The victory of the Emirates horses in three out of the seven stages, which constituted the "Super Saturday" race, which was held, yesterday, on the track of Meydan Al-Alami, confirmed its readiness to compete for the most expensive evening titles in horse racing globally, which will be held this 28th, when The Dubai World Cup, which has a total prize pool of 35 million dollars, is taking part in the challenge of running.
The "Super Saturday" race - which sponsored the seven high-rated strides, "Emirates Airlines", with a total prize pool of $ 2.7 million - is the real rehearsal of the Dubai World Cup in terms of distances, sand and grass levels.
The horses of the Emirates achieved three wins, including two wins in the world-class "Group 1" category, through the victory of the horse "Matterhorn", owned by His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, with the title of the third and final round in the "Al Maktoum Challenge" championship, which It took place in the sixth period with a distance of 2000 sandy meters, and was similar to the main half of the Dubai World Cup, before the fifth period covered the "Hatta Mountain Championship", which is also dedicated to the "Group 1" horses, parallel to the grassy ground and a distance of 1800 meters, to the run of "Dubai Turf" in Trophy evening, with a total prize pool of six million dollars, in blue, through achieving Godolphin horses for the centers The first four in this half, before the blue stable horses continued their brilliance with the victory of the horse "Luxley" in the title of the seventh and final half, which represents the "Dubai City of Gold" championship, which was allocated to the "Group 2" horses with a total of prizes amounting to 350 thousand dollars, and qualified to run "Shaima" Classic ”on the evening of the“ Dubai World Cup ”, which takes place over a distance of 2410 meters and the same grass track, with a total prize of six million dollars.
Barney Roy advances Godolphin Quad in Jebel Hatta
Under the direction of coach Charlie Appleby, the horse, Barney Roy, advanced the quadruple victory to the Godolphin horses in the Hatta Mountain championship, after the rider, William Buyuk, pushed the six-year-old horse to progressively progress from the back lines, starting In the last 300 meters, capturing the lead, cut the half-time streak that took place for a distance of 1,800 meters grassy in the first place, achieving a time of one minute 46 seconds and nine parts of a second, a difference of 1.75 length from the horse «Magic Night», which is supervised by Charlie Appleby Also, which led the rider, Michael Barzalona, to second place, with the name Charlie Appleby reappearing Once again with Godolphin "Spotify" who, led by the jockey James Doyle, finished third, before completing the quadruple horse stables, by the title holder of last year's version, the horse "Dream Castle", under the supervision of coach Saeed bin Suroor, and the leadership of the knight Christophe Somion In fourth place.
Bin Ghadeer: "Super Saturday" is the best preparation for the Dubai World Cup
The coach, Salem bin Ghadeer, expressed his happiness at the victory of the horse "Matter Horn" in the title of the third round in the "Al Maktoum Challenge", and that he had an opportunity to compete in the run of the "Dubai World Cup", scheduled on March 28.
Bin Ghadeer confirmed, in press statements, that "the horse (Matterhorn) gave a positive indication before the race," expressing his hopes that he will continue to shine in the "Dubai World Cup", after the five-year-old, who qualified for the big tournament.
He added, "Super Saturday's participation represents a wonderful preparation and preparation for the evening of the Dubai World Cup, the most expensive evening in the world of races, and we look forward to continuing the horse for its strong performances."
And about the possibility of the horse «Matterhorn» in the footsteps of «Electrocutionist» in 2007, and the combination of the final round in the «Al Maktoum Championship» and the Dubai World Cup run, bin Ghadeer said: «Matters are not subject to any prior calculations, for every day his conditions, and it is not a requirement that he achieve The winner of the closing round title (Al Maktoum Cup) won the title of Dubai World Cup ».