Dubai World Cup

[my miss storm cat]

7 21:30 DUBAI WORLD CUP - SPONSORED BY EMIRATES AIRLINE 2000M(a10F) Dirt
For NH 4YO+ & SH 3YO+ Weight: SH 3YO 53kg. NH & SH 4YO+ 57kg

Rail Position: True Safety Limit: 16
Total Purse: 6,000,000 USD Group I


1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

3,600,000 1,200,000 600,000 300,000 180,000 120,000

18 (13-4-1)

1(1) SWAY YED (KSA) O Peslier
7yrs Bay H (22) S Alkahtani
110 57.0 Kg [TT] Prince Badr bin Abdulaziz Sons

15 (4-2-0)

2(2) WELL ARMED (USA) A Gryder
5yrs Bay G (49) E Harty
116 57.0 Kg [TT] Winstar Farm LLC

10 (6-1-1)

3(3) HAPPY BOY (BRZ) K McEvoy
4yrs Gr C (72) S bin Suroor
112 57.0 Kg Godolphin

22 (7-4-5)

4(4) KOCAB (GB) S Pasquier
6yrs Bay H (22) A Fabre
113 57.0 Kg K Abdullah

14 (3-4-1)

5(5) GREAT HUNTER (USA) G Gomez
4yrs Db/br C (28) D O'Neill
110 57.0 Kg [b] [TT] J Paul Reddam

24 (10-4-2)

6(6) PREMIUM TAP (USA) S Madrid
6yrs Bay H (22) J Gardel
115 57.0 Kg [B1] [TT-] King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Sons

22 (11-3-0)

7(7) VERMILION (JPN) Y Take
6yrs DkB H (34) S Ishizaka
118 57.0 Kg Sunday Racing Co Ltd

7 (4-2-0)

8(8) JALIL (USA) L Dettori
4yrs Db/br C (23) S bin Suroor
118 57.0 Kg Godolphin

11 (6-2-1)

9(9) ASIATIC BOY (ARG) J Murtagh
4yrs Bay C (23) M de Kock
117 57.0 Kg Sh Mohd bin Khalifa Al Maktoum

12 (6-4-1)

10(10) LUCKY FIND (SAF) K Shea
4yrs Ch G (23) M de Kock
115 57.0 Kg [TT-] Sh Ahmed bin Mohd bin Khalifa Al Maktoum

12 (5-3-2)

11(11) GLÓRIA DE CAMPEÃO (BRZ) C Lemaire
4yrs Bay C (23) P Bary
115 57.0 Kg Estrela Energia Stables

10 (7-1-2)

12(12) CURLIN (USA) R Albarado
4yrs Ch C (30) S Asmussen
129 57.0 Kg [TT] Stonestreet Stables & Midnight Cry Stables

22 (5-5-6)

13(13) A P ARROW (USA) R Dominguez
6yrs Ch H (56) T Pletcher
115 57.0 Kg [V] Allen E Paulson Living Trust


The following horses have been declared with Shadow Rolls: ASIATIC BOY (ARG), GLÓRIA DE CAMPEÃO (BRZ), GREAT HUNTER (USA), LUCKY FIND (SAF), WELL ARMED (USA)

TRACK RECORD: 25-Mar-00 Dubai Millennium (GB) 57.0 2000 Fast 1:59:50 L Dettori

[my miss storm cat]

Figured i should add this link on this one.....

http://blog.dubairacingclub.com/

[NoChanceToDance]

Am I forgetting something here or am I right in thinking nothing will get within five lengths of Curlin here. I just can't see any obvious reason why anything else can beat him.

Jalil is still unexposed on dirt, and open to improvement, but we don't know how much. I would be surprised if he was good enough. The same can be said about Happy Boy.

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by NoChanceToDance

Am I forgetting something here or am I right in thinking nothing will get within five lengths of Curlin here. I just can't see any obvious reason why anything else can beat him.

Jalil is still unexposed on dirt, and open to improvement, but we don't know how much. I would be surprised if he was good enough. The same can be said about Happy Boy.

Last year's Premium Tap could have been right there. After his last race though I'm not sure he's anywhere near last year's Premium Tap.

[NoChanceToDance]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

Last year's Premium Tap could have been right there. After his last race though I'm not sure he's anywhere near last year's Premium Tap.

Yeah, before his last run I thought it could be a pretty decent match up between the two, but after than sub standard performance I'm starting to wonder if Premium Tap might be past the big time now, maybe?

I love Curlin, but it's rather disappointing that this race is likely to become a one horse race in the final stages.

[ArlJim78]

I have no confidence in Premium Tap this year.
The only thing I can say in terms of a threat to Curlin is that I would not totally discount Vermilions chances. I realize he threw a clunker last year in this race, but it was so bad it might be wise to just throw out the effort.

Since then he's been flawless in Gr1's including a really strong performance in the Japan Cup, a tough race over a demanding track.

I'll be using him as the key exotics horse underneath Curlin, and perhaps also on top.