The G2 UAE Derby at Meydan on Mar. 30 is the next target for Shekih Hamdan's Jahbath (GB) (Mukhadram {GB}) after his impressive victory in the “Road to the Kentucky Derby” Conditions S. at Kempton on Mar. 6. Since rounding off his juvenile year with successive wins at Kempton on Oct. 15 and Nov. 6, the Mukhadram colt has extended his unbeaten record on the all-weather to four with a runaway success at Southwell on Jan. 24. Trainer William Haggas feels his charge deserves to step up in class on Dubai World Cup night this month.
He said, “We hoped he'd win, and we were very pleased he did. Hopefully he's now booked his ticket to Dubai, and that [UAE Derby] is uppermost in our minds at the moment. He's not in the [GI] Kentucky Derby, but if he was to do something brilliant in Dubai then you never know.”
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