The G2 Zabeel Trail presented by ARN is the highlight of Friday’s Dubai World Cup Carnival card in Meydan. The $180,000 1600 meter event attracted eight schools, five of which were in Godolphin blue. The hottest runner, however, is Michael O’Callaghan’s double group winner I Am Superman (Ire) (Footsteps in the sand {GB}).
Returning from a successful tour of Down Under, where he won G2 Shannon S. in 2020 and G2 Ajax S. in 2021 for Peter & Paul Snowden, the 7-year-old is hoping to secure victory in its third country. Homeland three-time scorer and third-placed G3 Desmond S. in 2019, I Am Superman finished second in G1 Sir Rupert Clarke S. at Caulfield when last seen on September 17.
“We have been delighted with I Am Superman since arriving in Dubai,” said O’Callaghan. “He is in very good form before Friday and Colin Keane is coming to ride both him and Fastnet Crown (Ire) (Divine Crown {Aus}) [in the Dubai Eye 103.8 H.].”
Wearing the coveted blue hat in the Godolphin quintet is the G1 2000 Guineas 2021 runner-up and the hero of the dual group Master of the Sea (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) for Charlie Appleby. The last time he acted at HQ was G3 Earl Of Sefton S. in April.
Appleby, who is gearing up for the sixth edition of Zabeel Mile, said, “Master Of The Seas has settled down in Dubai, but we’re working hard after the night of the World Cup in Dubai and Super Saturday. There will be some natural improvement from whatever he does here.
Among coach Saeed bin Suroor’s three-pronged attacks were The Land of Legend (Ire) (Iffraaj {GB}), whose biggest win is G2 Al Fahidi Fort in 2021.
“This looks to be a tough race for all three of them,” said coach and G2 2022 winner Al Rashidiya. Desert Fire (Ire) (Cross Arrow {Ire}) and Laser Program (Ire) (New approach {Ire}).
Fillies To The Fore In Guineas Hunt
A select school of seven fillings vying for the first Classic crown of the season with $150,000 UAE listed on Friday awarded by ARN. 1600 meter dirt road test anchored by Harry Eustace’s Quote D’Or (Fr) (Galiway {GB}). A two-time UK winner, the sixth-place finisher in the G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud last October was first place for the Haras de Colleville-based gentleman in Dubai and making her bow her head.
Majority owner Nick Bradley said: “She arrived at Meydan on December 29. “She has done everything right so far but the dirt is a mystery. She will go from here to [G3] UAE Oaks has been her target since November.”
Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum Mimi Kakushi (City Of Light) she ran back for the first time since bursting into the house with the winner by two turns sawman (Nyquist) and Awasef (Prince Cairo) in the local 1400 meter race in third place on December 23. Trained by Salem bin Ghadayer, she was joined by equestrian Sheikh Hamdan we are here (Super Saver) who broke her daughter’s seven feathers on January 12.
Bin Ghadayer said: “Both fillings are in top condition. “They are facing the same fillings they have faced before. I am pleased with Mimi Kakushi, even if she has come a long way from her previous race.”
Al Khail Trophy attracts classic hero
Bennett’s Race Ardakan (GB) (The Trusted Man {GB}) stepped up in the 2810-meter ride on the Meydan turf in the ARN-listed Al Khail Prize, the third black race and also the race. last of the day. The 2022 Italian Derby hero G2, formerly coached by Markus Klug, was placed in the G1 Grosser Preis von Berlin in August. His final run of the year was his fourth in the GIII Jockey Club Derby Invitational S. . of Belmont Park over a mile and a half on September 17.
Lucia Botti, team supervisor in Dubai, said: “Ardakan joined us after he ran in the US. “He is a young, big, stately, lovely horse hoping to run in the G2 Dubai Gold Cup. He has settled well with his daily routine here and we are all delighted to see him racing for us, from afar, on Friday.
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