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Mohammed Moubarak will return to the U.S. after a second spell training in Britain
G1-winning trainer Mohamed Moubarak has quit as a trainer and is returning to the US frustrated at not being able to compete at the level he had hoped, despite starting his second spell in Newmarket with Zaaki in his stable.
Moubarak, 55, saddled his final runner at Newmarket s July Festival to bring an end to a six-season stay and will fly to Saratoga this week with plans to continue working in the racing industry, though not as a trainer.
“I really would have liked to have been able to compete at the highest level here,” he said. “When I left here in 1992, I had a stable full of Group horses and there was no money made from prize-money. Then I come back 30 years later and it s still the same money. I left everybody here arguing and trying to go on strike to raise prize-money and they are still at it today.”
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New TG4 series will be a real treat for horseracing fans
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TG4 and Touchline Media are delighted to announce that a new horseracing series ‘Laochra Na Rásaíochta’, featuring some of Ireland’s greatest National Hunt horses, has been specially commissioned by TG4 and will commence on Thursday 18th February with a one-hour documentary on the tale of the legendary Arkle, winner of three Cheltenham Gold Cups in the 1960’s.
This is a repeat of the IFTA winner for Best Sports Documentary, first broadcast on TG4 in March 2014. YouTube clip: https://youtu.be/AtHz73wwRJI
Episode Two of ‘Laochra Na Rásaíochta’ airs on February 25th 9.30pm and tells the stories of: L’Escargot – winner of the 1970 and 1971 Gold Cups and the 1975 Grand National. Captain Christy – winner of the 1974 Gold Cup.
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