Weekend Stakes Beyers: Royal Delta 110

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Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

The performances of Royal Delta and Game On Dude since returning from Dubai are interesting.

In the days of Nad Al Sheba and dirt -- our horses would go over and run their guts out and dominate. Some of the ones who ran huge would come back and fire a couple more good ones, while others wouldn't. You'd have to hear about the so-called 'Dubai bounce'

Royal Delta and Game On Dude just did the reverse -- they got clowned by international grass horses on tapeta -- and both of them came right back here and ran dramatically well.

Maybe the phrase 'Dubai bounce' will be replaced with 'Dubai Non-effort'

i figure that ultimately dubai will have done american racing a favor by installing that surface. perhaps it will mean a return to greatness for the big cap out west, oaklawn needs to infuse some money into their premier older horse race...i can see top dirt horses skipping the trip-what's the point? they're helpless on that surface.
now, dullahan-that horse needs to go over next year.