by gyongmaman

Success Story will make his 2nd Dubai Carnival start at Meydan on Thursday and it couldn’t be a tougher ask for the Korea-bred and trained five-year-old as faces the Carnival’s star attraction, California Chrome, over 2000M.

Success Story O'Shea

Success Story has raced three times over 2000M in the past, struggling to get the distance in two attempts at it as a three-year-old in 2014, including a 10th place in the President’s Cup at Seoul. He managed a win in his only attempt at the distance in 2015, winning a handicap by just under three lengths at Busan last April.

Provisional race cards are available at the Emirates Racing Authority’s website.

The Min Jang Ki trained five-year-old horse also held an entry in a 1400M contest, however, given the strength of that race and the presence of a lot of early speed, it was decided to allow him to take his chance at the greater distance.

As it happens, California Chrome will run in the same event, race 6 on the seven-race card, using it as his warm-up race for the World Cup. While making it that much more difficult for Success Story to improve on the 3rd place that he recorded on his Dubai debut over a mile last month, the presence of the 2014 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner does enable the rest of the field, including Success Story to just carry 53Kg.

The hope is that this, combined with the Meydan dirt being kinder to stay on than the Busan sand as well as the fact that it was well known California Chrome would be running here leading some other tough contenders to avoid this race (there are only eight runners) will allow Success Story to not only stay the distance but also be able to beat some of the others home.

Cheongu, the other Korea-trained horse at the Carnival, will also race on Thursday. He finished 5th of 8 over 1200M on opening night and will go over the same distance in race 3. Having been slowly away and losing a plate in running, he certainly had his excuses in January. He’ll be up against it once more but an improved performance is possible.

Tadhg O’Shea, who won admiration in Korea for his enterprising ride on Success Story last month, will take the mount again while Royston Ffrench will partner Cheongu.

gyongmaman | February 23, 2016 at 7:09 am | Tags: California Chrome, Cheongu, Dubai, DWCC, Meydan, Success Story |

Janet Jackson to Perform at 2016 Dubai World Cup

Tuesday, 23 February, 2016

Multi-Platinum Artist Brings Unbreakable Tour to World’s Richest Raceday

• Date: Saturday March 26, 2016
• Tickets start at AED450 – Buy Now

Music icon, multiple GRAMMY® Award-winner and multi-platinum selling artist Janet Jackson is to perform a leg of her Unbreakable world tour at the Dubai World Cup on Saturday March 26.

Held on the Apron Views concert stage at approximately 10pm following the running of the 21st US$10m Dubai World Cup sponsored by Emirates Airline, access to the concert is exclusive to Dubai World Cup day ticket holders.
Janet Jackson said: “I am excited to perform for the global audience at this year’s Dubai World Cup. The entire Unbreakable company is looking forward to traveling with me to Dubai and being part of one of the world’s most prestigious events.”

Following the performance at the Dubai World Cup, Ms. Jackson is scheduled to kick off the highly anticipated European Leg of her Unbreakable World Tour on March 30 in the U.K.

The Unbreakable world tour, which commenced in North America on August 31, 2015 to rave reviews and accolades, sees the return of one of the world’s most influential entertainers on the live stage, in support of her album, Unbreakable, from Rhythm Nation/BMG.

Unbreakable, which recently became the music icon’s Seventh #1 album, made music history by making Janet Jackson one of only three artists to achieve a #1 album in each of the past four decades. The album’s initial offering, “No Sleeep,” became 2015’s longest reigning #1 single on the Adult R & B Chart (Mediabase), spending 12 weeks at the top spot. The Unbreakable album constitutes a historic re-teaming of the iconic performer with producer/songwriter superstars Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. The Unbreakable release comes on the 30th anniversary of their groundbreaking collaboration on Ms. Jackson’s “Control” album.

Janet Jackson is one of the most influential entertainers of the modern era. Her music has won her 6 GRAMMY® Awards, 2 Emmy Awards, a nomination for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe nomination, a nomination for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, along with dozens of American Music Awards, MTV Video Music Awards, BET honoree, and Billboard Music Awards. She has received accolades as an actor as well, including the NAACP Best Supporting Actor award. Janet is a published author with a #1 New York Times Bestseller, choreographer, dancer, businessperson, philanthropist and one of biggest-selling artists in popular music history. With sales of over 160 million records worldwide, Janet Jackson stands as one of the best-selling artists of all time with a string of hits that have left an indelible impression on pop culture. Her music and artistry has opened doors through which other top artists have followed, while acknowledging her impact on their musical perceptions.

