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Connections of some of the leading European-trained Dubai World Cup entries are said to be taking a watching brief on the conflict in the Middle East before firming up running plans for the fixture that boasts over $30 million in prize-money on Saturday, March 28. On Wednesday, it was confirmed that Shadai Race Horse Company's Masquerade Ball and Jantar Mantar would not travel from Japan to Meydan for their intended starts in the Dubai Sheema Classic and Dubai Turf. However, leading Irish trainer Joseph O'Brien and the Aga Khan Stud's...

The niece of Dan Rosenberg, who served Three Chimneys Farm in a variety of roles for three decades, and her husband were among those killed by Hamas in their attacks on Israel, according to a story from NBC affiliate WLEX TV in Lexington. Deborah Matias and her husband Shlomi died shielding their 16-year-old son Rotem, who survived after Hamas fighters stormed their apartment. "There is not a single Israeli who doesn't know somebody personally who has been killed," Israeli-born Rosenberg told reporter Leigh Searcy. "Imagine if every single American knew...

When trainer Gedaliah Goodman sent out Catch That Party (More Than Ready) to a sixth-place finish in a Jan. 30 allowance/optional claimer at Gulfstream Park, it was his first starter in nine years. He had hoped that since he last ran a horse, the sport had moved on and was ready to accept an Hasidic Jewish horse trainer, one who has the long, flowing beard, wears a yarmulke and sports the long sideburns that are known as peyos. Tzitzit, the fringed corners of a prayer shawl, dangle over his trousers....