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The Championships are just around the corner and as this Carnival gathers further momentum, so does the international contingent and in 2019 the overseas are well represented numbers wise when it comes to nominations.

Here at Justhorseracing, we’ve put together a preview of the key international runners that will be seen across the two meetings at Randwick and indeed Rosehill.

D’Bai

Breeding: Dubawi x Savannah Belle
Trainer: Charlie Appleby
Nationality: British
Career Stats: 24: 6-4-4
Min/Max Distance Wins: 1400m/1613m
Career Best Win: Al Fahidi Sprint, January 24 2019, Meydan, Good Surface
Dry Track Stats: 17: 4-4-3
Wet Track Stats: 7: 2-0-1
Target Race(s): All Aged Stakes
Short Summary: World class 1200-1400m form next to his name and comes here in winning form.
2018 Al Fahidi Sprint (1400m), February 1 2018, Meydan, Anti-Clockwise Direction, Good Surface

Thought it would be good to show this because the race was won by Jungle Cat, who Australians know well given he won the Sir Rupert Clarke and placed in the VRC Classic. D’Bai was coming off a slick win a few weeks prior and on face value, he was disappointing, but they didn’t go quick in front and those on speed were advantaged, but he stuck to the task well behind some high class animals.

Diamond Jubilee Stakes (1207m), June 23 2018, Royal Ascot, Clockwise Direction, Good Surface
Race won by Merchant Navy, who we know in Australia was very good and proved himself on the world stage. DBai had the blinkers on this day and just looked to race a touch keen in the run, which left him gassed at the end and not sure the straight track, at that level, was his go. Ran okay, but well held behind the Aussie raider in a race which has been a decent enough form reference.
2019 Al Fahidi Sprint (1400m), January 24 2019, Meydan, Anti-Clockwise Direction, Good Surface
Well wasn’t this a win. Sat off a moderate tempo but the turn of foot was there to see, running clear sub 34 for the final 600m and did it first up, making amends for the 2018 defeat under James Doyle. The form has been franked with the runner up winning a Group ll next start.
Final Summary: He seems to be such a dynamic fresh horse, so 1400m first up in the All Aged looks such an idea target for this galloper, and at the time of writing this (March 11), generally the All Aged field lacks serious depth, so fresh blood here, and high class fresh blood in D’Bai, should make it much more interesting, and he’s got the form on the board behind Jungle Cat/Merchant Navy.

Dubhe

Breeding: Dubawi x Great Heavens
Trainer: Charlie Appleby
Nationality: British
Career Stats: 7: 3-0-0
Min/Max Distance Wins: 1609m/3200m
Career Best Win: Handicap, February 7 2019, Meydan, Good Surface
Dry Track Stats: 5: 2-0-0
Wet Track Stats: 2: 1-0-0
Target Race(s): Sydney Cup
Short Summary: Looks an ideal candidate for the Sydney Cup and in the best stable in the world.

Second Last Start: Handicap (2410m), January 24 2019, Meydan, Anti-Clockwise Direction, Good Surface

On face value, a very disappointing run, but the leader/winner Spotify got an absolute picnic in front under Buick and dashed appropriately for a good win. That horse has come out to win again on Feb 21 so the form reads well. Dubhe just got left flat footed but was sound late, albeit well beaten, but that form has been ticked off already, which is a good sign for an overseas raider.

Last Start: Handicap (3200m), February 7 2019, Meydan, Anti-Clockwise Direction, Good Surface

Wasn’t this an impressive and a big tick for the two miles. Sat near the speed all the way under Buick and looked to be strongly challenged early on in the straight by Red Galileo but he held that horse all the way and in the end was drawing away. The runner up is a consistent non winner but has form around the likes of Rare Rhythm and Prince Of Arran, so he’s no donkey. He’s above average despite what the winning record says.

