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06 Sept 2025
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Roger Varian is taking the positives out of Charyn’s easy victory at Doncaster on Saturday ahead of Eldar Eldarov’s run in the Dubai Gold Cup at Meydan.
Winner of the St Leger at Doncaster in 2022, he added another Group One when successful in the Irish version last season.
That was his last outing of the year, with connections electing to bypass Champions Day at Ascot, but he has been in training for a while ahead of his trip to Dubai.
The race is over two miles, however, a distance over which Eldar Eldarov has yet to win at.
“Everything has gone to plan and hopefully the victory of Charyn is a plus,” said Varian.
“They are different types of horse but they have been doing a lot of work on a similar programme because they both had early-season targets.
“So Charyn winning hopefully tells me that Eldar is probably ready, so we are looking forward to it.
“I just wish it was a mile and six (furlongs) because he seems to love the mile and six trip – but two miles around there should be OK.”
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