Following his exciting win in Sunday's Grade II San Antonio Handicap, trainer Bob Baffert says Dubai is still the plan for Richard's Kid.

Sent off the favorite, Richard's Kid trailed early behind a slow pace and still had eight lengths to make up on the leaders with under a half mile to go. He rallied furiously up the inside to nip Dakota Phone by a head.

Baffert says the horse emerged for the race in good shape; a shipping date hasn't been decided yet. Richard's Kid was purchased by Sheikh Rashid's Zabeel Racing last month with the specific intent of pointing for the Dubai World Cup. The $10 million race, the richest in the world, will be held at Dubai's new Meydan Racecourse on March 27.

While Nad al Sheba, the track on which the World Cup was run since its 1996 inception, is dirt, Meydan uses a synthetic surface. Richard's Kid has two wins, a second and a third in five stakes starts on synthetic surfaces in California; in addition to the San Antonio, he won the Grade I Pacific Classic in September.

Baffert has won the World Cup twice, with Silver Charm in 1998 and Captain Steve in 2001.