Pavel And Mind Your Biscuits Could Do Battle In Whitney
Apparently, it pays to be grey, especially if you are a horse who raced on Dubai World Cup night at Meydan Racecourse in 2018.
Two ghostly alumni of the UAE’s premier sporting and social event have returned with emphatic victories in the United States and appear primed for serious second halves of the season. Chief among those is Reddam Racing’s eye-catching Pavel, fourth in the Gr.1 Dubai World Cup, who crushing an accomplished field in the Gr.1 Stephen Foster at Churchill Downs.
A key race for DWC runners, the Foster has been won or placed in by Silver Charm, Street Cry, Gun Runner, Curlin and Victory GallopNext up for the Doug O’Neill trainee will be Saratoga’s prestigious Gr.2 Whitney Handicap, where he may take on two-time Dubai Golden Shaheen sponsored by Gr.1 Gulf News winner Mind Your Biscuits, who exits a heartbreaking nose loss in the Metropolitan Gr.1 Mile Handicap on June 9 for trainer Chad Summers, who said: “It’s always crushing to lose a head-bob, but he ran a smashing race.
We are seriously considering the Whitney on August 4 th .” Silver bullet X Y Jet, second to ’Biscuits in March’s Shaheen, returned a terror in Gulfstream’s Smile Stakes (Gr.3), winning by an easy 2¼ lengths.
Credit: Dubai Racing Club