Profile of Dubawi Gold

The profile of Dubawi Gold will be familiar to a lot of people experienced in the flat racing world. Here is a three-year-old Bay Colt which ticks all of the right boxes but can be as frustrating as a wasp in a beer garden on a beautiful summer's day.

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The profile of Dubawi Gold is quite a short one because the horse has not been around on the racing circuit for too long. However, the animal has already started to develop a big fan base.

Dubawi Gold faces the tough task of trying to beat Frankel in the St. James' Palaces Stakes at Royal Ascot. This is a task as tough as the story of three men who walked 4000 miles from a Gulag to India in the 1940s; nearly impossible.

First Race for Dubawi Gold

The first race for Dubawi Gold is where a lot of the fuss and attention was whipped up around this horse. A six furlong contest at Ayr on May 26 2010 produced a first place finish in a field of eight runners.



The win was by four and a half lengths. Dubawi Gold was put under pressure inside the final furlong by a 20/1 outsider but responded promptly to pull away and ease over the line with little difficulty.

The first race for Dubawi Gold showed just how comfortable the horse was over short flat races. The horse was the favourite in the Horse Racing Betting market for this race but there were no signs of pressure.

Main Weaknesses of Dubawi Gold

One of the main weaknesses of Dubawi Gold is an over reliance on a good start. The two very poor performances in the career of this horse came after poor starts. The horse always manages to look in contention for a race but fails to respond if there is a big group of runners already ahead.



What makes this one of the main weaknesses of Dubawi Gold is that the jockey will never feel compelled to urge the horse on if there is no energy or enthusiasm coming from the animal. Dubawi Gold is a horse that seems to have one way of racing and one only.

Dubawi Gold at Ascot

Dubawi Gold at Ascot has happened two times in the past. One of these races produced one of the poor performances talked of above but the other produced a win in a field of five runners over seven furlongs.



This win from Dubawi Gold at Ascot came in autumn last year which shows the horse has recent experience of running at the famous racecourse. Issues such as the crowds, noise and number of competitors should not be a problem at Royal Ascot this year.

Richard Hannon and Dubawi Gold

Richard Hannon and Dubawi Gold is a relationship that has not been in existence for too long. Hannon took over training the horse at the back end of last year and so far has two wins and a second place with this horse in 2011.



This suggests that the relationship between Richard Hannon and Dubawi Gold is going from strength to strength and could explode this year. Frankel has to be beaten at some point in the near future.