Posts tagged Meydan
New course on track at Meydan
Jan 21st
Yesterday we reported that all is not well with the turf course at Meydan, just over a week before the first meeting of the Dubai International Racing Carnival takes place next Thursday. The rumour is that the turf track will not be used that night, and not as often as scheduled before the Dubai World [...]
Surface problems go deeper
Jan 20th
George Bernard Shaw once opined that: “all evolution in thought and conduct must at first appear as heresy and misconduct.” In America that heresy has been to suggest that dirt tracks may have had their day. For the last two years European runners have enjoyed conspicuous success at the Breeders’ Cup, where the meeting has [...]
Sunny outlook for Meydan?
Dec 11th
The financial infrastructure is supposed to be walking a tightrope over a chasm of penury but there was a little ray of sunshine in Dubai yesterday. Well, more like a promise of what may be to come. The emirate may be a mass of semi-completed building projects at present, as the global business crisis has [...]
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