Animal Kingdom's coat is a rich chestnut, his physique sculpted and picturesque. And when Animal Kingdom is feeling good and doing well, he does not hide it out on the racetrack during morning training.
For the first time in four years since he was parlyzed as the result of a spill at Arlington Park, Rene Douglas was at the track again in Dubai to root for a horse he picked out in Panama at this weekend's big races in Dubai.
Thirteen horses were entered Monday in the Group 1, $10 million Dubai World Cup, while the other eight stakes races on Saturday’s program were drawn with post positions assigned as final preparations ramped up for the richest race card on the planet.
Lord Kanaloa, Japan’s champion sprinter or miler in 2012, won his fourth consecutive race in Sunday’s Grade 1 Takamatsunomiya Kinen at Chuyko Racecourse in Japan, setting a course record in the race over about six furlongs.
Black Caviar extended her unbeaten streak to 24 races by winning the Group 1 William Reid Stakes by four lengths over 50-1 pacesetter Karuta Queen on Friday at Moonee Valley Racecourse in Australia.
Thirteen horses are expected to be entered next week in the $10 million Dubai World Cup, the March 30 centerpiece of what figures to be an outstanding night of racing in the desert.
Lord Kanaloa, who won Grade 1 and Group 1 races for sprinters in Japan and Hong Kong last fall, can win his fourth consecutive race in Sunday’s Group 1 TakamatsunomiyaKinen at Chukyo Racecourse in Japan.
Fields for the 2013 Dubai World Cup card on March 30 at Meydan. Watch and wager on DRF.com.
Purses at Royal Ascot, England’s most prestigious flat-race meeting, have been increased 11 percent, to a record level of approximately $7,550,000 for the five-day meeting from June 18-22.
Black Caviar may go off at career-low odds of 1-25 when she attempts to stretch her unbeaten streak to 24 races in Friday’s Group 1 William Reid Stakes at Mooney Valley Racecourse in Australia.
