Salem bin Ghadayer will get another taste of Dubai World Cup night on Saturday after his sprinter High On Life was parachuted in to the Dubai Golden Shaheen.
Ghadayer now has five runners across the US$30 million (Dh110m) nine-race card, with Long River in the Dubai World Cup, Heavy Metal in the Godolphin Mile, Rembrandt Van Rijn in the Dubai Gold Cup and Earnshaw in the Dubai Sheema Classic.
American raider Imperial Hint arrived in Dubai with a fever and had to be scratched by trainer Luis Carvajal.
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A small amount of fluid was detected in Imperial Hint’s right lung during an ultrasound examination on Monday.
Imperial Hint will be treated with medication for a minor infection and will return to America on March 29.
Treatment in racehorses for fluid on the lung is important as it helps to stave off the danger of pneumonia developing in the lungs.
“This was like a one in two million chance for me to be here this year, so I don’t know when my next chance will be. It would be a miracle to come again,” a crestfallen Carvajal said.
“I’m really sad not to be able to participate.”
Elsewhere, Jim Crowley has underlined that he will attempt to return to front-running tactics aboard Muarrab in the UAE’s premier dirt sprint.
The British champion jockey held up last year’s Shaheen winner in the Mahaab Al Shimaal on Super Saturday, and the eight-year-old bay sulked in to sixth place behind Morawij.
Muarrab, who is owned by Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid, has since transferred from Maria Ritchie to Ali Rashid Al Raihe’s Grandstand Stables.
“Holding him up on Super Saturday did not suit him so I imagine we will ride him positively,” Crowley said.
“He looked good winning this last year and can again, hopefully.”
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