It
was really a proud moment for His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al
Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai as his
horse Monterrosso won the Dubai World Cup.
His Highness Shaikh Mohammad
Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler
of Dubai, led the celebrations in the Royal enclosure and said: "Thank
you! Yes it's great. You know we had a chance like everybody, but now this
horse pulled it out and I'm very happy. I know he [jockey Mickael Barzalona]
gave him a great ride. I am so happy, I am so happy."
The
Ruler’s response to the Dubai World Cup victory taking the top two slots is
fitting for his emirate’s long term goal, “A one-two finish, .... it’s great.”
Dubai-trained Monterosso outclassed a high-class field to win
the 17th running of the $10 million (Dh36.7 million) contest and stunned the
audience. Capponi, ridden by Emirati jockey Ahmad Ajtebi reined in by
Monterosso.
Both are homebreds
of Shaikh Mohammad's Dalham Hall stud farm in England, which stands the
successful stallion Dubawi, a son of Dubai Millennium and the sire of
Monterosso. While Dubai Millennium died after contracting grass sickness in
2001, Dubawi enjoys a career as one of Darley's top stallions.
Trained in the Marmoum ‘Desert' Stables by Mahmoud Al Zarouni,
the five-year-old son of Dubawi stormed home to an easy three-length winner
under sassy French teenage jockey Mickael Barzalona.
The chairman of the company that built the Burj
Khalifa and the largest developer in the country, Emaar, Mohammed Alabbar says
that the race “adds that important element, heritage, tourism, Dubai, horses,
the Middle East, all one in the same.”
Monterosso's grandsire was Dubai Millennium — who stormed to
victory in the Dubai World Cup in 2000. He is a homebred of His Highness Shaikh
Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE
and Ruler of Dubai, who once said that Dubai Millennium was the ‘best horse' he
ever owned.
Group 1 US$10 million Dubai World
Cup, sponsored by Emirates Airline: Moterrosso, jockey Mikael Barzalona
Group 1 US$5 million Dubai Sheema
Classic, presented by Longines: Cirrus des Aigles, trainer Corine Barande-Barbe
and jockey Olivier Peslier
Group 1 US$2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen, sponsored by Gulf News:
Krypton Factor, trainer Fawzi Nass and jockey Kieren Fallon
Group 1 US$1 million Al Quoz
Sprint, sponsored by Emirates NBD: Ortensia, trainer Paul Messara and jockey
Craig Williams
Group 1 US$5 million Dubai Duty
Free, sponsored by Dubai Duty Free: Cityscape, trainer Roger Charlton and
jockey James Doyle
Group 1 US$250,000 Dubai Kahayla
Classic: TM Fred Texas stormed clear in the straight, trainer Ronald Martino
and jockey Adrie De Vries
Group 2 US$2 million UAE Derby,
sponsored by The Saeed and Mohammed Al Naboodah Group: Daddy Long Legs, trainer
Aidan O’Brien and jockey Colm O’Donoghue
Group 2 US$1 million Godolphin
Mile, sponsored by Etisalat: African Story, jockey Frankie Dettori
Group 3 US$1 million Dubai Gold
Cup, sponsored by Al Tayer Motors: Opinion Poll, jockey Frankie Dettori
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