Musir storms to Al Maktoum Challenge victory

Provided everyone performs the way they're supposed to, and barring any injuries, as near as I can tell, it's looking like Mike De Kock is gonna be going with Zanzamar in the Godolphin Mile, Musir and River Jetez in the Duty Free, Irish Flame and Mahbooba in the Sheema Classic, and Master of Hounds and Bold Silvano in the Dubai World Cup. Haven't found out yet who De Kock's top horses for the 2 G1 sprints will be? As for the newly added G3 Dubai Gold Cup on world cup night, I know he has both Star Empire and Equipirada in Dubai right now, so my those 2 would be guess to be his DGC entries.

Musir was as impressive as it gets winning the Al Maktoum Challenge Rd.1 at Meydan on Thursday!! IMO, he looked better in this race than he did a year ago in any of his 3 tapeta surface starts in the Firebreak Stakes, Al Maktoum Challenge Rd. 3, or the Dubai World Cup. His stablemate, Master of Hounds, also ran a really big race for 2nd. He closed like a shot. I think MOH is really gonna appreciate the step up in trip from a mile in future races at Meydan. Trainer Mike De Kock told the Racing Post and DubaiRaceNight that he believes Musir is even better on turf than he is on tapeta, and he sited Musir's impressive win in Turkey in the G2 International Topkapi Trophy, and his outstanding run in the Champions Mile in Hong Kong as the source. De Kock suggested that a surface switch to turf is liking coming for Musir at the Carnival, because he wants to run Musir in the Dubai Duty Free on world cup night. Taking Musir off of tapeta is certainly not going to hurt Mike De Kock's chances of winning the two remaining Al Maktoum Challenge races, or the Dubai World Cup since he still has Master of Hounds, who I think will be better at 10f, and he hasn't even rolled out his big gun yet, Bold Silvano.