"Godolphin" is crowned a third in a row ... the 13th title for UAE horses
"Mystic Guide" wins the Dubai World Cup
During the coronation of the knight Louis Size, the title of the Dubai World Cup.
Photography: Osama Abu Ghanem, Patrick Castillo and Ashok Verma
The Supreme Organizing Committee of the silver jubilee edition of the 25th Dubai World Cup displays artwork and laser drawings that recall the journey of the late Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum's bid.
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The horse "Mystic Guide" with the Godolphin logo awarded the UAE the most famous horse racing title in the world (the Dubai World Cup), led by knight Louis Saise, and under the supervision of coach Michael Stedham, after he gave a wonderful performance in the ninth half and the president sponsored by "Emirates Airlines", in an evening The 25th edition, which was held yesterday at the Meydan track, with a total prize pool of $ 26.5 million, with the participation of 117 horses from 11 countries.
The "Mystic Guide" awarded the UAE the 13th title in the World Cup, so that the UAE would continue to be the most expensive horse racing title in the world, compared to eight for the United States, and a title for each of: Australia, Brazil, Japan, and Saudi Arabia.
Godolphin maintained the title for the third time in a row, after the historic double achieved by the prodigy horse "Thunder Snow", which is the only horse to have won the Dubai World Cup twice, by winning the cup in the 23rd and 24th editions.
The jockey Louis Saise led the horse "Mystic Guide" to win the 2000-meter race, the prize pool of which totaled 12 million dollars, including 7.2 million dollars for the horse owned by Godolphin, who won first place.
The "Mystic Guide" continued the brilliance of the Emirati horses on the evening of the 25th Dubai World Cup, as they achieved four titles from nine runs, after the horse "Drian", owned by Yas Racing, won the first half, "Dubai as a Classic Hail", and the horse "Ripples Romance" with the Godolphin slogan, which won The title of the fifth "Emirates Derby", and the horse "Lord North" owned by His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, won the seventh round, "Dubai Turf".
The main half of the Dubai World Cup evening witnessed great excitement, after the knight Michael Barzelona led the "hypothetical" horse owned by His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the race strongly amid great pressure from the knight Royston French, who led the "Capizano" with the slogan of Sultan Ali, but The excitement increased after the knight Louis Saise led by the "Mystic Guide" led the last 800 meters of the race, and presented a great performance and took the first place with a time of 2: 1: 61 minutes, a difference of 3 lengths and 3 quarters of the Japanese horse "Chu Wizard" who came in Second place led by knight Kita Tosaki, one and a quarter ahead of the horse "Magni Kors" with the Godolphin logo, in third place led by knight William Buick, while the "hypothetical" horse led by the knight Michael Barzelona came in fourth place.
On the other hand, the other eight runs in the evening of the Dubai World Cup witnessed great excitement, after the horse "Derian" gave the Emirates the first title the "Dubai Kahila Classic" run, in contradiction to the nominations that placed the title holder, "Mubasher Al Khaledia" and "Buraq", in the forefront of the candidates to win the title.
On the other hand, the representative of Libya, "Secret Ambition", achieved a big surprise in the Godolphin Mile run (Mohammed Bin Rashid District 1) during the evening of the Dubai World Cup, after he outperformed the most prominent candidates to win the second half, namely, "Midnight Sands" and "Urban Icon." »And« Snapper Sinclair », and jockey Joseph Fanning led the horse« Subjektifest »to set a new record in the Dubai Gold Cup at Meydan Track, after smashing the previous record that the horse carried« Pfizerabad »in a time of 3:17:92 minutes.
For his part, the American horse "Extravagant Kid" was kidnapped with the slogan "Daris". You are the title of the fourth half after a strong competition with the horse "Final Song" with the Godolphin logo, despite the strong start from "Khadim" owned by the late Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and "Space Blues" with the slogan Godolphin.
As for the Godolphin slogan, it achieved the first victory after the knight William Buick led the horse "Rebels Romance" to the title of the fifth game "Emirates Derby" after a strong competition with the horse "Panadol" owned by His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
The American horse "Zenden" dominated the course of the sixth period "Dubai Golden Shaheen" from the start of the race to the end of the race, led by Antonio Friso, and scored an easy victory in first place, while the horse "Lord North", owned by His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, proved On his eligibility for the nominations that put him at the forefront of the horses candidate to win the seventh game «Dubai Turf», after the Italian knight Frankie Dettori led him to win first place with a time of 1:46:46 minutes
The horse "Musharraf", owned by Prince Abdul Rahman bin Abdullah Al Faisal, achieved the first victories of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the evening of the Dubai World Cup, after the knight David Egan led him to win first place in the Dubai Shaima Classic.
• Knight Louis Saise led the horse "Mystic Guide" to victory in the 2000-meter race.
Arranging the horses in the main run
The first: "Mystic Guide" - Godolphin (UAE).
The second: "Chu Wizard" - Shinobu Nakanishi (Japan).
The third: "Magnificent Course" - Godolphin (UAE).
Fourth: «Hypothetical» - His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (UAE).
Size: I achieved the dream in Dubai,
said the knight Louis Saise, who led the horse "Mystic Guide" to the title of the "Dubai World Cup", with prizes of 12 million dollars, that he fulfilled his dream that he had always dreamed of since his feet on the land of Dubai, after he succeeded in reaping The title of the ninth round and the president in the evening of the silver jubilee edition of the "Dubai World Cup", which came at the expense of 13 of the world's elite sand tracks.
In a press statement, after the coronation ceremony, Saez confirmed that the dream had turned into reality by winning the most difficult and most expensive tournament in the world, explaining that "Mystic Guide" had great capabilities and deserved victory, and gave the best performance.
He added, "The race was at a very fast pace, and it witnessed great competition between several horses, but I was able to catch up with the summit thanks to the fast pounce that the horse owns, which qualified it to run until it reached the first place."
Michael Steedham: Nothing compares to the taste of victory
. Coach Michael Steadham, the coach of the Mystic Guide, the 2021 Dubai World Cup champion, said he was very happy with the victory.
The trainer said that the Mystic Guide won was not easy due to the fact that the race includes some of the strongest American, Japanese and Emirati horses, and others who have proven their superiority and confirmed their enormous strength and speed.
He praised the wonderful organization of the Dubai World Cup in Meydan despite the pandemic conditions that swept the world, stressing that they found all the facilities for the success of the race.
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