UAE horses face the mighty in the ancient British Coral Eclipse

Tomorrow, Saturday, the eyes of global horse racing enthusiasts will turn to the ancient British Sandown Racecourse, where the UAE horses will challenge the strong for the title of the “Coral Eclipse” race for a distance of a mile and a quarter of a mile (2000 metres) grass, which is dedicated to the horses of the first category, “Group 1”. International rankings, with a total prize money of 448,363 pounds.

Representatives of the state's horses, the "Native Trail" pony with the "Godolphin" logo, and the "Lord North" horse of His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Racing, hope to gift the UAE owners the 15th historical title in the race, whose first start dates back to The year 1886, since the crowning of the horse "Peblus" owned by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the title of the race in its version of the year 1985.

The “Godolphin” star, the “Native Trail” pony, under the supervision of coach Charlie Appleby, who was recently crowned with the “2000 Irish Gaines” title for the “Group 1” horses, is preparing to follow in the footsteps of his colleagues in the global teams, and give the famous blue logo the seventh title in history and the title of the most “angel”. Crowning the "Coral Eclipse" race, after the Godolphin horses achieved victory in this race with Halling, the double-winner in 1995 and 1996, "Dilami" in 1998, and "Refuges to Bend" in 2004, and "Hawkbill" in the 2016 edition, and the last one with the legend "Ghiath" in 2020. In

turn, the double champion in a row in the "Dubai Turf" race seeksFor 2021 and 2022 on the evenings of the Dubai World Cup, to snatch the eighth victory in his career, and his fourth in the first category races, including his brilliant victory in the year 2020 with the title of "Prince of Wales" for the "Group 1" horses within the days of the prestigious British Royal Ascot Festival.

The ambitions of the UAE horses collide, with the presence of a strong race of horses with distances of 2000 meters grass, led by the “French Derby” champion, the horse “Fadini” with the “Aga Khan” logo, and the horse “Bey Bridge” under the supervision of the expert trainer Sir Michael Stott, coming from the runner-up in the race. Prince of Wales Stakes at the Royal Ascot Festival in the middle of last month.

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