DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Frankie Dettori turned back the clock and Bob Baffert won another Dubai World Cup as Country Grammer outstayed everyone and won a slow renewal of the $12 million Dubai World Cup by 1 3/4 lengths over Hot Rod Charlie on Saturday night at Meydan Racecourse. 

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Their first two Breeders’ Cup winners last November at Del Mar. Nice! Four rich stakes winners last month on the Saudi Cup card. Amazing! But how to describe what the Japanese racehorses did on Saturday at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai? Skip the descriptors and just get to the details, might be the best approach.  

Two days later than expected, two Group 1 races – the $1.12 million Tancred Stakes and $375,450 Vinery Stakes – will be run Monday in Australia at Newcastle Racecourse.

The races were scheduled for Saturday at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in Sydney, but excessive rain forced the cancellation of the program after the third of 10 races.

The fields for the Group 1 races have remained largely intact, although the distance of the Vinery Stakes has been reduced from 1 1/4 miles to 1 1/8 miles because of course configurations.

The undefeated filly Delicada won Saturday’s $280,580 Fukuryu Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Japan to secure a place in the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 7, if she is nominated to the American Triple Crown as soon as Monday and the race is deemed a goal.

It was not immediately clear if Delicada would be sent to Kentucky. She was not nominated to the Triple Crown earlier this year. A $6,000 supplemental entry is due on Monday.

Country Grammer followed up a strong second in the $20 million Saudi Cup with a upset win in the $12 million Dubai World Cup for embattled trainer Bob Baffert. Country Grammer, who won by 1 3/4 lengths, was ridden by the decorated European jockey Frankie Dettori.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Switzerland finished second in his first start, a maiden race on Feb. 15, 2017, at Gulfstream Park. Five years later, on Saturday night at Meydan Racecourse, Switzerland made his 27th start and won the biggest race of his life, the Group 1, $2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen.  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Crown Pride became the third Japan-based winner on the Dubai World Cup card, wearing down pace-setting Summer Is Tomorrow for a 2 3/4-length victory in the Group 2, $1 million UAE Derby.  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Irish trainer Ado McGuinness hatched a three-race winter and spring plan for his fine turf sprinter A Case of You, who delivered a rousing 1 1/4-length victory Saturday at Meydan Racecourse in the Group 1, $1.5 million Al Quoz Sprint.  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- The 2022 Dubai World Cup started off with a bomb as impossible longshot Bathrat Leon led all the way in the Group 2, $1 million Godolphin Mile.  

Stay Foolish was a much more logical of the card’s second race, the Group 2, $1 million Gold Cup at two miles, but what almost defies logic is all the international races Japan-based horses have generally been winning over the last five months and, specifically, those trained by Yoshito Yahagi. 

With any luck, Beauty Fit would be on a two-race winning streak in advance of a start in a one-mile handicap at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong on Sunday.

Beauty Fit never seemed comfortable when fourth by 1 1/4 lengths in a seven-furlong handicap at Sha Tin on March 12. Beauty Fit raced on the inside throughout, lacked room at one point in the stretch, and finished in tight quarters under jockey Vagner Borges.