Viscount Nelson, a stakes winner in Ireland last year and in Dubai on Feb. 16, is the top contender in a field of 12 in Thursday’s $250,000 Zabeel Mile at Meydan Racecourse in the United Arab Emirates.
Samaready, an Australian-bred 2-year-old filly by More Than Ready, remained unbeaten after three starts with a three-length win in Saturday’s $1.07 million Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield Racecourse.
Falls of Lora looked like Godolphin’s second-string runner going into the UAE Oaks on Thursday at Meydan, but she ran down pacesetting Mary Fildes and won the Group 3, $250,000 race by 2 3/4 lengths.
Samaready, an Australian-bred filly by More than Ready, will be favored to win her Group 1 debut in Saturday’s $1.07 million Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield Racecourse in Australia.
Black Caviar, the Australian mare who has won 19 races in a row in top company, will be rested for several weeks and will not run in the Golden Shaheen in Dubai this year, her trainer, Peter Moody, told the Herald Sun of Australia.
Pimpernel, a stakes winner in England last fall, is the leading contender in Thursday’s $250,000 United Arab Emirates Oaks at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai.
Testa Matta, the only American-bred in a field of 18, scored an upset win in Sunday’s $2.45 million February Stakes at Tokyo Racecourse.
Black Caviar extended her unbeaten streak to 19 races in Saturday’s $802,000 Lightning Stakes at Flemington Racecourse in Australia, a race that could have been her last in that country for several months.
Mahbooba, won for the seventh time in 15 starts, taking the Balanchine Stakes on Friday at Meydan in Dubai.
Master of Hounds ran okay, but it was another Mike de Kock-trained horse, Viscount Nelson, who won the Group 2, $250,000 Al Fahidi Fort on Thursday night at Meydan in Dubai.
