Everything seemed to happen in twos Saturday in Dubai on a Meydan card featuring Round 3 of the Al Maktoum Challenge. Salute the Soldier won the Group 1, $450,000 Maktoum Challenge for the second time, adding Saturday’s score to his 2021 tally. His trainer, Fawzi Nass, and jockey, Adrie de Vries, made it a double in the Super Saturday feature one race after landing the $170,000 Al Bastakiya with progressive Go Soldier Go. For the second year in a row, Alfareeq captured the supporting feature, the Group 1, $350,000 Jebel Hatta. Well regarded Godolphin runners Master of the Seas, Real World, and Valiant Prince all failed to land a blow in the Jebel Hatta, but Godolphin, trainer Charlie Appleby, and jockey William Buick nonetheless notched a turf double on the night. Global Storm dictated a slow pace and comfortably held clear favored Kemari in the Group 2, 250,000 Dubai City of Gold over 1 1/2 miles, while Al Suhail was totally dominant winning the seven-furlong, $300,000 Ras Al Khor by four lengths. Trainer Bhupat Seemar had a dirt-stakes double with Discovery Island in the Group 3, $250,000 Burj Nahaar and with Sound Money in the Group 3, $250,000 Mahab al Shimaal. And Sound Money’s jockey. Mickael Barzalona, was doubling on the night there after piloting Al Dasim to a definitive victory in the Group 3, $250,000 Nad Al Sheba Turf Sprint. Al Dasim won his second turf sprint in a month while extending a winning streak to five. Salute the Soldier wore down heavily favored Bendoog in the Maktoum Challenge Round 3, overcoming a wide draw and ground loss to win by two lengths. The 8-year-old struggled during the winter of 2021-22 and while back to his best Saturday, he was fortunate to catch a modest renewal of this 2,000-meter prep for the $12 million Dubai World Cup. It’s difficult to imagine either of the top two home making much impact in the big race. :: Take your handicapping to the next level and play with FREE DRF Past Performances - Formulator or Classic.  Six-year-old Alfareeq held on by a neck in the 1,800-meter Jebel Hatta, where the one to keep an eye on probably is third-place Master of the Seas. Al Fareeq is on a pattern similar to 2022, when he went from his Jebel Hatta win on to a sixth-place finish in the Dubai Turf on the World Cup undercard. Master of the Seas came flying home Saturday, finishing a neck behind pacesetting runner-up El Drama, who was a neck behind Alfareeq, but even Master of the Seas might lack the quality to land a real blow in the Dubai Turf three weeks hence. Real World, racing for the first time since a second-place finish last June in the Group 1 Queen Anne, was the disappointment, checking in 10th with no apparent excuse. Al Suhail, another 6-year-old, is in absolutely roaring form, cruising to the smoothest of wins in the Ras Al Khor after defeating Alfareeq by four lengths in his previous outing. Both those races came at Meydan’s one-turn, 1,400 meter trip, and Al Suhail would have to cut back to the straight 1,200 meters of the Group 1 Al Quoz Sprint to find a spot on the World Cup card. The Al Quoz prep, the Nad Al Sheba, came up a soft race, and 3-year-old Al Dasim proved much the best despite a poor inside draw. Getting about 10 pounds from his 14 older rivals, Al Dasim tracked the pace and won by more than two lengths over Miqyaas, who held form following a stakes win last month in this division. Whether Al Dasim, trained by George Boughey, has the talent to run his win streak to six in the Al Quoz is an open question. Sound Money exposed the weakness of the local dirt sprint division winning the 1,200-meter Mahab al Shimaal, a prep for the Dubai Golden Shaheen, by 2 3/4 lengths in his Dubai debut. Trained in America by Chad Brown, Sound Money, a 5-year-old by Flatter, had been second in the Westchester and second in the True North last year, earning a peak Beyer Speed Figure of 98. He easily took care of business Saturday, opening a big lead in mid-stretch and cruising to victory over runner-up Isolate. The winning time, 1:11.05, was moderate by the race’s historical standard. :: Get Daily Racing Form Past Performances – the exclusive home of Beyer Speed Figures Discovery Island, still another 6-year-old, probably ran the best race of his life winning the 1,600-meter Burj Nahaar by 1 1/2 lengths over Raaeb. Racing mid-pack and coming with a wide run in upper stretch, Discovery Island, by Dubawi, now has won half his eight starts on the Meydan dirt oval. The Doug O’Neill-trained filly Ami Please, who wound up third, had the lead with 200 meters left in the Al Bastikiya before Go Soldier Go, who won by a head, and Mr Raj whizzed past with a half-furlong to run. Go Soldier Go, a tall, lanky model by Tapiture, won for the second time in a row while turning in his best performance to date getting up over the capable Mr Raj as the top two opened three lengths on Ami Please. Mr Raj had been third last out in the UAE 2000 Guineas and the top two from that race, Tall Boy and Shirl’s Bee, figure to be stronger candidates for the UAE Derby on March 25. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.