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Excited for Chrome stay

 

After the conclusion of the Dubai World Cup it has been decided that last years Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner and horse of the year California Chrome will be stabled with us at Chestnut Tree Stables for his build up to Royal Ascot and a possible tilt at the Prince of Wales Stakes.

Rae is delighted to have been chosen by trainer Art Sherman and owners Steve Coburn and Perry Martin to look after California Chrome and we will do our very best to keep you updated with his progress.

 

Swimming trunks for Mirza in final dip

 

Mirza, Chris and Lesley Mills' flying five furlong sprinter completed his final workout for Dubai by donning his swimming trunks in Meydan.  Mirza is a regular user of Andi Brown's Southfields pool here in Newmarket, a pool Rae regularly uses in the summer months.  A video of his last swim can be found at our new YouTube channel by clicking the link here.  There is also a video of Robbie Mills riding Mirza on Meydan's grass course, the same course he will hopefully sprint the fastest up tomorrow!

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Mirza - Draw and Race Time

 

The draw and race time have been released for Mirza's run in the Al Quoz sprint on Saturday night.  Mirza faces fifteen rivals in a maximum field, is drawn in stall eight and ridden for the first time by James Doyle. A link to the full racecard, courtesy of the Racing Post website is available by clicking here 

The race is due off at 6.30pm Dubai time, so 2.30pm UK time and will be shown on Racing Uk along with highlights on Sky Sports 4 and Channel 4 Racing.  If you are not a member of Racing UK they are currently running an offer of four months half-price subscription. Just enter RUK4M50 in as an offer code using the link here.

Rae flies out

 

Rae and wife Rachel Flynn fly out to Dubai later today to finalise preparations for Mirza in the Al Quoz sprint on Dubai World Cup day.

Mirza has been in very safe and capable hands with travelling head-lad Andrew Bubb looking after him and Robbie Mills riding him work for the last week.

Declarations are now all in and finalised for the Al Quoz Sprint and Mirza will face fifteen rivals in the race for the $1m prize pool. The draw will be announced on Thursday.

A link to the racecard via Emirates Racing Authority can be found here

Live coverage will be via Racing UK, whilst Sky Sports 4 and Channel 4 Racing will cover a select few races and may well show replays. As soon as we have the confirmed start time we will update the entries section of the website accordingly.

Mirza still on course

 

Chris and Lesley Mills' flying five furlong sprinter Mirza was unfortunately declared a non-runner at Meydan Racecourse's Super Saturday meeting. 

Unfortunately Mirza didn't travel over there very well, it is always a risk in these circumstances and you never really know how they will cope until they do it.

Super Saturday's Meydan Sprint was a stop-gap en route to the Group One Al Quoz Sprint on Dubai World Cup night and Rae is happy to report, after returning from Dubai himself that Mirza is still well on course for this.

We will do our utmost to keep you up to date with his progress, but the date for your diary is Saturday 28th March.