DUBAI RACING CARNIVAL adiyat racing plus.com 18 ADIYAT RACING PLUS ISSUE 838 Thursday 21 st March 2024 FORT’S LACK OF RATINGS RISE A REAL WORLD CUP PAYNE FOR CAULLERY By Liz Price Nicolas Caullery is a happy man . . . well, almost. The French trainer is happy that Fort Payne won the Ras Al Khor at Meydan Racecourse on March 2nd but is slightly confused why his Group 3 winner hasn’t gone up in the ratings. In fact, following his victory over the Godolphin favourite Noble Dynasty who could only finish fifth in this 1400m race, Fort Payne’s rating was kept at 102, which makes it very unlikely he will be invited to run in any of the Dubai World Cup races at the end of this month. H o w e v e r , Nicolas (pictured) is an extremely positive individual, who likes to share a laugh with his wife Marine, a former trainer herself who stays in Dubai while he travels back and forth for the big races, and so he says: “Lets enjoy Emirates Super Saturday, as it was such a great moment when he won. He was beaten in Abu Dhabi, even though he could have won the race, but his real target was always the Ras Al Khor. “And he did it really well, pushing back all the horses that came to attack him. Because of the draw, we rode him more positively this time and he went all the way. Usually, he just sleeps b e h i n d and then comes with a
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