Wildman Jack points to Golden Shaheen Sprint

ARCADIA, Calif. – Wildman Jack, a multiple stakes winner in sprints on turf and dirt, is likely to have his next start in the Group 1 Golden Shaheen Sprint at six furlongs on dirt at Meydan Racecourse on March 28 in Dubai.

Wildman Jack won the Grade 3 Palos Verdes Stakes at six furlongs on Jan. 23 at Santa Anita, drawing away by 4 1/4 lengths. Trainer Doug O’Neill said the Group 1 Al Quoz Sprint at about six furlongs on turf on March 28 at Meydan is another possibility.

“We’ll probably lean dirt,” O’Neill said.

After the Palos Verdes, O’Neill said Wildman Jack was a candidate for the Al Quoz or Golden Shaheen.

In 2020, Wildman Jack won the Group 3 Nad Al Sheba Turf Sprint at Meydan when O’Neill had a small stable in Dubai. Wildman Jack later won the Grade 3 Daytona Stakes at 5 1/2 furlongs on turf at Santa Anita last May and was seventh in the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint on Nov. 7 at Keeneland after leading in the stretch.