Mike Smith, jockey of Saudia Arabia, bottom right, celebrates with the Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, as he holds the golden whip after winning the U.S. $ 10,000,000 Dubai World Cup horse racing at the Meydan Racecourse. Untitled
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Arrogate wins $10 million Dubai World Cup thriller
The Bob Baffert-trained horse with Mike Smith in the saddle came home ahead of Gun Runner in second.
OVERWHELMING FAVOURITE ARROGATE won the Dubai World Cup on Saturday, overcoming a poor start to claim the $10 million race.
The Bob Baffert-trained horse with Mike Smith in the saddle came home ahead of Gun Runner in second and Neolithic who took third place.
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Four-year-old Arrogate went into the race as the odds-on favourite after an impressive win in the Breeders’ Cup Classic but after a slow start out of the stalls, Smith had to weave his way through the field.
Gun Runner was ahead at the turn but Smith and Arrogate stepped up their final push down the straight at Meydan as Baffert claimed a third win in the race.
Baffert admitted that he feared the worst for his horse after the sloppy start.
“That was ‘Plan F’!,” said Baffert. “But that’s the best I’ve ever seen in my life, it’s unbelievable
“I guess he knew where he was but it just goes to show you how great this horse is, he’s just a great horse. Mike did a great job, he didn’t panic.”
Arrogate wins $10 million Dubai World Cup thriller
OVERWHELMING FAVOURITE ARROGATE won the Dubai World Cup on Saturday, overcoming a poor start to claim the $10 million race.
The Bob Baffert-trained horse with Mike Smith in the saddle came home ahead of Gun Runner in second and Neolithic who took third place.
Four-year-old Arrogate went into the race as the odds-on favourite after an impressive win in the Breeders’ Cup Classic but after a slow start out of the stalls, Smith had to weave his way through the field.
Gun Runner was ahead at the turn but Smith and Arrogate stepped up their final push down the straight at Meydan as Baffert claimed a third win in the race.
Baffert admitted that he feared the worst for his horse after the sloppy start.
“That was ‘Plan F’!,” said Baffert. “But that’s the best I’ve ever seen in my life, it’s unbelievable
“I guess he knew where he was but it just goes to show you how great this horse is, he’s just a great horse. Mike did a great job, he didn’t panic.”
© – AFP, 2017
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