Not This Time’s Six Speed Blitzes Rivals In UAE 2000 Guineas

[Wandering Eyes]

Brunetti Dugan Stables, Black Type Thoroughbreds, Steve Adkisson and Swinbank Stables' SIX SPEED (c, 3, Not This Time–Browse, by Medaglia d'Oro), last-out winner of the UAE 2000 Guineas trial over 1400 metres at Meydan Jan. 2, proved that an extra furlong was no bother whatsoever when striding out a four-length winner of Friday's G3 2000 Guineas going the metric mile.

With Jake Ballis's Black Type Thoroughbreds and Reagan Swinbank's Swinbank Stables having bought into the 3-year-old colt this past week and with 20 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby at stake, Six Speed was made the favorite to extend his winning streak to three, but in order to do so, he would need to deal with Godolphin's progressive Devon Island (Practical Joke), two-for-two at the Dubai Racing Carnival.

Very quickly into stride for Mickael Barzalona, Six Speed raced one off the fence and was content to sit second for a time before strolling to the front with more than a half-mile to travel. Going comfortably on the engine with his rider sitting hard against him, he cornered for home still under a tight hold and when asked to extend, put the Guineas to bed within a matter of strides. In the end, he maintained a margin of about four lengths over Devon Island, who just photoed Union Security (Maximum Security) out of second for a U.S.-bred 1-2-3.

Six Speed is the 69th worldwide stakes winner and 34th group/graded winner for Not This Time.

Sales history: $50,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP; 220,000gns 2yo '25 TATAPR. Lifetime Record: 4-3-0-1. O-Brunetti Dugan Stables, Black Type Thoroughbreds, Steve Adkisson and Swinbank Stable; B-KatieRich Farm (KY); T-Bhupat Seemar

 

puts the gloss on a wonderful evening for @BhupatSeemar with a bloodless success in the UAE 2000 Guineas!

“He's got so much natural speed,” says the on-song trainer #FashionFriday | #DubaiCarnival pic.twitter.com/El6FvA2zN5

— Dubai Racing Club (@RacingDubai) January 23, 2026

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