Arabian stakes spice up Saturday card

Two Arabian stakes, the Grade 1, $50,000 Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al Nahyan Arabian Cup and the $41,000 H. H. Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak, will complement the $100,000 Everett Nevin Stakes on Saturday at Oak Tree at Pleasanton.

The six-furlong Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al Nahyan Arabian Cup matches the top two finishers each of the past two years. Paddys Day won in 2015 and was second at 1-2 last year. Sand Victor won last year and was second in 2015.

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Paddys Day has been an odds-on winner in all three of his starts this year, beating Sand Victor in Grade 1 races at Houston and Santa Anita. Sand Victor is coming off a victory over this track on June 25.

The H. H. Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak is a six-furlong stakes for fillies and mares with all runners ridden by amateur female jockeys.

Dream Pearl, the runner-up to Sand Victor on June 25, was second earlier this year in the Ladies World Championship. Ivory Shores brings a three-race winning streak into the race.