Surprise winner of the $20 million Saudi Cup last February, the John and Thady Gosden-trained Mishriff is being readied for a repeat in 2022, according to racingpost.com. The 5-year-old son of Make Believe posted wins in last year's Group 1 Dubai Sheema Classic and G1 Juddmonte International at York, finishing the season with a fourth-place finish in the G1 Champion Stakes at Ascot.
“Mishriff has done well over winter as you would expect as he's a 5-year-old and he's thickened out again,” Gosden told racingpost.com. “He's been back out cantering on Warren Hill for the past few days and we are slowly building him up for another crack at the Saudi Cup.”
The Saudi Cup will hold Group 1 status for the first time in 2022.
Joining Mishriff on the trip to Saudi Arabia may be his Group 1-winning stablemate Lord North, who could target the G3 Neom Cup on the turf. The 6-year-old Dubawi horse won the G1 Dubai Turf last March, but missed the rest of the season.
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