![]() > He has raced at Aqueduct, Belmont Park, Charles Town, Churchill Downs, Gulfstream Park, Keeneland, Laurel Park, Penn National, Pimlico Race Course, Saratoga, Tampa Bay Downs > He was bred in Kentucky, United States by Taylor Brothers Properties LLC, Pollock Farms, Patrick H. > He is trained by Jeremiah O'Dwyer and has raced for Park, Jun H. > He was sired by Not This Time out of the Pulpit mare Fiery Pulpit > Sibelius is a five-year-old gelding and has raced from 2021 In the six-furlong contest, Sibelius faces the challenge of defending champion Switzerland, who is trained by Bhupat Seemar, as well as recent G2 winner in the US, Steve Asmussen’s Gunite. He said you just don’t feel he is going that fast.” Even Junior felt that while winning the Prospector. When you sit on him, you never quite feel like you're going as fast as you are. I mean, as soon as you give him the go signal, as soon as you pick that bridle up and put that in his mouth, he kind of lowers down and goes pretty darn fast. Chelsea (his assistant) gave him a blow the other morning and he finished up really strong and well,” informed O’Dwyer. He is drinking a lot of water and eating well and settled right in. “Very pleased with his weight, now that he has travelled. ![]() O’Dwyer is happy with what he has seen of Sibelius in Dubai so far. “You know, he is well-travelled and there’s not a horse or a race track he cannot ride well.” “Ryan’s just one of the top guys in the world and it’s fabulous to get someone like him on board,” said O’Dwyer. Moore recently won a Group 1 race in Australia in Rosehill, and finished second in the Hong Kong Derby. The 39-year-old Englishman takes over from regular rider Junior Alvarado, who had to stay back in the US to ride Art Collector for Bill Mott. If that isn’t enough, O’Dwyer has managed to rope in Moore, the fifth most successful jockey in the history of the Dubai World Cup with seven winners and four seconds in 82 rides. The good news for O’Dwyer is that two of the last four Shaheen winners – XY Jet in 2018 and Zenden in 2021 – also won the Pelican Stakes. ![]() That takes him to three wins in his last five starts dating back to his first stakes win in the Lite the Fuse in September last year at Pimlico. Sibelius is in winning form, having triumphed in his last two starts at the Group 3 Mr Prospector Stakes at Gulfstream and the Listed Pelican Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs. ![]()
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