Dubai World Cup ticket prices start at AED450 for Apron Views while numerous hospitality ticket packages are also available. The biggest social and sporting event on the UAE calendar, ticket holders will gain access to the nine races that make up Dubai World Cup day, the spectacular Dubai World Cup show and fireworks display as well as the Janet Jackson concert.

Hospitality gates open at 2pm and the first race starts at 3.45pm.

For more information about hospitality packages, please visit the Meydan Store or email: ticketoffice@dubairacingclub.com or call: +971 4 327 2110.

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Meydan, torna il Carnival: California Chrome test per la DWC. Il Blueberry Fanciful Angel nello Zabeel Mile G2

Giornata dopo giornata, così come il convegno di corse a MEYDAN, sale di tono a poco s poco. Nella giornata di giovedì almeno tre i motivi di interesse: il primo in assoluto riguarda la penultima corse di giornata, il Trans Gulf Electromechanical Trophy sui 2000 metri in sabbia, dove rivedremo all’opera il campione americano California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) che effettuerà il rodaggio in vista della Dubai World Cup G1 da $10 milioni, sfuggita lo scorso anno per mano di Prince Bishop. Il sauro è a Dubai da fine Gennaio, dopo un rientro buonissimo e vittorioso a Santa Anita in G2. Art Sherman ha preferito questo test rispetto al terzo round del Maktoum Challenge, decisamente più tosto da affrontare fisicamente. Stavolta renderà sette chili agli avversari, un peso sopportabile rispetto a quelli che affronta.

L’altro motivo di interesse è il salto in alto che effettuerà l’italiano Fanciful Angel (Dark Angel). Il portacolori Blueberry correrà lo Zabeel Mile G2 sul miglio in erba da $250,000, la quarta del convegno, e cercherà di migliorar ancora di più il suo standard in termini di rating, già salito a 110 dopo l’handicap ricco stravinto qualche settimana fa proprio sull’erba di Meydan. Il cavallo allenato da Marco Botti avrà ancora in sella Dane O’Neill. Contro avrà gente come Zahee, Safety Check che vale un 116, poi Harry’s Son, e Big Baz.

Il terzo motivo di interesse riguarda la seconda partecipazione al Carnival per l’ex italiano Winklemann (Rip Van Winkle) il quale, dopo un approccio su distanza troppo corta, verrà ancora impiegato sui 1200 metri. Mick de Kock avrà i suoi buoni motivi……

fonte: Gabriele Candi da Mondoturf.it

Meydan (UAE)THU 25 FEB 2016

GOING: DIRT: FAST; TURF: GOOD. Fonte: RacingPost

3:00	AL NABOODAH NATIONAL CONTRACTING ABU DHABI TROPHY (HANDICAP) (DIRT) (3yo+ 100-123) Winner £48,980 6 runners 7f Fast

NO. FORM	HORSE	AGE	WGT	TRAINER RTF%	JOCKEY	OR	TS	RPR
14911-12	One Man Band	5	9-6	Doug Watson	Sam Hitchcott	110	105	120
14911-12	21 Pivotal (GB) — Musicanna (GB) (Cape Cross (IRE))

265615-0	Nolohay v	5	9-1	M Al Muhairi	Paul Hanagan	105	91	121
265615-0	21 Dubawi (IRE) — Antioquia (GB) (Singspiel (IRE))

31168-00	Heavy Metal b	6	9-0	S bin Ghadayer	Mickael Barzalona	104	95	117
31168-00	42 Exceed And Excel (AUS) — Rock Opera (SAF) (Lecture (USA))

435134-0	Over The Ocean t	6	9-0	Niels Petersen	Richard Mullen	104	77	94
435134-0	21 Rockport Harbor (USA) — Endless Sea (CAN) (Mt. Livermore (USA))

5542-636	Encipher	7	8-10	A Al Raihe	Tadhg O’Shea	100	104	115
5542-636	11 Elusive Quality (USA) — Secret Charm (IRE) (Green Desert (USA))

62242-02	Giftorm	6	8-10	Fredrik Reuterskiold	Fernando Jara	100	103	115
62242-02	28 War Pass (USA) — High Cholesterol (USA) (Until Sundown (USA))

