It was like the first day back at school at Churchill Downs, where racing resumed Thursday. It is also where the first points prep for the 2022 Kentucky Derby – the Iroquois Stakes – will be run Saturday night. Since the race has never produced a Derby winner, it becomes an even better bet when horseplayers handicap it on its own merits. On that score, it may come as a surprise to learn who among trainers has dominated the Iroquois in recent years.
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Mystic Guide Headlines Expected Field Of 14 For 2021 Dubai World Cup Sponsored by:
Ghostzapper colt Mystic Guide wins the Razorback Handicap by six lengths under Luis Saez
A cast of 14 Group or Grade 1 winners with a combined 23 victories at the highest level are set to line up for the 25th running of Dubai World Cup day at Meydan Racecourse on Saturday March 27, 2021.
A total of 117 horses from 11 countries will compete across a spectacular day of racing worth USD$26.5m that features six Group 1 and three Group 2 contests.
The Group 1 $12m Dubai World Cup Sponsored by Emirates Airline and held over 2000m (1 1/4 miles) welcomes a 14-strong line up headed by the highest-rated Mystic Guide, trained by Michael Stidham in the USA. Mystic Guide is one of three Godolphin-owned runners in the field with the Saeed Bin Suroor-trained Gifts of Gold also representing the home team. The third Godolphin runner comes in the shape of Magny Course, the charge of French maestro Andre F
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Salute The Soldier became the most cosmopolitan of Group 1 winners as he booked his ticket for the Dubai World Cup with a resolute victory in the third round of the Al Maktoum Challenge on the Super Saturday card at Meydan.
German-bred but trained and part-owned by Bahrain s Fawzi Nass, the six-year-old was ridden by a Dutchman, and the safe pair of hands of Adrie De Vries ensured he had enough in the locker after travelling ominously well at the front throughout the ten furlongs.
Salute The Soldier s pedigree is even more international as he was bred by well-known British owner Alan Spence out of an unraced Street Cry mare, Street Fire, from a good Juddmonte family and a daughter of a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Monzante. She has otherwise produced only minor winners, several of which have been in Saudi Arabia.