Dubai World Cup Carnival: Kentucky Oaks vote for Mimi Kakoushi after gutsy victory

Dubai World Cup Carnival: Kentucky Oaks vote for Mimi Kakoushi after gutsy victory

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Mimi Kakoushi and Mickael Barzalona winning the Group 3 UAE Oaks on the seventh night of the Dubai World Cup Carnival. — Photo by Kareem Dawaba

Published: Fri 17 Feb 2023, 11:45 PM

Emirati handler Salem bin Ghadayer is ready to shoot for the stars with Mimi Kakoushi after his filly recorded a courageous victory in the Group 3 UAE Oaks, the third Classic of the UAE racing season and one of the highlights of Friday’s seventh Dubai World Cup Carnival fixture.

Perhaps a trifle less stylish to her four-and-a-half-length victory in the UAE 1,000 Guineas seven weeks ago but arguably more significant as the daughter of four-time Group 1 winning stallion City of Light showed plenty of heart under duress to hold off the aggressive American raider Amy Please.

That performance earned her the right to be targeted at some of the top three-year-old races in the world including the UAE Derby (March 25) and Kentucky Oaks (May 5) with discussions of her also taking in the Al Bastakiya over 1,900m on Super Saturday (March 4).

“From the day she arrived at the yard she has been my favourite filly,” said