By Leslie Wilson
Dubai - Trainer Dhruba Selvaratnam is content to target the Dh500,000 Listed Jebel Ali Stakes with Emmrooz instead of attempting a shot at one of the richer purses during the 2011 Dubai International Racing Carnival.
Commenting on the horse's future plans following his impressive victory in the Shadwell-sponsored 1600M conditions race yesterday the former champion trainer said: "I would prefer to bring him back for the Jebel Ali Stakes instead of running him in the Carnival.
"I think he's a much better horse on this track than on the all-weather at Meydan. Mind you he ran a pretty good race when fourth to Derbaas at Meydan last month although he wouldn't gallop. But what we saw today was a much improved performance.
"He's a really good horse, but not the easiest one to ride. Kieren [Fallon] suggested that we put the blinkers on him to help him stay focused, so we might try that next time."
Emmrooz scored by half a length from Haatheq, ridden by Richard Hills.
The Jebel Ali Stakes is the first of three pattern races that are the highlights of the season at the Friday racecourse. It is run over 1,950 metres and takes place on January 14. The other two races are the Jebel Ali Mile on January 28 and Jebel Ali Sprint on March 11.
Selvaratnam and Buick went on to complete a meet double when Canwinn landed the Al Shafar Group handicap over 1,400 metres. That took Selvaratnam's tally for the season to eight wins and left in fifth place on the trainer's table behind leaders Satish Seemar and Musabah Al Muhairi (14 wins), Ali Rashid Al Raihe (11) and Eric Lemartinel (9).
Seemar drew a rare blank yesterday after a very high strike-rate during the season while Musabah's success with Atlantic Brave in the Commercial Bank of Dubai-sponsored handicap over 1400m ensured he would be joint leader with the master of Zabeel Stables.
Despite conceding weight to his nine rivals Atlantic Brave produced a big effort for stable jockey Wayne Smith to score by a 1 1/4 length from Dahteer while Classic Blade was a head behind in third for jockey Ted Durcan.
Source: http://gulfnews.com
Dubai - Trainer Dhruba Selvaratnam is content to target the Dh500,000 Listed Jebel Ali Stakes with Emmrooz instead of attempting a shot at one of the richer purses during the 2011 Dubai International Racing Carnival.
Commenting on the horse's future plans following his impressive victory in the Shadwell-sponsored 1600M conditions race yesterday the former champion trainer said: "I would prefer to bring him back for the Jebel Ali Stakes instead of running him in the Carnival.
"I think he's a much better horse on this track than on the all-weather at Meydan. Mind you he ran a pretty good race when fourth to Derbaas at Meydan last month although he wouldn't gallop. But what we saw today was a much improved performance.
"He's a really good horse, but not the easiest one to ride. Kieren [Fallon] suggested that we put the blinkers on him to help him stay focused, so we might try that next time."
Emmrooz scored by half a length from Haatheq, ridden by Richard Hills.
The Jebel Ali Stakes is the first of three pattern races that are the highlights of the season at the Friday racecourse. It is run over 1,950 metres and takes place on January 14. The other two races are the Jebel Ali Mile on January 28 and Jebel Ali Sprint on March 11.
Selvaratnam and Buick went on to complete a meet double when Canwinn landed the Al Shafar Group handicap over 1,400 metres. That took Selvaratnam's tally for the season to eight wins and left in fifth place on the trainer's table behind leaders Satish Seemar and Musabah Al Muhairi (14 wins), Ali Rashid Al Raihe (11) and Eric Lemartinel (9).
Seemar drew a rare blank yesterday after a very high strike-rate during the season while Musabah's success with Atlantic Brave in the Commercial Bank of Dubai-sponsored handicap over 1400m ensured he would be joint leader with the master of Zabeel Stables.
Despite conceding weight to his nine rivals Atlantic Brave produced a big effort for stable jockey Wayne Smith to score by a 1 1/4 length from Dahteer while Classic Blade was a head behind in third for jockey Ted Durcan.
Source: http://gulfnews.com