3:35	AL NABOODAH HSE TROPHY (HANDICAP) (DIRT) (3yo+ 78-94) Winner £24,490 8 runners 1m2fFast

NO. FORM	HORSE	AGE	WGT	TRAINER RTF%	JOCKEY	OR	TS	RPR
18314-42	Etijaah h	6	9-4	Doug Watson	Paul Hanagan	91	90	102
18314-42	35 Daaher (CAN) — Hasheema (IRE) (Darshaan (GB))

2554-011	Active Spirit v	5	9-3	Doug Watson	Sam Hitchcott	90	90	107
2554-011	12 Pivotal (GB) — Local Spirit (USA) (Lion Cavern (USA))

320-5330	Pupil p	5	9-2	S Seemar	Richard Mullen	89	70	100
320-5330	6 Mastercraftsman (IRE) — Blue Iris (GB) (Petong (GB))

413-2657	Tanfeeth tv	8	9-0	M Al Muhairi	Dane O’Neill	87	95	106
413-2657	6 Singspiel (IRE) — Nasij (USA) (Elusive Quality (USA))

53076-02	Mustahdaf p	5	8-8	M Al Muhairi	Tadhg O’Shea	82	66	91
53076-02	4 Dynaformer (USA) — Tabrir (IRE) (Unfuwain (USA))

6440-311	Brabbham t	6	8-6	A bin Harmash	Mickael Barzalona	79	92	101
6440-311	26 Bernardini (USA) — Easter Bunnette (USA) (Carson City (USA))

763-2423	Enery h	7	8-6	M Al Muhairi	Fernando Jara	79	95	104
763-2423	12 Teofilo (IRE) — Annee Lumiere (IRE) (Giant´s Causeway (USA))

879009-0	Indiana Jones v	6	8-6	M Al Muhairi	David Probert	79	38	55
879009-0	26 Emperor Jones (USA) — Suntuosa Fitz (ARG) (Fitzcarraldo (ARG))

4:10	AL NABOODAH NATIONAL PLANT TROPHY (HANDICAP) (DIRT) (3yo+ 95-118) Winner £44,898 10 runners 6f Fast

NO. FORM	HORSE	AGE	WGT	TRAINER RTF%	JOCKEY	OR	TS	RPR
15112-U	Marking	4	9-6	Kiaran McLaughlin	William Buick	109	—	118
15112-U	14 Bernardini (USA) — Seventh Street (USA) (Street Cry (IRE))

285310-6	Shaishee v	6	9-6	M Al Muhairi	David Probert	109	100	116
285310-6	6 Indian Charlie (USA) — Hatpin (USA) (Smart Strike (CAN))

33111-37	Let´sgoforit tb	8	9-3	Bodil Hallencreutz	Richard Mullen	106	88	120
33111-37	14 Verglas (IRE) — Slewcie (USA) (Seattle Slew (USA))

4113-216	Kifaah t	5	9-1	A Al Raihe	Paul Hanagan	104	102	115
4113-216	14 Dubawi (IRE) — Mokaraba (GB) (Unfuwain (USA))

593/5-20	Saayerr	5	9-1	D Selvaratnam	Chris Hayes	104	102	113
593/5-20	21 Acclamation (GB) — Adorn (GB) (Kyllachy (GB))

61075215/	The Taj	6	9-1	Doug Watson	Dane O’Neill	104	—	—
61075215/	434 Street Cry (IRE) — India (USA) (Hennessy (USA))

740-4358	Krypton Factor b	8	8-11	Fawzi Abdulla Nass	Frederik Tylicki	100	94	115
740-4358	7 Kyllachy (GB) — Cool Question (GB) (Polar Falcon (USA))

86177/4-	Taayel h	6	8-8	M Al Muhairi	Fernando Jara	97	56	86
86177/4-	90 Tamayuz (GB) — Sakhee´s Song (IRE) (Sakhee (USA))

92341-5	Cheongu hb	4	8-7	I Seo	Royston Ffrench	96	85	102
92341-5	49 Old Fashioned (USA) — So Much Fun (USA) (Speightstown (USA))

1077-3632	Kasb t	4	8-6	A Al Raihe	Tadhg O’Shea	95	86	108
1077-3632	12 Arcano (IRE) — Cape Columbine (GB) (Diktat (GB))

4:45	ZABEEL MILE SPONSORED BY AL NABOODAH CONSTRUCTION GROUP (GROUP 2) (TURF)(3yo+) Winner £102,041 10 runners 1m Good

