3/30 (MEY): Dubai World Cup

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by Left Bank

AK did that in a breeze! That was impressive. Joel didn't even hit him in the stretch.

He saved the day for the Americans.

Here are how the Americans performed:

Race 2: Alpha (5th at 13/1 odds)

Race 4: Dice Flavor (8th at 9/1) He's Had Enough (11th at 11/1 odds)

Race 5: Varsity (6th at 6/1 ) and Great Attack (11th at 9/1 odds)

Race 6: Trinniberg (11th at 3/1) and Private Zone (9th at 5/1)

Race 7: Little Mike (11th at 2/1 odds)

Race 8: Animal Kingdom (1st at 5/2) Royal Delta (10th at 3/1) and Dullahan (11th at 5/1 odds)


Americans on the day: 11 starts, 1 win, 0 seconds, 0 thirds, 0 fourths

Even though we always totally dominated this card when it was on dirt, I have to think today is one of the greatest days in American racing history simply because we won a 10f International Grade 1 race on synthetic.

Animal Kingdom is a unique kind of horse, he's the only horse to ever win the Kentucky Derby without ever having started on dirt before it. And now he's won a major International Group 1 on a surface Americans are a total joke on.