Two the magic number if Dubai superpowers' wishes are granted

What price Godolphin or Hamdan Al Maktoum targeting the Brocklesby at Doncaster in a couple of years' time with a youngster who has already run?

Talking to local media before the start of the UAE season last week, Mirza Al Sayegh called for northern hemisphere-breds to be allowed to run in the Emirates from when they turn two on January 1, saying: "So we have January, February and March to run before they go to Britain."

He reasoned: "At the moment these horses are being trained and costing us money, so why don't we start training them in October, when we give them to the trainers, and get them ready to race in January?"