Equestrian, tomorrow in the United Arab Emirates the prestigious Dubai Carnival takes place In competition Frankie Dettori, Antonio Fresu, Andrea Atzeni and the newcomer Marco Ghiani
ORISTANO. Four of the strongest jockeys in the world ready to battle at the last meter in a race with a rich prize pool (100,000 US dollars, just under 90,000 euros). The Quattro Mori will be major protagonists on Friday at the Dubai Carnival, in the United Arab Emirates. Frankie Dettori, Antonio Fresu, Andrea Atzeni and rookie Marco Ghiani will compete in the Dubay Trophy, among the key events of tomorrow’s program at the Meydan racecourse, where the prestigious and rich horse racing competition is held, which overall for the edition 2022 (with events running until the end of March) is giving away something like $ 30 million.
The confrontation between the four islanders representatives, excellences of world horse racing, will see for the first time the young jockey from Silì, 23 years old on 7 February and the great protagonist of 2021 in England, ending with one hundred seasonal victories, challenge the illustrious professionals as a professional Colleagues. «It will be an honor for me to be among them», commented “Marcolino”, on the Facebook page of his fans club. It will mount JJ Jumbo, owned by Sultan Saeed Harib. The man from Oristano has not been able to get an engagement on Real World at the moment, the horse with which he won at Ascot last spring, but he still wants to try to amaze at the first participation in the coveted race.
He will have to contend with opponents with an enviable palmarès: Dettori will ride Home City, Saeed bin Suroor trained horse for the Godolphin stable, Fresu will race on Al Moohaajim of Naser Askar, Atzeni on Safra of KHK Racing. But international participation is also at the fore: Ronald Woodworth, Callum Shepherd, William Buick, Richard Mullen, Ray Dawson and Louis Steward will also be at the starting gate.
Sardinia, through its four standard-bearers, still has a good chance of doing well, and who knows that in the end it is not Ghiani, the youngest of the Quattro Mori, winner of the Apprentice Jockeys Championship, the Championship of Allievi jockeys (the only Italian to do it together with Dettori), and currently fourth among the professionals in the All Weather Championships, with 26 victories obtained. Meanwhile, Silì’s young jockey has been joined in Dubai by his parents, who will follow him closely, and he relaxes enjoying the heat and the sea, before the afternoon of fire that awaits him. The start of the Dubay Trophy is scheduled at 6 pm local time, 3 pm Italian time, and fans will be able to follow it live on Dubai Racing.