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Ryan Moore and Magical after their victory in the 2019 Irish Champion Stakes
Brilliant seven-time Group 1 winner Magical (Galileo) has been retired and will join the broodmare band at Coolmore Stud, with mating plans yet to be decided.
In September, the Aidan O Brien-trained mare became the second dual winner of the Irish Champion Stakes and was last seen finishing a close third in the G1 Hong Kong Cup. She retires with an impressive record of 12 wins and 10 placings from 28 starts; her achievements earning connections over £4.8million ($6.4million) in prize money.
“Her mum (Halfway To Heaven) was a queen, she was a queen and she was by Galileo, so I suppose you could call him the king,” O Brien said of his stable star, adding, “It would be exciting to train her offspring.”
Dubai Racing Club Releases Accepted Horses For 2021 Dubai World Cup Carnival Sponsored by:
Cheongu, shown galloping at Meydan, became the first South Korean-trained thoroughbred to race in Dubai.
Dubai Racing Club has released the list of horses accepted for the seven-meeting 2021 Dubai World Cup Carnival (DWCC), which runs for six consecutive Thursdays (Jan 21 – Feb. 25) before culminating with Super Saturday (Mar. 6), the official dress rehearsal for the historic 25th running of the Dubai World Cup card (Mar. 27). (Dubai World Cup 2020 was postponed as a result of Covid-19).
The list features 158 accepted horses, conditioned by a total of 63 trainers from 12 countries. In 2020, the DWCC saw horses from Great Britain, Ireland, Oman, Sweden, UAE, USA, South Africa, Bahrain, Denmark, Korea, Japan, Spain, France and Norway either win or finish placed. In 2021, too there is a great variety of international participation expected based on the horses that have been approve