Charles Fipke and Dallas Stewart are getting ready to say goodbye to Forever Unbridled, the best horse Fipke has owned, the best Stewart has trained. Forever Unbridled was produced by Lemons Forever in 2012, and she ends her racing career Saturday in the $10 million Dubai World Cup.
The Group 1 races on the World Cup card are to be drawn and post positions assigned Wednesday, but that process took place for the other four races on the card Monday.
Rayya, who has been based in Dubai this winter, will ship to the U.S. and join trainer Bob Baffert's stable after she starts Saturday night in the $2 million UAE Derby.
American horses here for World Cup races will work a moderate half or three furlongs Monday or Tuesday this week, or even just gallop into their start on Saturday. But Talismanic and Cloth of Stars got serious just after 5 a.m. Monday, breaking off on the clubhouse turn and working around to the wire.
West Coast also may be the best dirt horse in the world, and he will get a chance to show that Saturday night as Baffert tries to win his fourth World Cup and second in a row following Arrogate's dazzling performance a year ago.
Fine Needle won Sunday’s Grade 1 Takamatsunomiya Kinen for turf sprinters at Chuyko Racecourse in Japan, giving Sheikh Mohammed’s world-famous Godolphin Racing its first win at the highest level of Japanese racin
The legendary mare Winx won her 24th consecutive race in Saturday’s Group 1 George Ryder Stakes at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse outside of Sydney, Australia, setting a record of 17 Grade 1 or Group 1 wins by a flat horse.
At 7, Red Falx retains a commanding presence in Japan’s turf-sprint division. Last October, Red Falx won the Grade 1 Sprinters’ Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse. On Sunday, Red Falx will be favored to win the first Grade 1 race of the 2018 Japanese season in the $2.053 million Takamatsunomiya Kinen at Chuyko Racecourse.
Eastern Express could be back in the winner’s circle after Sunday’s $237,081 Sapphire Handicap at the same distance at Sha Tin in Hong Kong.
Andrew Hawkins' Hong Kong selections and analysis for Sunday, March 25, 2018 - Sha Tin
