THE BIG READ / BHUPAT SEEMAR 13 ADIYAT RACING PLUS ISSUE 840 Thursday 4th April 2024 adiyat racing plus.com adiyat racing plus.com Laurel River could be targeted at next year’s Saudi Cup and then return to Dubai for a defence of his Dubai World Cup title ‘JUDDMONTE ONE OF THE BEST’ “They are one of the best breeding operations in the world and I was very lucky to be chosen to train for them.” So what now for the champion, are there ambitious plans? “I have talked to the Juddmonte team again regarding the future and they have to talk to the Princes before anything can be decided. “It is going to be their decision where Laurel River goes, I can give my feedback, but ultimately it is their call. “In my opinion, and I think this is what Juddmonte would also like to do, we will try and take Laurel River to the Saudi Cup before coming back for the Dubai World Cup again. “If it happens and we can get him to both races fit and healthy then he could end up being one of the highest prize money winners in the world. “The double hasn’t been achieved yet so it would be marvelous to have a good horse enough to take us to both races, God willing. “We’ve had horses go to Saudi sprints before coming back to Dubai and winning the Golden Shaheen, so we know what it takes.” For Seemar, it was a fitting end to a significant chapter of his career at Zabeel Stables. Pastures new await at Green Stables where he will be training a string, no doubt swelling by the time a new campaign rolls around in the autumn, on the track where Laurel River and Tuz made history on Saturday. He concludes: “I thought ‘this is incredible’ when Tuz won the Golden Shaheen and quietly, I felt we still had a proper weapon still to unleash on the Dubai World Cup. “I have one of the best teams in the world, with some of the best people working here and it was lovely to do it for Zabeel Stables because this was the last year for Zabeel Stables so to go out on a high was amazing. “We have some great memories of being at Zabeel but now we can make some more memories from our new base. It is a new chapter, and we are extremely excited about where it will take us.” I THOUGHT, ‘THIS IS INCREDIBLE’, WHEN TUZ WON THE GOLDEN SHAHEEN AND QUIETLY, I FELT WE STILL HAD A PROPER WEAPON STILL TO UNLEASH ON THE DUBAI WORLD CUP – BHUPAT SEEMAR.
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