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South Seas set for Dewhurst
- Updated: September 14, 2016
Trainer Andrew Balding has revealed that his unbeaten Solario Stakes winner, South Seas, is on course for Saturday 8th October’s Dubai Dewhurst Stakes, one of the two Group One highlights of the Dubai Future Champions Festival at Newmarket’s Rowley Mile Racecourse.
This prestigious seven furlong contest has 50 of Europe’s best juveniles still engaged following Tuesday’s scratching stage while the Group One Dubai Fillies’ Mile – which is run 24 hours earlier on Friday 7th October – has 30 entries remaining. Both races are worth £500,000, making them Europe’s richest Group One two-year-old events.
South Seas has yet to be properly tested in three career starts, which have all taken place with plenty of give in the ground.
The son of Lope de Vega followed up a runaway Windsor maiden success with a smooth victory at Haydock Park before taking the step up to Group Three company in his stride when notching a two and a quarter length verdict in the Solario at Sandown.
“The Dubai Dewhurst …
