Survie Ready To Fly In Neom Turf Cup

TRAINER GEORGE BOUGHEY HOPING FOR ANOTHER MAJOR INTERNATIONAL PRIZE

Image:Trainer George Boughey at King Abdulaziz Racecourse, February 23, 2023.

Credit Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia / Neville Hopwood.

Tuesday February 10, 2026 – British trainer George Boughey's new recruit Survie (IRE) will be aiming to make a swift return on investment when she heads into Saturday's Group 1 USD$3m Neom Turf Cup Presented by Howden.

It was only in early December that the high-class mare was sent to the sales at Tattersalls in Newmarket, where she was bought from French-based trainers Nicolas Clement and Frauke Hermans by Michael and Doreen Tabor for a sum of 1,900,000gns, which equates to around $2,475,000.

Survie was already a very valuable mare, having gone extremely close to landing a G1 in the likes of the French Oaks, Prix Jean Romanet and Pretty Polly Stakes.

Boughey, who had identified the Neom Turf Cup – with prize-money boosted from $2m this year – as a first big target, gave the daughter of Churchill a warm-up run at Lingfield a few days ago in a 2000m conditions race, where she beat two rivals very comfortably.

“She has done well,” said Boughey from his British base on Tuesday. “Obviously she was a winner at Lingfield on her first start for us but it was very much a prep-run for this race. She came out of the race good, she didn't do a huge amount last week but has shipped over in great shape.

“Kristan Archer and Anthony Peck, who are out there with her, are very happy and that's the main thing. Dropping back to this 2100m trip was kind of always my plan, especially with this race having been upgraded to a Group 1 and with an extra $1m in prize-money, it was an obvious point for her.

“I was very keen to get a race into her if I could, having been beaten convincingly over a mile and three-quarters [2800m] on very soft ground on her previous run. It's a very different set-up onto fast ground in Saudi Arabia.”

Boughey has swiftly risen to the top of his profession after first sending out runners in 2019, having won a G1 1000 Guineas with Cachet (IRE) and a major international triumph last year when Believing (IRE) claimed the G1 Al Quoz Sprint in Dubai.

He has even finished fourth in this very same race back in 2023, so knows the challenge ahead.

“The draw will be very important, I think it's key over that course and distance,” he said. "We were drawn a little bit wide [stall nine] with Missed The Cut (USA) a few years ago, and it's over to Ryan Moore now.

“He knows her, having had a sit on her the other day, and he's galloped her in the mornings at home as well.

“We're very happy and I do think the return to this kind of distance on better ground is what she needs, so we're very excited to have a filly operating at this level for Michael and Doreen Tabor, as our first solo horse for them. I'm looking forward to getting out there at the weekend.”

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