The Story of Emblem Road

19 February 2023 – The Saudi Cup has released The Story of Emblem Road – a documentary reminiscing on the horse’s memorable victory in The Saudi Cup 2022 through the eyes of his owner Prince Saud Bin Salman Al Saud, jockey Alexis Moreno as well as Prince Bandar Bin Khalid Alfaisal, the Chairman of the Jockey Club
of Saudi Arabia.

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Speaking to leading horse racing broadcaster Nick Luck, Prince Saud Bin Salman Al Saud recalls his feelings as the horse came late to win Saudi Arabia’s biggest race.

He goes on to discuss this year’s renewal and how he is approaching the race with “cautious optimism” that Emblem Road can be the first horse to win the world’s most
valuable race more than once.

Emblem Road will be partnered this year by Alexis Moreno, who passed the opportunity to ride him in favour of stablemate Making Miracles in 2022. He tells Luck that after an impressive warm-up victory last time out, he thinks “he can win the race again".

This year’s Saudi Cup looks one of the most open renewals so far with contenders from Japan, America and Saudi Arabia all in with a chance, and Prince Bandar Bin Khalid Alfaisal, Chairman of the Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia, believes it will be “a very interesting race”.

He goes on to say that he hopes Emblem Road’s victory 12 months ago has boosted the profile of racing in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and it is: “not unimaginable that locally trained horses are able to compete on an international level and a platform like The Saudi Cup".

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