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dubai — ClotH OF StArs mADE HorsE rACInG romAntICs Drool wItH A FAsCInAtInG run In tHE 2017 PrIx DE l’ArC DE TrIompHE At CHAntIlly.
THE fivE-yEAr-olD son oF SEA THE StArs mAy HAvE only finIsHED runnEr-up In tHAt rACE, But HE wIll stArt As tHE ovErwHElmInG FAvourItE In tHE $6 mIllIon DuBAI SHEEmA ClAssIC At MEyDAn on SAturDAy.
TrAInEr AnDré FABrE CErtAInly BElIEvEs tHE GoDolpHIn HorsE wIll BE A FormIDABlE CompEtItor on tHE MEyDAn trACk.
“THE LonGInEs DuBAI SHEEmA ClAssIC HAs BEComE onE oF tHE ImportAnt rACEs For tHIs typE oF HorsE,” tHE FrEnCHmAn sAID. “It Is A Group 1 AnD Is run ovEr 2400m. It Is A GooD CompEtItIon AnD AttrACts GooD HorsEs, It Is pErFECt For tHIs HorsE.”
IF ClotH OF StArs DoEs Go on to run tHE most mEmorABlE rACE oF HIs lIFE, It wIll GIvE FABrE A sEConD wIn In tHIs CompEtItIon. HIs lAst wIn CAmE wItH PolIsH SummEr In 2004.
MultIplE DuBAI WorlD Cup nIGHt wInnEr AnDy O’BrIEn wIll pIn HopEs on LAnCAstEr BomBEr In tHE $6 mIllIon DuBAI TurF.
“I Am ConfiDEnt. THE prEps wErE GooD. LAnCAstEr BomBEr rAn In HonG KonG. HE DID wEll,” sAID IrIsH trAInEr O’BrIEn wHo BrokE tHE rECorD For most Group or GrADE 1 wIns In A sInGlE yEAr wItH 28 vICtorIEs In 2017.
CHArlIE ApplEBy’s BlAIr HousE wIll BE AnotHEr stronG ContEnDEr In tHIs rACE.
MEyDAn wIll BE CurIous to sEE PEtEr MIllEr’s ConquEst TsunAmI AnD RICHArD’s Boy In tHE $1 mIllIon Al Quoz SprInt.
THEsE two HorsEs mIrACulously survIvED tHE CAtAstropHIC wIlDfirE In CAlIFornIA lAst DECEmBEr. Now tHrEE montHs AFtEr tHAt DIsAstEr tHAt kIllED fivE oF MIllEr’s BEst HorsEs, ConquEst TsunAmI wIll stArt As onE oF tHE FAvourItEs.
“You know wE CoulDn’t finD lot oF tHE HorsEs For two-tHrEE DAys. WE CoulDn’t finD ConquEst TsunAmI For A CouplE oF DAys. RICHArD’s Boy wE FounD HIm In somE BACkyArD FArm, you know, 10 mIlEs AwAy,” MIllEr tolD rEportErs In DuBAI.
REmArkABly, MIllEr Is now BACkInG ConquEst TsunAmI to sEt tHE stAGE on firE.
“I tHInk ConquEst TsunAmI Is my BEst CHAnCE In tHAt rACE BECAusE HE Is sHArp As A rAzor. It’s GoInG to BE A GooD rACE.”
But ConquEst TsunAmI Is lIkEly to FACE A touGH fiGHt From GoDolpHIn’s BluE PoInt.
All EyEs wIll BE on VAzIrABAD In tHE $1 mIllIon DuBAI GolD Cup. THE sIx-yEAr-olD HAs won tHIs rACE tHrEE tImEs But ApplEBy’s RArE RHytHm CoulD turn out to BE tHE DArk HorsE.
EConomIC MoDEl wIll BE tHE FAvourItE In tHE $1 mIllIon GoDolpHIn MIlE. rituraj@khaleejtimes.com