Main Sequence, the champion turf horse of 2014 who won the Breeders’ Cup Turf last fall and is 5 for 5 since being imported to the U.S. from England, blew out about three furlongs down the home straight and into the clubhouse turn a little past 8 a.m. Tuesday on the Tapeta training track located just southeast of the Meydan main track.

California Chrome very early Tuesday morning had his final work for the $10 million Dubai World Cup and his first-ever work for exercise rider Dana Barnes.

Alan Sherman, the son and main assistant of trainer Art Sherman, traveled with California Chrome to Louisville for the Kentucky Derby, to Baltimore for the Preakness, and to Long Island, N.Y., for the Belmont Stakes. The three Triple Crown stops all have their particular charms and quirks. But none would have prepared him for his latest trip with the 2014 Horse of the Year – to Meydan Racecourse in Dubai.

“It’s different, I’ll say that,” Sherman said by phone Friday morning from Dubai.

But good news: California Chrome seems no different to Sherman.

They’re back.

After basically saying thanks but no thanks in 2014, when a mere three horses made the trip, U.S.-based horses will travel en masse for the March 28 Dubai World Cup card at Meydan Racecourse.

Prospective fields for the races provided Tuesday by Dubai Racing Club officials include 16 American horses who were to ship overseas Tuesday. The return of dirt racing this year at Meydan, which had employed an all-weather racing surface since its opening in 2010, spurred the increased participation.

CHELTENHAM, England – The 16-runner field was gathered at the start of Friday’s $825,000 Cheltenham Gold Cup when jockey Paddy Mullins revealed his race tactics to fellow rider Nico de Boinville.

“I’ll be going quick,” Mullins told de Boinville.

De Boinville’s response was fast.

“I’ll be going quick,” he said.

The international governing body of equestrian events has suspended the United Arab Emirates from participating in any endurance events for an indefinite period after concerns were raised about endurance races hosted by the country, the governing body, known as FEI, announced on Thursday.

CHELTENHAM, England - He needed 13 tries, but champion jockey A.P. McCoy scored his first winner of this week’s Cheltenham Festival when Uxizandre led throughout Thursday’s $470,250 Ryanair Chase at 2 1/2 miles at Cheltenham Racecourse.

McCoy, the 19-time champion steeplechase jockey who is retiring next month, was winless on the first two days on Tuesday and Wednesday of the four-day festival for hurdlers and chasers, and with his first two mounts on Thursday.

CHELTENHAM, England – Perhaps it is fitting that jockey A P McCoy will ride his final Cheltenham Gold Cup on Friday on a 9-year-old gelding named Carlingford Lough. Both started their careers in Ireland and are at the top of their games.

McCoy, 40, will retire at the end of the steeplechase season in late April, the date of his final ride yet to be confirmed. He is on course to win the British steeplechase jockey title for an unprecedented 20th consecutive year. He has won more than 4,300 races, an all-time record.

CHELTENHAM, England - Faugheen led a parade of winners for Irish trainer Willie Mullins and jockey Ruby Walsh at Cheltenham Racecourse on Tuesday, stretching his unbeaten record to nine races with a frontrunning win in the $600,000 Champion Hurdle.

Mullilns and Walsh combined to win three races on the seven-race card. Earlier in the day, they teamed to win the $180,000 Supreme Novices’ Hurdle at 2 1/16 miles with 2-1 favorite Douvan, and the $225,000 Arkle Trophy for novice chasers at two miles with Un De Sceaux, the 4-6 favorite.

CHELTENHAM, England – Experience may be required to win Wednesday’s $532,000 Queen Mother Champion Chase at two miles over fences at Cheltenham Racecourse.

The field of three includes three former winners – Sizing Europe, the 13-year-old who won the race in 2011; and two 9-year-olds – Sprinter Sacre, the 2013 winner; and Sire de Grugy, who won last year.

There are 11 runners in the Queen Mother Champion Chase, the top race on the second of the four-day National Hunt festival, which continues through Friday.