3/28 (NAD): Dubai World Cup
 

http://dubairacenight.com/post-posit...up-group-ones/

Below is the draw for the 2009 Dubai World Cup, as conducted Wednesday at the Madinat Jumeirah resort, with DubaiRaceNight.com’s morning line for the races:

RACE 7 - DUBAI WORLD CUP (G1)

1:30 pm ET, 10:30 am PT
Purse - $6,000,000
Distance - 2000 meters, dirt (about 10 furlongs)

Post position, horse (trainer, jockey) DubaiRaceNight.com morning line

1. MUHANNAK - (Ralph Beckett, Ryan Moore) 30-1
2. ARSON SQUAD - (Rick Dutrow, Edgar Prado) 10-1
3. SNAFFY (Musabah Al Muhairi, Richard Hills) 20-1
4. ASIATIC BOY - (Mike De Kock, John Murtagh) 5-1
5. HAPPY BOY (Mubarak bin Shafya, Ahmad Ajtebi) 30-1
6. GLORIA DE CAMPEAO - (Pascal Bary, Jorge Leme) 50-1
7. WELL ARMED (Eoin Harty, Aaron Gryder) 9-2
8. CASINO DRIVE - (Kazuo Fujisawa, Katsumi Ando) 8-1
9. JOE LOUIS (Jerry Barton, Wigberto Ramos) 30-1
10. ALBERTUS MAXIMUS (Kiaran McLaughlin, Alan Garcia) 7-2
11. MULLER (Neil Bruss, Weichong Marwing) 20-1
12. ANAK NAKAL - (Nick Zito, Joe Bravo) 20-1
13. PARIS PERFECT (Neil Bruss, Bernard Faydherbe) 20-1
14. MY INDY (Saeed bin Suroor, Frankie Dettori) 12-1



RACE 6 - DUBAI SHEEMA CLASSIC

12:40 pm ET, 9:40 am PT
Purse - $5,000,000
Distance - 2400 meters, turf (about 12 furlongs)

Post position, horse (trainer, jockey) DubaiRaceNight.com morning line

1. FRONT HOUSE (Mike De Kock, Kevin Shea) 13-2
2. EASTERN ANTHEM (Mubarak bin Shafya, Ahmad Ajtebi) 15-1
3. RUSSIAN SAGE (Mike De Kock, Bernard Faydherbe) 15-1
4. SPANISH MOON (Sir Michael Stoute, Ryan Moore) 30-1
5. KING OF ROME (Mike De Kock, John Murtagh) 12-1
6. YOUMZAIN (Mick Channon, Richard Hills) 7-1
7. PURPLE MOON (Luca Cumani, Jamie Spencer) 8-1
8. MARSH SIDE (Neil Drysdale, Edgar Prado) 30-1
9. DEEM (Jerry Barton, Mick Kinane) 20-1
10. QUIJANO (Peter Schiergen, Andrasch Starke) 11-2
11. KINGS GAMBIT (Herman Brown, John Egan) 20-1
12. RED ROCKS (Mark Hennig, Javier Castellano) 30-1
13. DOCTOR DINO (Richard Gibson, Olivier Peslier) 4-1
14. KIRKLEES (Saeed bin Suroor, Frankie Dettori) 12-1
15. MACARTHUR (Mike De Kock, Darren Beadman) 20-1



RACE 5 - DUBAI DUTY FREE (G1)

11:55 am ET, 8:55am PT
Purse - $5,000,000
Distance - 1777 meters, turf (about 9 furlongs)

Post position, horse (trainer, jockey) DubaiRaceNight.com morning line

1. BANKABLE (Mike De Kock, John Murtagh) 20-1
2. GLADIATORUS (Mubarak bin Shafya, Ahmad Ajtebi) 20-1
3. VODKA (K Sumii, Yutaka Take) 7-2
4. NICONERO (David Hayes, Craig Williams) 30-1
5. HYPERBARIC (Julio Canani, Tyler Baze) 30-1
6. CREACHADOIR (Saeed bin Suroor, Ted Durcan) 25-1
7. KIP DEVILLE (Rick Dutrow, Cornelio Velasquez) 12-1
8. BALIUS (Abdullah bin Huzaim, Willie Supple) 10-1
9. ALEXANDROS (Saeed bin Suroor, Mick Kinane) 30-1
10. ARCHIPENKO (Mike De Kock, Kevin Shea) 4-1
11. TUESDAY JOY (Gai Waterhouse, Darren Beadman) 10-1
12. LADY MARIAN (Saeed bin Suroor, Frankie Dettori) 15-1
13. PACO BOY (Richard Hannon, Richard Hughes) 8-1
14. CHARLIE FARNSBARNS (Brian Meehan, Jamie Spencer) 50-1
15. JAY PEG (Herman Brown, Weichong Marwing) 7-1
16. PRESVIS (Luca Cumani, Ryan Moore) 25-1



