"Lady Luck" deserted trainer Mike de Kock when the draw took place for Saturday’s $10m Dubai World Cup with his big race hope, Mubtaahij, drawing the outside stall in the 14-runner field. Second in this race 12 months ago, De Kock had said that "Mubtaahij is looking better than I’ve ever seen him". Commenting on the horse’s barrier of 14, assistant trainer Trevor Brown said: "We’re very happy with his progress since his last run. You’ve got to take what you get." Arrogate, quoted the 1-3 favourite by UK bookies, drew stall nine and trainer Bob Baffert seemed happy enough with the position of the US raider. "Nine is fine. The main thing for him is to get away, then it’s up to jockey Mike Smith to decide. I just didn’t want to be on the outside at 14, otherwise it didn’t really matter. I have a great horse. If he just repeats his last race, we’ll be in good shape," said Baffert. Gun Runner is quoted 7-1 second favourite for the World Cup, with Mubtaahij at 8-1 and Arrogate’s stablemat...
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