracing has been the horse population, those that race example, is arriving with perhaps his With Meydan now firmly S Seemar (UAE) 12 25 20 360 3.3 transformed, the shift T at Group 1 level. strongest contingent from South established on the international towards international competition in M Channon (GB) 10 5 10 95 10.6 The Dubai World Cup meeting had Africa, among them his UAE Derby calendar, we revert to the traditional the final quarter of the 20th century R Bouresly (Kuw) 91172333.9 been among the later members of the winner from last year, Musir. starting date of the second week in continuing into the new millennium. international Group 1 calendar before While it is pleasing to welcome January with the opening rounds of J Barton (RSA) 8977211.1 Horseracing finds itself in the Dubai Racing Club decided to trainers back year after year, another the Al Maktoum Challenge before fascinating times and the next few extend that international flavour by pleasing aspect is those coming to embarking on a further nine meetings CARNIVAL JOCKEYS 2004-10 years will be defining, racing offering incentives and subsidies to Dubai for the first time.