California Chrome ready to justify favorite tag in Dubai (Reuters)

By Matt Smith DUBAI (Reuters) – California Chrome is again favorite for the $10 million Dubai World Cup, the world’s richest horse race, although the stallion will have to outpace a field packed with fellow American thoroughbreds to better last year’s second place. The 2014 Kentucky Derby and Preakness champion’s most likely challengers will be Godolphin-owned Frosted, Travers Cup winner Keen Ice and Special Fighter, a victor in three races at Dubai’s Meydan track in the past four months. “I have a lot of respect for Frosted, but I’m not worried about one horse – I have to be worried about all of them,” said California Chrome’s co-owner Perry Martin.