“Clinically the horse is fine. But if you are asking if he’s the
same horse as last year, I’d have to say no.”


Frank McGovern, racing manager for King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz
and sons, who own multiple Grade 1 winner Premium Tap.
The Pleasant Tap horse missed three weeks of training with a severe
respiratory infection and has also had several other problems.
Premium Tap is entered in the $6-million Emirates Airline Dubai
World Cup (UAE-G1) on Saturday at Nad al Sheba racecourse, a
race he finished second in last year