Henry Cecil’s high-class older horse Twice Over will be given a different preparation this time around prior to making a second bid to land the world’s richest race, the $10 million Dubai World Cup at Meydan on March 26, writes Elliot Slater. If looking for horse racing tips Twice Over, currently a best priced 6/1 third favourite for the 10-furlong contest, behind Mike de Kock’s Bold Silvano (9/2 favourite) and Aidan O’Brien’s Cape Blanco (11/2), was disappointing in the race last year when strongly fancied, never managing to land a blow and finishing 10th of 14 to Brazilian star Gloria de Campaeo, although eventually beaten less than four lengths. The Observatory colt went on to enjoy a fine season on turf back home, winning the Coral Eclipse Stakes and the Emirates Airline Champion Stakes, as well as finishing second in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot and the Juddmonte International at York. Cecil flew the now six-year-old Khaled Abdullah-owned horse to Dubai only a few days before the race for last year’s renewal, but this time around will employ different tactics in sending his charge out some weeks ahead of the big race itself and giving his horse an outing on the artificial surface to allow Twice Over to acclimatise better and improve on last year’s effort and be a feature in racing tips for today. The three-time Group 1 winner will need to be at his very best if he is to bustle up Bold Silvano, in particular, de Kock’s horse looking sensational when winning recently in the desert kingdom. Britain’s other big potential challenger for the race, last season’s four-time Group 1 winner Snow Fairy, has yet to be confirmed a definite runner with her trainer Ed Dunlop refusing to be rushed into a decision, the four-year-old filly (an 8/1 shot) having been kept on the go last year through into December where she won twice in the Far East.
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