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Musir in the UK

David Thiselton
The Mike de Kock-trained superstar Musir, after initially being sent to Australia to further his racing career, is now in the UK.
Musir, the Equus Champion two-year-old in South Africa last season, had a fantastic Dubai Carnival this year, winning the UAE 2000 Guineas Trial, the UAE 2000 Guineas and the UAE Derby. That extended his career to five wins in six starts.
It was subsequently decided that Musir, owned and bred by Sheik Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Maktoum, would enhance his stallion potential if able to win Group 1 races in Australia so he was sent there to be trained by David Payne.
However, he was a horse that failed his fetlock x-rays as a yearling, which was why the Sheik never sold him, and he failed the x-rays once again in Australia.
De Kock said, “We felt that to keep him in Australia would be unfair on David Payne in case something went wrong. He is currently in England working on Jane Chapple-Hyam’s treadmill. He will then be sent to campaign in Dubai where the World Cup will be his main target.”

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