This afternoon, I was examining the entries for the January 15th card at Meydan, and I saw a familiar old name entered in the $150,000 Dubawi Stakes -- Conveyance! Now eight years old, the son of Indian Charlie was a prominent name on the 2010 Kentucky Derby trail when trained by Bob Baffert, winning the San Rafael Stakes (gr. III) and Southwest Stakes (gr. III) before finishing second in the Sunland Derby (gr. III) and fifteenth in the Kentucky Derby. Subsequently transferred to the barn of Satish Seemar, Conveyance made two starts in Dubai in March 2011, then went to the sidelines for nearly three years before returning on February 27th, 2014 to finish third in a handicap race at Meydan. Another lengthy break ensued, but Conveyance came back on December 18th to finish second in a listed stakes, and seems poised to turn in a good effort on Thursday. Certainly the conditions of the Dubawi Stakes seem ideal for Conveyance -- the race is a six-furlong sprint on the dirt track.
Among his primary rivals are Reynaldothewizard, winner of the 2013 Dubai Golden Shaheen (UAE-I), and United Color, who finished third in that same race last year. It should be a good race!
Also, earlier on the card, the former American runner Le Bernardin will be in action once again, starting in a 2,000-meter handicap race one week after finishing third in a similar event at Meydan.
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