An American in Dubai. That’s the adventure Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas will embark on next month when heads overseas to run Bravazo in the $12 million Dubai World Cup on March 30 at Meydan Racecourse in the United Arab Emirates. “I’ve never been there,” Lukas said Thursday. Bravazo, who last month was fourth in the $9 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational at Gulfstream Park, will be the first overseas starter for Lukas. It’s rare new racing territory for the 83-year-old. Lukas has won more Breeders' Cup races, 20, than any other trainer. “I don’t want to run in this race, or the Arc de Triomphe, unless I feel like I can be competitive,” Lukas said. Bravazo is a maturing runner in the best form of his career, Lukas said. The Grade 2 winner was third to City of Light in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile in November, then proceeded to close his 3-year-old season with a second-place finish in the Grade 1 Clark Handicap, beaten a neck in the race at Churchill. Bravazo hooked City of Light again in the Pegasus and finished 12 lengths behind that dominant winner on a sloppy track Jan. 26. Bravazo earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 94 in the Pegasus. “His effort was good, I thought, considering we were in the one-hole,” Lukas said. “He got pinned down in there, so he took all the worst of it on the trip. I think some horses, when they get down in there and they’re restricted that long and don’t have a clean trip, they get discouraged. He finished up good in the stretch.” Bravazo, a Calumet Farm homebred by Awesome Again, earned $700,000 in the Pegasus to push his career earnings just over $2 million. A rider has not yet been decided for the Dubai World Cup, Lukas said. Bravazo will prep for the race at his winter base of Oaklawn Park.