early start today at Meydan

Today´s Friday meeting at Meydan, the second day of the Dubai World Cup Carnival, gets off to a very early start and the main event, the UAE 1,000 Guineas Trial for 3yo fillies over 7 furlongs is run at 12.35 CET. This looks at the mercy of Gamilati (Mahmood al Zarooni/ Frankie Dettori), who won the Cherry Hinton last year and should keep up Godolphin´s excellent start to the meeting.

Otherwise the fixture is dominated by low level handicaps (by Meydan standards), and the main point of interest will be the Meydan Masters International Jockeys competition, the last 3 legs of which will be run today. These races look wide open, so we will hope for some good performances by our friend Andrasch Starke, who partners Covert Desire at 13.15, Ektibaas at 13.55 and Kaiss at 14.30.