NO. FORM	HORSE	AGE	WGT	TRAINER RTF%	JOCKEY	OR	TS	RPR
11380-00	Bossy Guest	4	9-1	Mick Channon	Pat Smullen	108	94	120
11380-00	28 Medicean (GB) — Ros The Boss (IRE) (Danehill (USA))

222/15-2	Harry´s Son t	4	9-1	P V Lafferty	Richard Mullen	113	109	124
222/15-2	35 Haradasun (AUS) — Dash On Ruby (AUS) (Anabaa (USA))

33320-02	Zahee t	6	9-1	M F De Kock	Wayne Smith	109	79	117
33320-02	11 Dylan Thomas (IRE) — Zaheeya (AUS) (Encosta De Lago (AUS))

441130-1	Safety Check	5	9-4	Charlie Appleby	William Buick	116	111	129
441130-1	35 Dubawi (IRE) — Doors To Manual (USA) (Royal Academy (USA))

554/243-	Johann Strauss	5	9-1	M F De Kock	Christophe Soumillon	109	102	120
554/243-	355 High Chaparral (IRE) — Inchmina (GB) (Cape Cross (IRE))

6611-123	Forjatt	8	9-1	D Selvaratnam	Chris Hayes	109	—	121
6611-123	11 Iffraaj (GB) — Graceful Air (IRE) (Danzero (AUS))

772831/1	Championship	5	9-1	A bin Harmash	Frederik Tylicki	104	109	120
772831/1	26 Exceed And Excel (AUS) — Aljafliyah (GB) (Halling (USA))

8813-181	Ghaamer t	6	9-1	A Al Raihe	Paul Hanagan	109	104	121
8813-181	11 Hard Spun (USA) — Teeba (USA) (Seeking The Gold (USA))

99011-20	Big Baz	6	9-1	William Muir	Martin Dwyer	112	95	124
99011-20	28 Pivotal (GB) — Gracefully (IRE) (Orpen (USA))

10102746-1	Fanciful Angel	4	9-1	Marco Botti	Dane O’Neill	110	102	121
10102746-1	28 Dark Angel (IRE) — Fanciful Dancer (GB) (Groom Dancer (USA))

5:20	AL NABOODAH COMMERCIAL DIVISION TROPHY (HANDICAP) (TURF) (3yo+ 100-113) Winner £48,980 8 runners 1m2f Good

NO. FORM	HORSE	AGE	WGT	TRAINER RTF%	JOCKEY	OR	TS	RPR
1395-83	Farraaj	7	9-6	D Selvaratnam	Chris Hayes	111	97	117
1395-83	28 Dubai Destination (USA) — Pastorale (GB) (Nureyev (USA))

2454-232	Elleval tp	6	9-1	David Marnane	Pat Smullen	106	103	120
2454-232	21 Kodiac (GB) — Penny Rouge (IRE) (Pennekamp (USA))

31210-74	Fearless Hunter	6	9-0	Rune Haugen	David Probert	105	74	117
31210-74	14 Alhaarth (IRE) — Firedance (GER) (Lomitas (GB))

48331-31	Think Ahead p	5	9-0	Saeed bin Suroor	William Buick	105	104	121
48331-31	21 Shamardal (USA) — Moonshadow (GB) (Diesis (GB))

56030-6	Slumdogmillionaire v	7	8-11	Doug Watson	Sam Hitchcott	102	71	113
56030-6	14 Strike Smartly (CAN) — Make A Million (AUS) (Last Tycoon (GB))

677-5836	Zamaam t	6	8-9	E Charpy	Paul Hanagan	100	101	126
677-5836	7 Muhtathir (GB) — Nasheed (USA) (Riverman (USA))

753/850-	Basateen	4	8-8	Doug Watson	Dane O’Neill	100	114	126
753/850-	187 Teofilo (IRE) — Tasha´s Dream (USA) (Woodman (USA))

82452-09	Royal Navy Ship tp	4	8-8	P V Lafferty	Royston Ffrench	100	77	119
82452-09	14 War Front (USA) — Indy Punch (USA) (Pulling Punches (USA))

5:55	TRANS GULF ELECTROMECHANICAL TROPHY (HANDICAP) (DIRT) (3yo+ 95-121) Winner £61,224 8 runners 1m2f Fast

