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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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RIYADH: With the Saudi Cup less than a fortnight away, the likely runners for the two-day $30.5 million event have been revealed.
The field will be led by a strong American contingent including Brad Cox’s Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile and Pegasus World Cup winner Knicks Go.
The King Abdul Aziz Racecourse in Riyadh will host 77 overseas contenders representing 13 different countries from around the world who between them have won 24 Group or Grade 1 contests.
Also lining up in the Saudi capital from the US will be Grade 1 Malibu Stakes winner Charlatan, and Tacitus, who finished fifth in the inaugural race last year and is owned by Juddmonte Farms.