RACE 4 - DUBAI GOLDEN SHAHEEN (G1)

10:55am ET, 7:55am PT
Purse - $2,000,000
Distance - 1200 meters, dirt (about 6 furlongs)

Post position, horse (trainer, jockey) morning line

1. FORCE FREEZE (Doug Watson, Fernando Jara) 20-1
2. BIG CITY MAN (Jerry Barton, Jose Verenzuela) 4-1
3. DIABOLICAL (Saeed bin Suroor, Frankie Dettori) 6-1
4. LUCKY QUALITY (Y Tsui, Olivier Doleuze) 15-1
5. CHANGE ALLEY (Ali Rashid Al Raihe, Royston Ffrench) 30-1
6. BLACK SEVENTEEN (Brian Koriner, Clinton Potts) 8-1
7. MARCHAND D’OR (Freddie Head, Davy Bonilla) 12-1
8. BALTHAZAAR’S GIFT (Rod Simpson, Daragh O’Donohue) 50-1
9. MACHISMO (John Sadler, Tyler Baze) 12-1
10. HAMMADI (Doug Watson, John Murtagh) 50-1
11. BAMBOO ERE (Adi Adachi, Yutaka Take) 15-1
12. INDIAN BLESSING (Bob Baffert, Edgar Prado) 5-2



RACE 3 - UAE DERBY (G2)

10:15am ET, 7:15am PT
Purse - $2,000,000
Distance - 1800 meters (about 9 furlongs), dirt

Post position, horse (trainer, jockey) DubaiRaceNight.com morning line

1. REGAL RANSOM (Saeed bin Suroor, Alan Garcia) 8-1
2. I AM THE BEST (Ali Rashid Al Raihe, Royston Ffrench) 30-1
3. LELAH DORAK (Badar Resaque, Edgar Prado) 20-1
4. MUY PONDERADO (Mubarak bin Shafya, Wayne Smith) 60-1
5. DESERT PARTY (Saeed bin Suroor, Lanfranco Dettori) 4-5
6. REDDING COLLIERY (Herman Brown, John Egan) 7-1
7. SO SHINY (Jerry Barton, Fernando Jara) 12-1
8. RA JUNIOR (Brian Meehan, Jamie Spencer) 25-1
9. BALCARCE NOV (Herman Brown, Weichong Marwing) 40-1
10. JOSE ADAN (Saeed bin Suroor, Ted Durcan) 20-1
11. SOY LIBRIANO (Mubarak bin Shafya, Ahmad Ajtebi) 20-1
12. NAVAL OFFICER (Jerry Barton, Mick Kinane) 10-1
13. PASO DE GLORIA (Mubarak bin Shafya, Willie Supple) 60-1



RACE 2 - GODOLPHIN MILE (G2)

9:40am ET, 6:40am PT
Purse - $1,000,000
Distance - 1600 meters, dirt (about 10 furlongs)

Post position, horse (trainer, jockey) DubaiRaceNight.com morning line

1. CAT JUNIOR (Brian Meehan, Jamie Spencer) 20-1
2. DON RENATO (Jerry Barton, Wigberto Ramos) 40-1
3. SUMMER DOLDRUMS (Doug Watson, Alan Garcia) 50-1
4. TWO STEP SALSA (Saeed bin Suroor, Lanfranco Dettori) 5-2
5. GREEN COAST (Doug Watson, Fernando Jara) 15-1
6. KALAHARI GOLD (Doug Watson, Richard Hills) 20-1
7. AL MORHIJ (Badar Resaque, Ryan Moore) 25-1
8. TIZ NOW TIZ THEN (Satish Seemar, Edgar Prado) 10-1
9. BRAVE TIN SOLDIER (Mike de Kock, Christophe Lemaire) 50-1
10. ART OF WAR (Mike de Kock, John Murtagh) 20-1
11. INFORMED (Doug O’Neill, Aaron Gryder) 6-1
12. LUCKY FIND (Mike de Kock, Kevin Shea) 15-1
13. GAYEGO (Saeed bin Suroor, Ted Durcan) 3-1
14. GOLDEN ARROW (Erwan Charpy, Tadhg O’Shea) 40-1
15. DIJEERR (Mubarak bin Shafya, Ahmad Ajtebi) 12-1

Indian Blessing should be 3/5 and Black Seventeen 5/2 ... cinch exacta.

The 30/1 on Happy Boy looks good to me. Go Ahmad Ajtebi go!

The fact that they're giving $6,000,000 away to this group of woodchucks makes me want to commit hari kiri.

