All eyes on Lady of Dubai in Nassau Stakes

Dubai - Top jockey Andrea Atzeni teams up once again with Italian-born trainer Luca Cumani to partner Lady of Dubai in the Group-1 contest Nassau Stakes.

Top jockey Andrea Atzeni teams up once again with Italian-born trainer Luca Cumani to partner Lady of Dubai in the Group-1 contest Nassau Stakes in the silks of Shaikh Mohammed bin Obaid Al Maktoum on the final day of the 2015 Glorious Goodwood on Saturday.
Cumani has secured the services of Atzeni to power Postponed home most recently in the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes, a win that has been described by the Italian trainer as a dream that has shone brightly for nearly 40 years was finally realised on a wonderful day at Ascot.
However, Saturday's fifth and final day of the Qatar Goodwood Festival will see the £600,000 Qatar Nassau Stakes taking centre stage. The Group One contest for fillies and mares is staged over just short of 10 furlongs and has attracted top nine fillies going to post.
The daughter of Dubawi was last seen finishing second runner up to Qualify over a mile and a half in the Investic Oaks Group-1 at Epsom on the first day of the Derby Festival.
Lady of Dubai has been cut to 6-1 behind the David Wachman-trained Classic filly Legatissimo, the 1000 Guinness heroine and the Aiden O'Brien's filly Diamondsandrubies. But, she is fancied to win the race from the mount of Frankie Dettori Star of Seville.
Gosden runners have won the past three renewals of the Nassau Stakes and the Newmarket handler has three fillies going forward this year headed by Group One Prix de Diane (French Oaks) scorer Star Of Seville, alongside Investec Oaks fifth Jazzi Top and Bright Approach, who has not yet run in 2015.
Aidan O'Brien has won the Nassau Stakes twice and Ireland's champion trainer is saddling the Group One Pretty Polly Stakes heroine Diamondsandrubies and recent Group Two Kilboy Estates winner Wedding Vow and Outstanding, who was third last time out in the Grade One Belmont Oaks in the USA.
Coolmore stables are also represented by Legatissimo (David Wachman). The three-year-old captured the first fillies' Classic of the season, the QIPCO 1000 Guineas, before just being beaten in the Oaks by Qualify.
Elsewhere, the £400,000 Qatar International Stakes, a Group One contest for pure bred Arabians, also takes place on Saturday and is the first leg of the Doha Triple Crown, a major new series linking three of the racing's most prestigious international events.
The Doha Triple Crown was launched earlier this year at a press conference in Doha held during the HH The Emir 24th International Equestrian Sword Festival where the series will conclude in February, 2016 with the running of Qatar's most valuable contest the HH The Emir's Sword worth QR3 million. Longchamp provides the second leg of the Doha Triple Crown where the ?1 million Qatar Arabian World Cup has quickly become an established feature of Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Weekend in early October. A bonus of $1 million will be paid to the connections of any horse that wins all three races.