Dubai World Cup at Meydan

the Card at Meydan today, featuring the Dubai World Cup over 10 furlongs on tapeta at 19.05 CET, is the most valuable ever staged with some 27 million $ in prize-money, 10 million in the main event alone. This has attracted an international field. Hong Kong- trained Military Attack (John Moore/ Joao Moreira) and Irish-trained Ruler of the World (Aidan and Joseph O´Brien), in whom a half-share was sold this week to Qatari interests, vie for favoritism. We don´t really fancy the Irish horse over this CD, but the former has an obvious chance, along with HK compatriot Akeed Mofeed (Richard Gibson/ Doug Whyte). Best of the British runners could be Red Cadeaux (Ed Dunlop/ Gerald Mosse), who ran a great race here a year ago, while the strong Godolphin entry is clearly a major factor.
German hope Empoli (Peter Schiergen/ Adrie de Vries) has a chance of being placed in the Sheema Classic at 18.17, although the Japanese mare Gentildonna (S Ishizaka/ Ryan Moore) is clearly the one to beat here. The japanese do well at this meeting and Just A Way (N Sugai/ Y Fukuinaga) can take the Duty Free at 17.39.
The otjher German runner here is DSeismos (Andreas Wöhler/ Andrea SAtzeni) in the Dubai Gold Cup obver 2 milres at 14.45, and we think that he has a good chance of being placed. Last year´s winner Cavalryman (Saeed bin Suroor/ Silvestre de Sousa) is clearly the one to beat, although another German-bred Now We Can (Nicolas Clement/ Thierry Thulliez) could also run well over this distance.
Shea Shea (Mike de Kock/ Chrsistophe Soumillon) is another one hoping to repeat his 2013 victory in the 5 furlongs sprint at 16.03. he is the logical favourite and will be hard to beat, but we expect that his old rival Sole Power (Eddie Lynam/ Ryan Moore) will finish mjuch closer to him tjhis time.

Betting forecast:
1. Race: Mushrae - Raaziq - Richlore
2. Race: Shuruq - Soft Falling Rain - Variety Club
3. Race: Cavalryman - Ernest Hemingway - Simenon
4. Race: Long John - Giovanni Boldini - Asmar
5. Race: Shea Shea - Amber Sky - Sole Power
6. Race: Rich Tapestry - Sterling City - Reynaldothewizard
7. Race: The Fugue - Just A Way - Dank
8. Race: Magician - Gentildonna - Cirrus des Aigles
9. Race: Ruler Of The World - Military Attack - Akeed Mofeed