Vineyard Haven last years most accomplished dirt bound juvenile suffered a set back Thursday afternoon at Dubai’s Nad Al Sheba racecourse finishing fourth well behind a trio of fellow American bred’s.
the race favourite, eventual winner and mount choice of top Dubai Joc’ Lanfranco Dettori waltzed to 5 length victory in front of Regal Ransom (-4.75) and third place finisher Redding Colliery (-6.25) to win the UAE 2000 Guineas in a final time of 1:37:62.
stablemate, the highly acclaimed Vineyard Haven was far from his best running of a four month layoff leaving significant room for improvement between now and May’s Run for the Rose.
Prior to the race Haven trainer Saeed bin Suroor expressed confidence in Haven’s fitness going into the Guineas stating that Vineyard Haven was further along the Derby path then fellow stablemate and Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Midshipmen.
Both Midshipmen and Vineyard Haven will be on the list of 24 Derby hopefuls when the first Kentucky Derby Futures Pool open this weekend.
Derby Futures Pool #1
#11 Midshipmen - 12/1
#22 Vineyard Haven - 12/1
#24 Mutual Field (all other 3yr-olds) 5/2
Check out the full list of 24 betting interests for Kentucky Derby Futures Pool #1.....
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