Hit show Which chopped off on April 5 on the Meydan RaceCourse with the biggest surprise of everyone on April 5, with an American trained 1-1 finish being picked up in the $ 12 million Dubai World Cup sponsored by Emirates Airline With the massive favorite, forever youthful, rose to the third.
Florent Geroux offered the winner with a floor delayed rally for coach Brad Cox and denied the Mixto and Jockey Frankie Dettori, trained by Doug O'Neill. Forever Newborn, winner of the 20 million dollar -Audi cup in February, was a further dimension of 1½ lengths in third place.
The hit show raced well in the field through most of the 2,000-meter distance (approx. 1 ¼ miles) of the Dubai World Cup, but found a gigantic gap between the competitors halfway on the track. He started quickly when he was asked, but Geroux said he was not sure whether it was time to catch mixto, who had driven forward through the race and has recently opened a lead in daylight.
“About 100 meters,” said Geroux when he was asked when he thought he could win and admitted that his expectation before the race for the World Cup did not extend until victory.
“To be sincere,” he said, “I was looking for a placement. And he gave me more.”
Cox, who stays in the United States to take care of his Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve, seemed to be surprised alike.
“I still can't quite believe it,” he said by phone to Dubai. “It is incredible. I would have loved being there, but with these 3-year-olds and trying to get to the (Kentucky) derby, I couldn't do it.”
Dettori wanted to have a record win of the fifth World Cup and his second victory of the day against O'Neill, after achieving Godolphin Mile (see below) in the Godolphin Mile sponsored by EMAAR (see below). But Mixto, whose earlier climax was a gigantic surprise victory in Fanduel Racing Pacific Classic Stakes, had no petrol in the last steps.
“He was going well,” said Dettori. I had the perfect journey. I couldn't complain. It is only a shame that he was beaten on the line. “
While the result as an Apple Pie looked American, the winner Wathnan Racing is a three -year -old company that is managed by the Amir of Qatar. And Geroux comes from France.
Forever youthful, the favorite in international bets, ran evenly behind the early speed, could not find its usual additional equipment in the last 200 meters. The 4-year-old son of Real Steel had used this delayed kick to win over the United Arab Emirates that was sponsored by Atlantis The Royal of the Royal about the same Meydan interface in 2024.
The Saudi trophy may have taken a strength from both runners because the romantic warrior of Soul Rush in the Dubai lawn of DP World Two Two Races was defeated by the closest border before the World Cup.
Forever Newborn's Rider, Ryusei Sakai, said his stallion foal drove a great race in Saudi Arabia and I expected that he would win if he ran his race … it was challenging and we did our best. He didn't travel at all. It was not an straightforward race and (it's complex) to continue to win. “
While most handicapers were hardly pressed to nominate a long shot that probably fits for Forever Newborn in Dubai, the hit show would have dropped well on these lists.
Although he was an eight-time winner who came into the race, the hit show had never won at the level of Group 1/Class I.
He was prominent on the Triple Crown Trail 2023 and won the Withers Stakes before being presented second in this year's Wood Memorial Stakes from Resorts World Casino, fifth in the Kentucky Derby.
The hit show, a 5-year-old from Candy Ride, ran for his breeders Gary and Mary West until he was sold privately to Wathnan after winning the governor of the West Virginia Governor at Mountainer on August 4, 2024.
He proved to be a good investment before the Dubai shocker and won the Lukas Classic Stakes at Churchill Downs in September and a month later the Hagyard Fayette Stakes in Keeland. He reported third place in the Clark Stakes presented by Norton Healthcare in November in Churchill, but was excluded on the fifth.
The HIT show began in 2025 with a win in the Louisiana Stakes, which Relyne Gi from Hagyard presented on the fair grounds, and took third place in Yaamava Resort & Casino in the Santa Anita Handicap before moving to the Middle East.
The World Cup this year was included in the list of the Breeder 'Cup “Win and Your in” Challenge Race, which was the hit show in the Longines Breeder's' Cup Classic on November 1 with del Mar.
Admire Daytona wins the VAE derby, not CHASER ISSTSIONS in Golden Shaheen
In earlier races on a fantastic racing strength in Meydan, in Japan, Daytona was everything to hold the heart of honor through a nose in the $ 1 million The United Arab Emirates Derby was sponsored by the Jumeirah Group. The Rogl Colt and Christophe Lemaire trained by Yukihiro Kato and drove through the entire 1 3/16 miles race and was set up in an electrifying stretch run, which also included third place in the mood. Flood zone, winner of the Gotham Stakes on March 1st in the aqueduct, was never threatened and took the seventh of nine runners, but the Brad Cox trainee has already had 50 qualification points for the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve, which was earned in the Gotham and was to receive a start gate.
Since the VAE derby is now part of the Euro/Midose road to the Kentucky Derby series, two positions in the starting gate on May 3 at Churchill Downs are reserved for the two best points in the series. Admire Daytona received 100 points with his close victory and heart of honor 50 points for second place, which gave you secure places in Derby 151 if your connections decide on the international trip.
A race after the American Dubai derby Derby, 3-year-old Colt Gloomy Saffran, has a gigantic surprise in the $ 2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen, who was sponsored by Nakheel. The Flamaway Colt led the Six-Furlong-Dirt race from start to finish and held the American winner of 1 degree 1, Nakatomi, by three quarters of one length. The headliner in the Golden Shaheen, who was never threatened in Straight No Chaser last autumn, and took a race after the 6-year-old horse in Myracehorse, who dominated the Riad-Dirt Sprint, who was presented by the Saudi National Bank 22.
Another American sender, TOBER TORGENT, went off much better in the $ 1 million Godolphin Mile sponsored by EMAARRoles to a 3 ½-long victory under Frankie Dettori. The Doug O'Neill trainee had its first start at the age of 4 after winning the Malibu Stakes in Santa Anita Park on December 26th.
