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Spring to skip Dubai
The connections of Spring At Last, winner of last year's Godolphin Mile (Gr 2) at Nad Al Sheba, have turned down an invitation to run in this month's $6 million Dubai World Cup.
- Staff Report
- Published: 00:02 March 9, 2008
Dubai: The connections of Spring At Last, winner of last year's Godolphin Mile (Gr 2) at Nad Al Sheba, have turned down an invitation to run in this month's $6 million Dubai World Cup.
Instead the five-year-old son of Silver Deputy will stay in the US and be aimed at the $300,000 Carter Handicap (Gr 1) at Aqueduct on April 5.
"We're honoured by the invitation. It's just the timing - we think it's a little too much at this point," trainer Doug O'Neill said.
"We just thought after winning the Grade 1 race in Florida that we would focus on giving him plenty of time afterward.
"Maybe if the Dubai race was in another month or so, it would be a lot more tempting. Right now, it would just be too much to ask."
However, O'Neill is hoping his Grade 2 winner Notional will receive an invitation to the $5 million Dubai Duty Free (Gr 1).
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