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Oct 28, 2026
David AragonaHOST
We get that matchup between him and sovereignty, and both of them are probably going to be somewhat served by all that speed drawn to the outside.
Gino BuccolaHOST
We've got the second highest earning horse of all time, 32 million, Forever Young, who's also a Breeders' Cup Classic winner and a two-time Saudi Cup winner.
Gino BuccolaHOST
We've got the 2025 Kentucky Derby and Belmont winner, sovereignty.
Gino BuccolaHOST
The 2026 Kentucky Derby and Belmont winner, sovereignty.
Gino BuccolaHOST
He got separated.
Gino BuccolaHOST
He did make it a little closer at the wire.
Gino BuccolaHOST
Now, if you want to compare form Luxor cafe was fit in the Saudi cup.
Gino BuccolaHOST
He ran 12th in the Kentucky Derby in 2025.
Frankie FosterHOST
Yeah, I've seen him.
Frankie FosterHOST
I saw him win the Saudi Cup, Breeders' Cup.
Frankie FosterHOST
Does he have a Pegasus to his
Frankie DettoriGUEST
name? Or have
Adam MillsPANELIST
The defeat in Maidan can be put down to two things.
Adam MillsPANELIST
No horse has yet done the Saudi Cup Dubai World Cup double.
Adam MillsPANELIST
So there is that to bear in mind that it's two big targets relatively close together.
Adam MillsPANELIST
And I'd forgive him last year because that race with Romantic Warrior was one of the best races I've ever seen.
Emmet KennedyHOST
Yeah, I agree with
Adam MillsPANELIST
that.
Adam MillsPANELIST
Saudi Cup, he beat Nisos.
Adam MillsPANELIST
Again, a good performance.
Gino BuccolaHOST
You could probably toss the Breeders' Cup Classic.
Gino BuccolaHOST
You could probably toss the Saudi Cup where he stumbled at the start.
Gino BuccolaHOST
And then the rest of his career makes a whole lot of sense.
Gino BuccolaHOST
He's seven for nine in the money in the other seven starts.
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Gino BuccolaHOST
He's another one that's chased Forever Young.
Gino BuccolaHOST
And you see that one in the running lines there.
Gino BuccolaHOST
He's going to return to the U.S. after a Dubai World Cup and a Saudi Cup effort where he was actually a pretty good third in the Saudi Cup behind Forever Young and behind Nisos.
Gino BuccolaHOST
So I'm just going to be watching him, David, in his first start back from Dubai in seven months.
Randy MossHOST
But here's the deal with that: his last win was in the Group 1 Dubai Turf.
Randy MossHOST
In that 13-race losing streak, he ran against Forever Young in the Saudi Cup, twice against Ombudsman, Romantic Warrior, Notable Speech.
Randy MossHOST
This horse has been running against the very best.
Randy MossHOST
The other 99 Beyer speed figure Saturday At Charlestown, it was a day for West Virginia-bred stakes races.
Sean CollinsHOST
[laughs]
Kate HunterGUEST
Well, technically he qualified, I thought he qualified at the Saudi Cup last year.
Louie RabautHOST
Right.
Kate HunterGUEST
Um, but he did not.
Frankie FosterHOST
Saudi, richest race in the world, incredible race course.
Frankie FosterHOST
I was lucky enough to present there the Saudi Cup last year.
Frankie FosterHOST
I was doing the race course PA, so my job was to keep everybody psyched up and entertained, and it made my job easier because I just had to live up to the occasion.
Frankie FosterHOST
richest race in the world, international jockeys taking each other on.
Frankie FosterHOST
The day before the Saudi Cup on that card, they host the Jockeys Championship, where they'll bring in jockeys from all around the world that pick up points for winning.
Frankie FosterHOST
And then on the day after, it's the Saudi Cup.
Frankie FosterHOST
And the venue is...
Frankie FosterHOST
It's huge.