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Hong Kong Racing

Dubai Honour down under again

Dubai Honour is chasing the record for most Australian Group 1 wins for a northern hemisphere-trained horse when he returns for another Sydney autumn carnival campaign.

DUBAI HONOUR winning the KIA TANCRED STAKES at Rosehill in Australia.
DUBAI HONOUR winning the KIA TANCRED STAKES at Rosehill in Australia. Picture: Bradley Photos.
English maestro William Haggas is convinced age hasn't caught up with rising nine-year-old Dubai Honour  just yet as the gelding is readied for the $1.5 million Tancred Stakes (2400m, Rosehill, March 28) and the $5 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m, Royal Randwick, April 11).

If Dubai Honour can win another feature race this autumn, it will be his fourth Australian Group 1 success, breaking a deadlock with former stablemate Addeybb  who also won three majors.

"Dubai Honour is a marvellous horse. He had a great year last year and he is in really good shape,'' Haggas told Racing And Sports.

"He will go to the Tancred then the Queen Elizabeth and all going well, we might take him to Hong Kong and take on Romantic Warrior, which will be difficult.

"But he's in very good form and raced well on the all-weather tracks in December. Last start, he gave weight to a very smart horse in Shader and ran a close second.

Trainer : WILLIAM J HAGGAS and Jockey: TOM MARQUAND after, DUBAI HONOUR winning the LONGINES QUEEN ELIZABETH STAKES
Trainer : WILLIAM J HAGGAS and Jockey: TOM MARQUAND after, DUBAI HONOUR winning the LONGINES QUEEN ELIZABETH STAKES Picture: Martin King / Sportpix
"The plan is for Dubai Honour to go into quarantine with (stablemate) Caviar Heights on February 18 and they will leave for Sydney on March 1.''

Dubai Honour is returning to defend his title in the Tancred Stakes. He also won the Ranvet Stakes-Queen Elizabeth Stakes double in 2023.

Haggas began his very successful Sydney autumn forays with Addeybb who won the Ranvet Stakes-Queen Elizabeth Stakes double in 2020 and returned the next year to win the Queen Elizabeth Stakes again.

Caviar Heights  joined the Haggas stable last year and the trainer is aiming the son of former champion Sea The Stars for the Ranvet-Queen Elizabeth double.

"I think Caviar Heights is a nice horse, a 'solid' horse, strong and powerful,'' Haggas said.

"He will run in the Ranvet Stakes although there's an outside chance he could go to the Manion Cup.

"But earlier in his career he ran phenomenal time over the mile at Newmarket but then he went 'off' and when we bought him, we had him cut (gelded). He ran two good races for us then ran really badly in the heavy.

"I just feel he is a bit different this year and that's why I think he's more a Ranvet horse. I'm hoping both Caviar Heights and Dubai Honour will go to the Queen Elizabeth.''

Haggas has also retained a small share in his former stayer Sam Hawkens, who is now with the John O'Shea and Tom Charlton stable, and is due to resume in the Parramatta Cup (1900m) at Rosehill on February 21.


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