(from Dubai Racing Club)
Kane Hekili, challenger for the US$6,000,000 Dubai World Cup (Gr.1), sponsored by Emirates, worked under the lights in the early hours of Wednesday morning with Yutaka Take in the saddle.
Kane Hekili was clocked at 49.9s for 800 metres covering the final 400 metres in 24.9s.
After the work Take said, "The horse seems to be in very good condition, this dirt course is different from the Japanese one but he ran very well. He has experienced different ways of running where he has come from behind and where he has stayed in the middle so he will deal with any style of the race.",
Also working at Nad al Sheba Racecourse was the Katsuhiko Sumii-trained Flamme de Passion, who has been drawn in stall one for the US$2,000,000 UAE Derby (Gr.2), sponsored by Saeed & Mohammed Al Naboodah Group, and will be the mount of Take.
Flamme de Passion clocked 51.7s for 800 metres and 24.1s for the final 400 metres.,
Take commented, "I wanted the outside draw for Flamme de Passion, but I am looking forward to a good result, in his last race at Tokyo Racecourse he was pocketed by the other horses, but he drew away from the group. That experience will be good for him."
Hideyuki Mori's pair of Star King Man (Dubai World Cup (Gr.1)) and Gaburin (UAE Derby (Gr.2)), worked together and covered 800 metres in 48.1s with the final 400 metres clocked in 23.12s.
Hat Trick, Katsuhiko Sumii's Dubai Duty Free (Gr.1) runner, worked on the turf in the early hours of Wednesday morning clocking 23.63s for the final 400 metres.
Michifumi Kono's Asakusa Den'en, who also runs in the Dubai Duty Free, worked on the turf with times of 46.75s for 800 metres and 21,86s for the final 400 metres.
Heart's Cry (US$5,000,000 Dubai Sheema Classic) and Utopia (US$1,000,000 Godolphin Mile (Gr.2)), both trained by Kojiro Hashiguchi, worked together with Heart's Cry starting the work three lengths behind his stablemate but finished upsides and clocking a time of 46.75s for 800 metres and 21.86s for the final 400 metres.
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