California Chrome has final workout for World Cup prep
California Chrome had his final workout in advance of his planned start in Dubai next week with a half-mile workout in 47.20 seconds at Meydan Racecourse on Friday.
Steve AndersenFeb 19, 2016
California Chrome had his final workout in advance of his planned start in Dubai next week with a half-mile workout in 47.20 seconds at Meydan Racecourse on Friday.
Tryster won for the seventh time in his last eight starts and won the first turf stakes of his career in Thursday’s $200,000 Dubai Millennium Stakes at Meydan Racecourse in the United Arab Emirates.
Haafaguinea, a 6-year-old gelding who has won three of his last four starts, will start in a group stakes for the first time in his career in Thursday’s $200,000 Dubai Millennium Stakes at Meydan Racecourse in the United Arab Emirates.
California Chrome, the 2014 Horse of the Year, recorded his third workout in less than two weeks at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai on Friday, working seven furlongs in 1:24.40. The workout ahead of a $150,000 handicap on Feb. 25 has left trainer Art Sherman somewhat surprised by the 5-year-old's energy.
There were two Group 3 races on the seven-race card at Meydan Racecourse on Thursday night in Dubai, but the horse that grabbed the most attention was Polar River, who blasted home a 13-length winner of the listed UAE 1000 Guineas.
According to a ruling on the Japan Racing Association website, jockey Luis Contreras has been suspended in Japan after testing positive for the painkiller oxycodone on Feb. 6.
From start to finish there are interesting horses in the seven races on the Thursday night World Cup Carnival card at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai. Race 1, the UAE 1000 Guineas, brings out Polar River, the promising filly who has started her career with two dirt wins and could be considered for the Kentucky Oaks
California Chrome worked five furlongs in 59.40 seconds at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai on Friday, preparing for his first of two starts in that country on Feb. 25.
Two hopefuls for the $10 million Dubai World Cup on March 26 are scheduled to start Thursday night at Meydan, but not in the same race. Frosted, winner of the Grade 1 Wood and the Grade 2 Pennsylvania Derby, and most recently seventh in the Breeders’ Cup Classic, starts in the Group 2 Al Maktoum Challenge Round 2, while Mubtaahij, last seen finishing fourth behind second-place Frosted in the Belmont Stakes, races in the Group 3, $200,000 Firebreak Stakes.
Frosted and four other Kiaran McLaughlin-trained horses arrived in Dubai from the U.S. on Jan. 24, and four of them – Frosted included –are slated to race on the Thursday card at Meydan Racecourse.