NO. FORM	HORSE	AGE	WGT	TRAINER RTF%	JOCKEY	OR	TS	RPR
111/22-1	California Chrome tb	5	9-6	Art Sherman	Victor Espinoza	121	115	127
111/22-1	46 Lucky Pulpit (USA) — Love The Chase (USA) (Not For Love (USA))

22135-00	El Tren b	5	8-5	Michael Attwater	Chris Hayes	100	99	117
22135-00	28 Danehill Dancer (IRE) — Dhamma (USA) (Broad Brush (USA))

367615-2	Good Contact h	4	8-5	Saeed bin Suroor	Edward Greatrex6	101	106	127
367615-2	42 Teofilo (IRE) — Mayoress (GB) (Machiavellian (USA))

489/1-35	Hunting Ground	6	8-5	S bin Ghadayer	Mickael Barzalona	102	111	128
489/1-35	42 Street Cry (IRE) — Panty Raid (USA) (Include (USA))

559182-6	Pit Stop	5	8-5	S bin Ghadayer	Royston Ffrench	95	116	123
559182-6	42 Iffraaj (GB) — Journey´s End (IRE) (In The Wings (GB))

67214-27	Plantagenet	9	8-5	Niels Petersen	Richard Mullen	98	95	119
67214-27	7 Trade Fair (GB) — Crafty Buzz (USA) (Crafty Prospector (USA))

7341d56-4	Storm Belt	7	8-5	Doug Watson	Sam Hitchcott	105	112	121
7341d56-4	35 More Than Ready (USA) — Mari´s Thunder (USA) (Thunder Gulch (USA))

84621-3	Success Story e/s	5	8-5	Jang G Min	Tadhg O’Shea	100	93	121
84621-3	35 Peace Rules (USA) — Power Pack (USA) (Lil´s Lad (USA))

6:30	AL NABOODAH CIVILS DIVISION TROPHY (HANDICAP) (TURF) (3yo+ 100-109) Winner £71,429 11 runners 6f Good

NO. FORM	HORSE	AGE	WGT	TRAINER RTF%	JOCKEY	OR	TS	RPR
192425-4	Naadirr p	5	9-6	Marco Botti	Christophe Soumillon	109	106	122
192425-4	21 Oasis Dream (GB) — Beach Bunny (IRE) (High Chaparral (IRE))

2767-384	Caspian Prince	7	9-2	Dean Ivory	Tadhg O’Shea	105	106	116
2767-384	7 Dylan Thomas (IRE) — Crystal Gaze (IRE) (Rainbow Quest (USA))

3221840/	Baccarat	7	9-1	Charlie Appleby	William Buick	104	—	—
3221840/	495 Dutch Art (GB) — Zut Alors (IRE) (Pivotal (GB))

413283-6	Sholaan	7	9-1	D Selvaratnam	Chris Hayes	104	85	102
413283-6	48 Invincible Spirit (IRE) — Jazz Up (GB) (Cadeaux Genereux (GB))

5521-231	Banaadeer	5	9-0	Doug Watson	Paul Hanagan	102	96	115
5521-231	12 Tamayuz (GB) — Loose Julie (IRE) (Cape Cross (IRE))

68403-24	Divine	5	9-0	Mick Channon	Mickael Barzalona	102	100	121
68403-24	28 Dark Angel (IRE) — Carallia (IRE) (Common Grounds (GB))

71089-374	Majestic Mount t	6	9-0	S Seemar	Richard Mullen	102	99	117
71089-374	11 Exceed And Excel (AUS) — Our Poppet (IRE) (Warning (GB))

8114324-0	Winklemann e/s	4	8-13	M F De Kock	Sam Hitchcott	101	55	111
8114324-0	28 Rip Van Winkle (IRE) — Kykuit (IRE) (Green Desert (USA))

9486528	Fityaan v	8	8-11	M Al Muhairi	Dane O’Neill	100	105	117
9486528	7 Haafhd (GB) — Welsh Diva (GB) (Selkirk (USA))

1035222-3	Jamesie t	8	8-11	David Marnane	Pat Smullen	100	93	113
1035222-3	28 Kodiac (GB) — Pretty Woman (IRE) (Night Shift (USA))

116422-67	Almashooqa	3	8-8	M F De Kock	Wayne Smith	100	52	101
116422-67	21 Bernardini (USA) — Joy Of Flight (AUS) (Flying Spur (AUS))