
Saeed bin Suroor is keen to give Real World a run on turf at the Dubai Carnival before he heads for the Saudi Cup.
Hugely progressive last year, the five-year-old won the Royal Hunt Cup under a jubilant Marco Ghiani and went on to land a Listed race at Newbury, the Strensall Stakes at York and the Prix Daniel Wildenstein on Arc weekend.
Bin Suroor now has his sights fixed on the most valuable race in the world and has no qualms that it takes place on dirt.
Former stable star Benbatl went close in the inaugural running two years ago when third to Maximum Security, and the race now carries Group One status.
āHe worked today and he worked really well, heās in good order and Iām very happy with him,ā said Bin Suroor on Thursday.
āThe target with him is to take him to Saudi, but I would like to give him a race first at the end of this month.
āI will judge him when he works next week and see when I think he is ready for a race and then weāll make a plan.
āWe donāt need to run him on dirt before Saudi, Iāll run him on turf, weāll go back on dirt in the Saudi Cup.ā
He went on: āBenbatl was as good on dirt and turf. People keep saying Real World didnāt win on dirt this time last year, but he wasnāt the same horse then that he is now. Heās changed so much physically.
āLast year he was quite weak. He had a few races on dirt and I know he didnāt win, but he ran well, you couldnāt say he didnāt like dirt ā he just wasnāt as good then as he is now.
āWhen we took him back to Newmarket he grew and became a better horse, itās as simple as that.
āThat is why I want to run him on turf first, to get him ready for the Saudi Cup.ā
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