Re: The Dubai dirt track (1271 Views)
Posted by:
Philip Mandl (IP Logged)
Date: April 12, 2002 10:28AM
The dirt surface at Nad Al Sheba was completely re-done back the year before Wordly Manner ran in the derby in 99. The 2 tracks they used to model the new surface after is Churchill and The Fair Grounds. Nad Al Sheba may very well be the most similar track in the world to Churchill's.
I don't know what if anything was done to the training surface over at Godolphin's Al Quoz training center which is about 2 miles from Nad Al Sheba but typically Godolphin trainee's will work over at Nad Al Sheba.
The Dubai strip apparantly was on the deep and tiring side on World Cup day maybe from some heavy rains earlier that week. To me both Street Cry and Essence of Dubai's performances were very impressive. Hoping Tempara runs to her potential tomorrow. Seems like the Godolphin/Coolmore Euro wars have been extended to across the pond.
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