Despite the ongoing crisis in the Middle East, Alex and JoAnne Lieblong's Reef Runner (The Big Beast) is very much on course to run in the $1 million G1 Al Quoz Sprint the March 28 on the Dubai World Cup program at Meydan. The Gulfstream Park-based runner was shipped to Dubai directly following his last-out victory in the $2 million G1 1351 Turf Sprint in Saudi Arabia Feb. 14.“The horse is doing great. I get videos every day. The only thing is I'm not there,” trainer David Fawkes told Gulfstream media Thursday.Fawkes is in a wait-and-see situation concerning his travel plans to Dubai.“I have a flight right now for the 18th,” he said. “I wanted to get there earlier, but the 18th is as good as they could do for me.”Meanwhile, Reef Runner's training for the Al Quoz has gone uninterrupted.“He's training really good,” Fawkes said. “He'd doing very, very good. Mr. Lieblong owns the stallion, owns the mare. It's so nice to see people who have given a lot to the game get something out of it. The Lieblongs have put a lot into the game for many, many years.”The post Florida-Bred Millionaire Reef Runner Still Set For The Al Quoz Sprint appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.