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Maybe itâs not against ALL odds, but the Saudi Cup looks set to take another mighty step forward
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Pegasus winner Knicks Go - pictured exercising on the Riyadh dirt on Thursday - faces a potentially spectacular clash with Saudi Cup favourite Charlatan on Saturday. Photo: Mathea Kelley/Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia
A neat overview of the progress of the world’s richest race before this weekend’s second edition appeared earlier this week under the headline ‘Saudi Cup Survives and Thrives Against All Odds’.
Written from an American viewpoint, the central argument rightly suggested that the two-day event had managed to overcome some fairly forbidding obstacles to claim its place on the world stage.
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DUBAI: With the second running of the world’s richest horse race only days away, two of Bahrain’s leading trainers have their eyes firmly fixed on plundering the top races on Saudi Cup weekend with Fawzi Nass and Allan Smith both once again bidding to make a mark at King Abdulaziz Racecourse in Riyadh.
The returning trainers will have interest across the weekend on both Saudi Cup day - Saturday Feb. 20 - and the International Jockeys Challenge the previous day.
A year ago, at the inaugural Saudi Cup, Nass made history when his Port Lions won the very first race on turf in the Kingdom, and the Bahrain native is back once again with his stable star Simsir, while Smith’s Dark Power will attempt back-to-back wins in the $1 million STC 1351 Turf Sprint on Saturday.