Gio Ponti Eyes 2011 Dubai World Cup
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Dual champion and Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) runner-up Gio Ponti will stay in training as a six-year-old and take aim again at the $10-million Emirates Airline Dubai World Cup (UAE-G1).
The Tale of the Cat horse finished fourth in the 2010 World Cup, after garnering Eclipse Awards as champion older male and champion turf male of 2009. He scored the fifth and sixth Grade 1 victories of his career in the Man o’ War Stakes (G1) on July 10 at Belmont Park and Shadwell Turf Mile Stakes (G1) on October 9 at Keeneland Race Course.
At 4-to-1 odds in the Mile, Gio Ponti finished 1 3/4 lengths behind Goldikova (Ire), who won the race for the third straight year and also is scheduled to return as a six-year-old in 2011.
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