2009 Dubai World Cup Thursday Workouts

Trainer Neil Drysdale will send out Marsh Side in the Dubai Sheema Classic on Saturday. Drysdale was pleased with the rain that fell Wednesday evening into Thursday morning and said, "The more rain, the better." Marsh Side prefers a bit of give in the ground and Drysdale partly blamed the extra firm turf condition in the San Marcos for Marsh Side's seventh-place finish at Santa Anita Park on January 19. Marsh Side cantered on the grass Thursday morning, and Drysdale said his exercise rider, Derek Oldham, rated the course as "good."