This might be the best week yet for international participation at the Carnival, with horses from 10 countries set to line up across the seven races on Friday. It should still be a good night for the home Godolphin team, however. They have a stranglehold on the night’s feature, the Group 3 Nad Al-Sheba Trophy. They’ve won it nine times, including the last six, and field four
Having finished placed in three races last week, I’m hoping we see a fightback from the visiting international contingent against the locals when Meydan stages its fourth Carnival meeting on Friday. There are 23 overseas-trained horses taking part across the eight races and they have some strong chances of recording a third winner, having already had Enemy and Al-Dasim triumph