We had the oddity yesterday of the British import Dhaamer getting beaten just a neck in the 12-furlong Tokyco City Cup at Santa Anita. Dhaamer's 3/4 brother, Malhub, was a 6f group I winner group at 4. Malhub is by Kingmambo, known for getting distance horses, while Dhaamer's sire, Dubai Destination, had group wins at 7f and 8f, and is a half to a Librettist, a really good miler. So it also seems backwards that he would be the one producing the stayer. Dhaamer has never even been tried at under a mile.
It's also interesting that he handled the dirt yesterday, because he certainly has a lot of European names in his pedigreee, although Dubai Destination's dam, Mysterial, is a half to My Sea Castles, who excelled sprinting on the dirt. I'm tempted to think Dhaamer will do even better when tried on turf, but he didn't set the world on fire as a handicapper on England, with all but one of his races on turf.
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