3/29 (MEY): Dubai World Cup

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3rd (9:45) Dubai Gold Cup (G2)

About 2 Miles (Turf) | Open | 3 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $1,000,000

1 1 Dabadiyan (IRE) Foley S Halford Michael 120 15-1
2 2 Star Empire (SAF) Soumillon C de Kock Michael F 126 5-1
3 3 Ernest Hemingway (IRE) O'Brien J P O'Brien Aidan P 126 12-1
4 4 Moment In Time (IRE) Crowley J V Simcock David 121 30-1
5 5 Ralston Road (IRE) O'Shea T P Seemar Sateesh 120 30-1
6 6 Songcraft (IRE) Barzalona M bin Suroor Saeed 126 6-1
7 7 Cavalryman (GB) De Sousa S A bin Suroor Saeed 126 5-2
8 8 Joshua Tree (IRE) Moore R Dunlop Edward 126 10-1
9 9 Seismos (IRE) Atzeni A Wohler Andreas 126 15-1
10 10 Jamr (GB) de Vries A bin Harmash Ahmad 126 60-1
11 11 Saddler's Rock (IRE) McDonogh Daragh P Oxx J. 126 30-1
12 12 Now We Can (GB) Thulliez T Clement Nicolas 126 20-1
13 13 Sheikhzayedroad (GB) Lane M Simcock David 126 60-1
14 14 Certerach (IRE) Spencer J Halford Michael 126 8-1
15 15 Simenon (IRE) Smullen P J Mullins William P 126 20-1

Win / Place / Exacta / Trifecta (.50 MIN) / Superfecta (.10 MIN) Pick 3 (Races 3-4-5) / Daily Double

This is another race where i think the favorite, #7 Cavalryman looks the part, because he's beaten a lot of these, relishes the long distance (where you're unsure if some of these wanna go that far), has 2 wins and a 3rd over this turf course, and oh... yeah... he won this race last year and still seems to be in good form.

#15 Simenon I think has an outside chance to beat Cavalryman. He's getting a 2nd run over the Meydan turf off a 5-month layoff, where Cavalryman beat him easily 3 weeks ago. But this horse relishes the extra ground, and is definitely eligible to improve. And, I think he's run against some big-tymers since his last 3 races before the layoff were the Hong Kong Vase, Japan Cup and Melbourne Cup. So he's battle tested. I doubt you'll get that 20-1 ML price, but I'd take half that and be happy.

#1 Dabadiyan and #13 Sheikzayadroad are steady horses that have had plenty of runs over this surface and also think like going longer. So I think they're decent plays underneath at long odds.