Subjectivist Strikes Gold in Dubai

Subjectivist strikes gold in Dubai By John Scanlon three-quarter lengths over the German paid tribute to Subjectivist. For Mark, the race couldn’t have gone challenger, Walderbe, with Away He ‘He’s a good horse. He’s sometimes any better. Goes a head back in third. It was keen, but he settled very well today and ‘The whole way through the race I interesting to note that For The Top and galloped all the way to the line. He’s just was very happy and I thought we were Volcanic Sky, the only other horses to brilliant,’ said Joe. going best,’ he said. travel up with the pace, finished second Mark Johnston said he had been ‘When he hit the front it was clear to last and last respectively. puzzled beforehand as to why the horse me that the other horses had a lot of Once again, Joe Fanning showed that wasn’t being discussed as a likely winner ground to make up. It wasn’t as if he’d he has few equals when it comes to of the race. been running too free, or he’d been judging the pace of a race, and ‘I kept looking at the form and he driven to the front. He eased to the front Subjectivist, in covering the two-mile wasn’t being mentioned before the race with five lengths to spare over the field.’ course in 3m 17.17s, had broken the which made no sense,’ he remarked. As well as swelling the horse’s existing track record of 3 min 17.92s, set ‘He’s a Group 1 winner last time out earnings (the race was worth a cool by Vazirabad in 2018. and he had all the credentials for this £325,000 to the winner), Subjectivist laid His rider was thrilled with the win and task.’ down a marker here as to his likely involvement in many of the top stayers’ races in the season ahead. Indeed, he earned a quote for the Ascot Gold Cup of 8/1. R JIM WALKER’s track. Regular pilot Joe Fanning was in happy to settle Subjectivist on the outer of The win also provided Subjectivist produced a the saddle, making his riding debut at the leader, travelling sweetly in second. another feather in the cap of record-breaking display in the course. In the back straight, Volcanic Sky Subjectivist’s dam, the D the Dubai Gold Cup at Despite his Group 1 credentials, travelled in third, partnered by Christophe Danehill Dancer mare, Meydan at the end of Subjectivist, the youngest horse in the Soumillon. Nearing the end of the back Reckoning, reminding us all March, crushing his rivals by almost six race, was relatively ignored in the straight Joe eased Subjectivist past For how exciting it is to have lengths. betting, preference being for The Top and into the lead. While four generations of her The four-year-old son of Teofilo had Godolphin’s Secret Advisor, who negotiating the bend, he stole a couple of progeny in training at travelled to Dubai in search of his third boasted a 100% record on the track, and lengths on the field to the extent that, Kingsley Park at the same Group win, having won the Group 1 Prix Spanish Mission, last year’s Doncaster straightening up for home, Subjectivist time, with Sir Ron Priestley, Royal-Oak at Parislongchamp in October Cup winner. was four lengths clear in front. Subjectivist and Alba Rose and the Group 3 March Stakes at As they broke from the stalls, Mikael being joined this year by her Goodwood in August. Barzalona had For The Top away EEPING on well against the juvenile filly by Ulysses. At Meydan he was one of 11 runners smartly and the former Argentinian K rail, Subjectivist never looked in the Dubai Gold Cup, a Group 2 event Group 1 winner made the running. like being caught and at the OMINATING the run over two miles of the impressive turf Having been drawn wider out, Joe was line, he had increased his lead to five and N Gold Cup and the Goodwood Cup as obvious targets for Subjectivist, Mark told journalists at Meydan: ‘We love the Cup division. The Pedigree ‘With Double Trigger and Sadler’s Wells (USA) then Royal Rebel, we were Galileo (IRE) always right up there with [ Urban Sea (USA) some of the best horses in the Teofilo (IRE) staying division. We’ve had a few relatively quiet years, [ Speirbhean (IRE) Danehill (USA) Subjectivist [ Saviour (USA) but I just feel we are going Bay Colt into this year’s Cup races with the best team in the 30/03/2017 Danehill (USA) Danehill Dancer (IRE) world.’ [ Mira Adonde (USA) Strong words, but after a [ Reckoning (IRE) performance like this and Halling (USA) with Nayef Road waiting in [ Great Hope (IRE) [ Aspiration (IRE) It’s thumbs up from Joe Fanning as Subjectivist makes his way back the wings, it could be a to the winner’s enclosure with Hayley Kelly season to remember! 16 17.

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