Nayef pleases Tregoning ahead of World Cup

MARCUS TREGONING yesterday reported all was well with Nayef ahead of his tilt at next weekend’s Dubai World Cup.

The five-year-old, winner of the Dubai Sheema Classic on the same card last year, pleased his trainer in a floodlit work out at the Nad Al Sheba track on Saturday night.

“Nayef worked under lights with Ekraar, who I had as a two-year-old, and he’s in good form,” Tregoning said. “He’s had a more straightforward preparation than last year because we were unsure whether or not he would perform on the dirt.