Dubai World Cup clues: what we learned from the Saudi Cup and Dubai Carnival

The Dubai World Cup takes place on March 26. Saudi Cup meeting at Riyadh and carnival at Meydan offered clues for punting clues.

Life Is Good is a US-trained thoroughbred. The Dubai World Cup is taking place in 2021. There are concerns about the speed of the track. All four dirt races on Super Saturday were run in slower times than the same events a year earlier. Hypothetical's time was more than three seconds off Thunder Snow's 2018 course record.

Bob Baffert's Country Grammer finished second in the Saudi Cup. Emblem Road came first in Dubai Carnival. Country Grammy won the 1m2f Hollywood Gold Cup at Santa Anita last year.

Al Nefud was second to Hot Rod Charlie in the World Cup at Meydan in February. He was caught wide on the first bend and lost to Desert Wisdom. Al Nafud had earlier defeated Desert wisdom in Group 3 Burj Nahaar on Super Saturday.

Secret Ambition finished seventh in the Saudi Cup. Strongconstitution finished fifth in a Godolphin Mile prep race. Storm Damage lowered his own Meydan turf track record in inaugural running of the Ras Al Khor on Super Saturday. He is by Night Of Thunder, who has produced a UAE Guineas winner and is a son of track's leading sire Dubawi.

Azure Coast is 3-3 in the UAE Derby. He won the 2,000 Guineas recently. Quality Boone came back to win the Listed Al Bastakiya on Super Saturday. Last year's UAE winner, Rebel's Romance, finished only fourth in Saudi Derby, but that was only a mile.

Saeed bin Suroor's Real World won the Group 2 Zabeel Mile in the Saudi Cup. Alfareeq won Group 1 Jebel Hatta on Super Saturday.

Last year's Saudi Cup and Sheema Classic winner Mishriff finished a tailed-off last on his recent return to Riyadh. Authority looked a leading Sheemas Classic candidate when landing the Neom Turf Cup. Hukum overcame a tricky draw to win his warm-up race at Meydan on Super Saturday.

Charlie Appleby and his horse Man Of Promise are favourites for the Al Quoz Sprint. The US-trained runners filled second in the 2017, 2018 and 2019 runnings and top spot in last year's race. Casa Creed, runner-up in Turf Sprint at Riyadh, is a likely contender for Bill Mott. Dancing Prince, an impressive winner of the Dirt Sprint in Riyadh will skip the race, but Eastern World, who won the Super Saturday prep, deserves a mention.

Manobo is a short-priced favourite for the Dubai Gold Cup. Rodrigo Diaz is an interesting alternative. Sheikhzayedroad is not a good bet. For all our exclusive free bet offers and must-have daily promotions click the free bets button or go to racingpost.com/freebets.