12 ADIYAT RACING PLUS ISSUE 838 Thursday 21 st March 2024 DUBAI WORLD CUP adiyat racing plus.com WHO PRESENT ON THE DAY CAN FORGET EQUINOX? By Laura King INVASOR 2007 Dubai World Cup Despite seven runners, this was billed as something of a match between Invasor and Discreet Cat, who had given Invasor his only career defeat in the previous year’s UAE Derby. In the event, only one of them really showed up, with Invasor and Fernando Jara easing to a near two-length defeat of Premium Tap. Discreet Cat trailed in last, with a throat abscess later put forward as an excuse. I covered this race for local radio and therefore was right by the winner’s enclosure when Invasor came back in – I’ll never forget the reception he received. MIND YOUR BISCUITS 2017 & 2018 Dubai Golden Shaheen Very few horses have won the same race twice on the card, but Mind Your Biscuits won the Dubai Golden Shaheen in 2017 and 2018. In the first year he was a first career runner and winner for his rookie trainer Chad Summers, whose confidence throughout the week was unwavering. A year later, Summers predicted the victory once again, his stable star arriving just in time to beat subsequent Shaheen winner X Y Jet by a head. PRESVIS 2011 Dubai Duty Free A Dubai regular, British-based, Greek-owned Presvis was nurtured from smart handicapper to G1 winner by Italian trainer Luca Cumani and assistant Charlie Henson. A tricky customer, he needed producing at just the right time in a race and Ryan Moore managed As a stalwart of Dubai World Cup night, having covered 17 renewals in her role as a respected broadcaster and journalist, Laura King is well placed to highlight some of those World Cup night displays which have left the greatest impression. Here are the performances which have struck a chord in nearly two decades of reporting on an iconic race meeting. t, having covered 17 renewals in her role as a respected n. Here are the performances which have struck a chord in nearly race meeting. CALIFORNIA CHROME 2016 Dubai World Cup California Chrome (pictured) was already something of a legend when he arrived in Dubai. After defeat to Prince Bishop in 2015, trainer Art Sherman did something different 12 months on. Prepping the horse a month before the race at Meydan meant we got to see him each morning, posing on the track like a real star. His win, with Victor Espinoza clinging to a slipping saddle, felt overdue, and the ‘Chrome tuns to gold’ commentary by Terry Spargo was spine-tingling.
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