Godolphin close in on goal of 100 Group One wins

GODOLPHIN hope to move nearer to the goal of 100 Group One wins when they bid for a fourth win in the world’s richest race at Nad Al Sheba on Saturday.

The Dubai-based outfit saddle two of the leading contenders for the Emirates-sponsored $6m prize in Moon Ballad and Grandera. And they start their tenth season in operation having won 95 of the world’s very best races in 11 different countries.

Godolphin racing manager Simon Crisford said yesterday: “Hopefully we will reach the hundred this year and in our tenth year that would be a great achievement.