Fourteen horses, including the one-two finishers from the 2022 renewal, are among the likely runners in the $20 million Saudi Cup   Saudi-based Emblem Road ran down the Bob Baffert-trained Country Grammer in the 2022 Saudi Cup and both are set to contest the one-turn, 1,800-meter race again Feb. 25 in Riyadh. Country Grammer is set for a return trip from California and will be joined by 4-year-old Taiba, trained by Baffert and owned, like Country Grammer, by Amr Zedan. Taiba won the Malibu Stakes in December in his most recent start and comes into 2023 as a leading dirt-route horse in North America. Country Grammer went from his tough beat in the Saudi Cup on to win the Dubai World Cup one month later.  :: DRF Bets players have exclusive access to FREE DRF Past Performances - Classic or Formulator! Join today.  Baffert’s two are the only likely starters from America in a race expected to include six horses from Japan: Café Pharoah, Crown Pride, Geoglyph, Jun Light Bolt, Panthalassa, and Vin de Garde.   American horses should feature prominently in the $1.5 million Riyadh Dirt Sprint, with Elite Power, champion sprinter of 2022, and Gunite, who might be his equal, among the dozen horses considered likely runners. The Japan-based Dancing Prince, winner of the 2022 edition, also is expected to start.  Two Baffert-trained horses, Havnameltdown and Speed Boat Beach, figure among 14 likely runners in the $1.5 million Saudi Derby, a one-turn dirt mile.   Casa Creed, Elite Power’s Bill Mott-trained stablemate, returns to Saudi Arabia for the $1.5 million 1351 Turf Sprint, which he narrowly lost a year ago to Songline, also expected to start. Cazadero, trained by Brendan Walsh, also was listed in the likely field. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.