Meydan Racecourse staged the opening fixture of the 2015 Dubai World Cup Carnival on Thursday evening and the Surfer, trained by Satish Seemar and the mount of stable jockey, Richard Mullen won the featured Thoroughbred race, the Group 2 opening round of the Al Maktoum Challenge.
“This horse just loves the dirt,” said Mullen. “He always worked well on it at home and has shown a real liking for it here at Meydan. He ran some great races here on the old all-weather surface but this is really his game.
“We will have to sit down and plan whether to step up in trip or stick to 1600m with the Burj Nahaar on Super Saturday and the Godolphin Mile on Dubai World Cup night possible targets.”
The Dubai World Cup Carnival’s leading trainer, Saeed bin Suroor, wasted no time opening his 2015 account and was in double form, highlighted by the very easy victory of True Story in the Listed Singspiel Stakes.
Bin Suroor had initiated his brace with the appropriately named I’m Back winning the first Thoroughbred race, a 1900m dirt handicap.