Final Summary: He’s already been $26-$5 with some bookies to win the race, with punters taking Charlie Appleby on his word after the last start win that he might have booked himself a ticket to Australia for the Sydney Cup. So well in at the weights, he stays and he has a turn of foot. If that Dubhe turns up at Randwick, that $5 might seem rather generous because to be honest, are staying ranks are very thin overall.

 

Eminent

Breeding: Frankel x You’ll Be Mine
Trainer: Sir Mark Todd
Nationality: British
Career Stats: 11: 3-0-1
Min/Max Distance Wins: 1609m/2000m
Career Best Win: Prix Guillaume, August 15 2017, Deauville, Good Surface
Dry Track Stats: 11: 3-0-1
Wet Track Stats: 0: 0-0-0
Target Race(s): Ranvet Stakes/Queen Elizabeth Stakes
Short Summary: Has a touch of world class form and boasts a win over Avilius.
Prix Guillaume (2000m), August 15 2017, Deauville, Clockwise Direction, Good Surface

Thought it would be noteworthy to show this. Firstly, it was the last time he greeted the judge and it was an outstanding win, with sustained speed from the front winning the race under a peach from Ryan Moore. The form out of the race has seen Group l placegetters behind Cracksman and Poet’s Word, plus Avilius ran third and we know how good he has been in Australia.

Prince Of Wales Stakes (2012m), June 20 2018, Royal Ascot, Clockwise Direction, Good Surface
5/7, beaten nearly 14 lengths…doesn’t read great, but look at the horses that beat him. Poet’s Word and Cracksman, two world class animals. Third horse was Hawkbill, a world class horse as well, and fourth was the ill fated Cliffs Of Moher, and we saw how good he went in the Caulfield Stakes and Caulfield Cup so that is proper elite form for any horse IMO.
Final Summary: He had two runs after the Prince Of Wales and didn’t really fire a shot, namely in the Glorious at Goodwood behind Mirage Dancer in a race that stunk when it came to being a Cups reference, so queries there. But the key to this horse I think is 2000m and dominating from the front, so the Ranvet looks the best chance of a win barring Winx not going there. He is also lethal when produced with fresh legs, with the only unbeaten run seeing him not pull up 100%. If he’s settled into Canterbury well enough, I’d be happy to back him in a Ranvet.

Kluger

Breeding: King Kamehameha x Addicted
Trainer: Tomokazu Takano
Nationality: Japanese
Career Stats: 19: 5-3-3
Min/Max Distance Wins: 1400m/1613m
Career Best Win: Milers Cup, April 24 2016, Kyoto, Firm Surface
Dry Track Stats: 18: 5-3-2
Wet Track Stats: 1: 0-0-1
Target Race(s): Doncaster Mile
Short Summary: Beware the Japanese…but not sure beware that much with this horse.
2017 Mile Championship (1600m), November 19 2017, Kyoto, Clockwise Direction, Good Surface
This is the last Group l he has contested, and his run wasn’t too behind in one of the best 1600m races in world racing, beaten under two lengths by Persian Knight after getting well back in the run and forced wide on the turn. Loomed as somewhat of a threat in the straight but just didn’t quite finish it off. Horse with the green/white silks with red armbands.
Musashino Stakes (1600m), November 10 2018, Tokyo, Clockwise Direction, Dirt Surface
On speed, did work from the gate and tired late. Was second up here off an inglorious resumption and was much the same here on the dirt. Wasn’t the strongest Group race going around and for mine, the finale was weak, perhaps putting that down to not handling the surface but even factoring that in, it was disappointing.

Final Summary: Considering the form of some of the other runners in the Doncaster, IMO, he’s really poorly weighted at 53kg on current form. The run in January was poor in a weak race and when you have horses like Amphitrite and Dreamforce at the same weight/thereabouts, plus a horse like Fundamentalist at 49kg, I think on current form, he’ll struggle. If he brought any of his form from 2016, he’d go very close…but it was in 2016.
 
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