Why is the Godolphin Mile 10 furlongs?

More importantly, how is 1600 meters about 10 furlongs?

you have to do a double take on the dirt races, when you compare the purse and the field. Indian Blessing might embarrass that bunch.
Albertus Maximus morning line favorite for the World Cup??

Has Indian Blessing raced with lasix in the states?

I don't think it's as straight forward as many think.

Oh, it's as straight forward as many think.

Its a shocking World Cup field, 13 of the 14 runners (Anak Nakal the exception) are rated between 113 and 119. Anything could win this..

And does anyone know why the title of the races is :

DUBAI WORLD CUP SPONSORED BY DUBAI WORLD CUP??

Then I guess we have our winner.

It is scary

Go Casino Drive! :)

Not without drugs, I won't be. I'm assuming it's had everything in the States? The draw is usually a key issue in the sprint, and I've not had chance to really look at that yet.

A few decent sprinters in there, won't be easy against horses used to the conditions.

Without drugs?

Please, our sprinters go over there and win that joke of a race every year. Look at the last five winners of the race...

* '08 Benny the Bull over Idiot Proof

* '07 The moderate Kelly's Landing over the moderate Friendly Island

* '06 The moderate Proud Tower Too over the moderate Thor's Echo

* '05 the moderate Saratoga County won

* '04 the moderate Our New Recruit over the moderate Alke

I see they named Prado on Indian Blessing ... about the last big name rider you ever want to see named on speed. Still shouldn't matter. As long as they don't install a synthetic surface like Santa Anita has in the next two days .. she will win with disdainful ease.

Such insane amounts of money being given away... and when Meydan opens, it could be more!

I agree with you on everything else but do you actually have a list of what jockeys should be on speed in straightaway sprint races? If so, I'm very impressed.

Diabolical
 

If he runs like he did in th BC Sprint he will smoke this group. Making it look easy. :tro:

that was turf

Yes, but this horse has run a few monsters on dirt too, and he lives there.

No he won't. . .

I guess we shall see.

does that mean that they should of sent over Finallymadeit?

RACE 2
GODOLPHIN MILE
1600M(a8F) Dirt (TB)
Jockey
Al Morhij - Ryan Moore


RACE 3
UAE DERBY
1800M(a9F) Dirt (TB)
Jockey
Lelah Dorak - Edgar Prado

I steadfastly maintain Happy Boy isn't a bum.

Even though he got hurt after his one monster win over the track last year .. which was very legit ... and Godolphin bought him and tried to ruin him by sending him to Europe.

He's actually run a couple of half way decent races in a row and his form is starting to come back from the grave. 30/1 on the ML .. and there is no way in hell anyone's finding that horse appealing besides me. I'm going to be a rich man after they run that race.

Casino Drive like dirt and should like the sloppy the track that is all but guaranteed. His early Beyer of 102 and most recent Post rating of 120 put him as high if not higher in both those categories, considering his brevity of races and potential room for continued improvement
Still, I may box him with My Indy

hope it pays good... I'm considering the exact same box.

i like big city man and diabolical

Godolphin's first win on Dubai World Cup night since 2006. Could be a great night for them!

I am looking for a big win by DESERT PARTY here...just to possibly make the KY Derby that much more interesting....

2 Derby horses for Godolphin? both absolutely miles clear of the 3rd..

I have always thought Desert Party was good, but overrated.

Anyone remember last year on AM Saratoga when Kiaran McLaughin said Regal Ranson who had yet to start was "his best 2-year-old?"

ntamm1215 and I drafted him in our fantasy stable based off that only to watch him tank out west. And of course today, I have zero on his nose to win.

lets hope they both run in the derby.

They will.

Desert Party will be 22-1.
Regal Ransom will be 35-1.

Did the announcer continue to call Gayego "Gay Ego" in the GODOLPHIN MILE? They showed his sprint win there, and he kept calling him that all the way to the wire.

Brilliant from former US sprinter Big City Man. I love this guy, watch out for the nice tackle he does mid race to the horse on his right!!

Congrats to LAD regular rider Jose Verenzuela as well!!!

Edgar Prado put on his typical masterpiece on Indian Blessing. Even though his numbers are mind-bogglingly bad with speed sprinters ... he's normally a very good gate rider ... he got IB totally left at the start and had to rush up the outside fense on a track that has been looking pretty kind to the inside.

He's about the only rider in the country skilled enough to suck the life out of Fabulous Strike and get him to run a 65 pace figure going 7fs after a good break. Clever move by Baffert naming him.

Not if YOU owned one of the "woodchucks".
:zz:

First off, I never realized it was pronounced Gay Ego, either

Isn't Alexandros being forgotten here in the 5th?