Dubai World Cup: Planteur primed for World Cup bid

Marco Botti trains Dubai World Cup candidate Planteur

Planteur is reported to have settled in well at Meydan as he bids to improve on last year's third place in the Dubai World Cup...

The six-year-old was in the frame for trainer Marco Botti in 2012 and he warmed up for the trip with a comfortable success at in a Listed event at Lingfield last month.

With Botti remaining at home to supervise Solar Deity's bid for the Lincoln, his wife Lucia is doing the honours at the Emirates' flagship racecourse and she expressed her delight in the way Planteur moved in some light work on the track on Tuesday morning.

She said: "Whatever happens with him, we think he's in better form than last year when he ran a fine race to finish third. Obviously we are now hoping that he gets the luck of the draw."

Trainer Michael Bell, who arrived in Dubai last night, was on hand to supervise his globetrotter Wigmore Hall ahead of the Dubai Duty Free. Also engaging in light work were David Simcock's pair of I'm A Dreamer and Trade Storm.

John Oxx's Saddler's Rock worked well under Jim O'Neill on Monday ahead of the two-mile Dubai Gold Cup while the Hong Kong trio of Eagle Regiment, Frederick Engels and Joy And Fun attracted plenty of press attention as they enjoyed a spin.

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