Sheikh Ahmed Bin Rashid al Maktoum

All 30 lots offered in Tuesday's Tattersalls Online Emirates Racing Authority Jebel Ali Online Sale sold for an aggregate of AED2,420,300 (around €571,000), led by Mawhoob (War Of Will), who was purchased for AED320,000 (€76,000) by Sayed Hashish. The third auction hosted by Tattersalls Online on behalf of the Emirates Racing Authority (ERA), the catalogue featured a draft consigned exclusively by His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's Jebel Ali Stables in Dubai. Over 90 registered bidders from 10 countries competed throughout the auction, resulting in a 100% clearance...

Britain's longest-standing training partnership is coming to an end following the news that Ed Crisford is set to succeed Michael Costa as head trainer at His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's Jebel Ali Stables in Dubai. Currently based at Gainsborough Stables in Newmarket, Crisford has shared the licence with his father, Simon, since May 2020 when the British Horseracing Authority first started accepting training partnerships. In the near-six years since, the Crisfords have sent out over 400 winners in Britain, with notable victories including that of Vandeek in...

Michael Costa has announced that he will be stepping down from his role as head trainer at His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's Jebel Ali Stables in Dubai, with the Queenslander revealing his ambition to "build something special" on his return to Australia. "I have loved every minute of my time at Jebel Ali Stables," read a statement from the trainer. "To be entrusted with training for His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has been the greatest honour of my career. "What we have achieved together...

Michael Costa may be a new name to some European readers, but he is not new to success. The Australian trainer has switched his home of Surfers Paradise for the stunning views of the Dubai skyline. A life-changing move, both personally and professionally, he flew his wife Melanie and four children 12,000km across the Indian Ocean and for the last 18 months has been based at Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's private stable of Jebel Ali. It must be said that he has made an eye-catching start: with 19...

4th-Meydan, AED165,000, Maiden, 3yo, 1600m, 1:39.07, ft. MESHTRI (c, 3, Medaglia d'Oro--Clothes Fall Off {MSW & MGSP, $485,860}, by Daaher) made the most of his belated racetrack debut to score by a hard-fought half-length. Spearing through to lead shortly after the break, the bay was overtaken by Nevershow Weakness (Lord Nelson) underneath him and was content to take the sit for the in-form James Orman. Asked to come after the front-runner as they turned into the straight, Meshtri drew on even terms with about 300 metres to travel and just...