By Heather Anderson
2nd-DMR, $68K, Alw/OC ($62.5K), 3yo/up, f/m, 1m, 5:33 p.m. EDT
VALE DORI (ARG) (Asiatic Boy {Arg}), a winner of the G1 Jorge de Atucha in May of 2015 for then-owner El Zorrito and trainer Antonio H. Marsiglia, was purchased privately by Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Maktoum and sent to the barn of South African Mike de Kock for an intended start during the 2016 Dubai International Racing Carnival. Coming off a 10-month layoff, Vale Dori ran a credible fourth behind 'TDN Rising Star' Polar River (Congrats) in the G3 UAE Oaks at Meydan Mar. 3. Fourth to GI Belmont S. third-place finisher Lani (Tapit) in the G2 UAE Derby Mar. 26, the Argentinean was sent to Hall of Famer Bob Baffert and has been training lights-out, with back-to-back bullets over this strip, including a three-panel move in :35 flat (1/24) July 30. TJCIS PPs
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