Race Result Meydan Thu, 9th Feb, 2012

Going - Turf: good; aw: standard.

AL MAKTOUM CHALLENGE R2 SPONSORED BY DUBAL GROUP 2 (AWT) of €28953.67 4-y-o plus

1m. 1f. 110yds. Flat 1st - €19928.74, 2nd - €5724.11, 3rd - €2860.68 OFF 5:30. 11 Ran.

1st		Mendip (USA) 9-0 (Godolphin) 4 (Drawn 4) (Morning price: 10/1) SP 10/1	S bin Suroor K Fallon
		held up, headway to lead over 1f out, stayed on strongly
2nd	1.25L	Haatheq (USA) 9-0 (Mr Hamdan Al Maktoum) 9 (Drawn 9) (Morning price: 20/1) SP 25/1	A Al Raihe R Hills
		close, led inside final 2f, soon headed
3rd	1L	Master Of Hounds (USA) 8-13 (Mrs John Magnier) 5 (Drawn 5) (Morning price: 9/4 15/8) SP 6/4fav	M De Kock C Soumillon

4th	hd	Biondetti (USA) 8-13 (Godolphin) 3 (Drawn 3) (Morning price: 20/1) SP 14/1	M Al Zarooni M Barzalona
		held up, some late headway
5th	2L	Prince Bishop (IRE) 9-0 (Godolphin) 1 (Drawn 1) (Morning price: 4/1) SP 3/1	Saeed Bin Suroor S De Sousa
		close up, kept on at one pace
6th	nk	Richard's Kid (USA) 9-0 (Arnold Zetcher LLC) 7 (Drawn 7)(Blinkers) (Morning price: 33/1) SP 33/1	S Seemar R Mullen
		mid-division, never nearer
7th	4L	Dubai Prince (IRE) 8-13 (Godolphin) 2 (Drawn 2) (Morning price: 3/1 10/3) SP 10/3	M Al Zarooni L Dettori
		never a factor
8th	5L	Submariner (USA) 9-0 (Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum) 10 (Drawn 10) (Morning price: 33/1 25/1) SP 28/1	A bin Huzaim C Sanchez
		midfield, never a factor
9th	14L	Hunting Tower (SAF) 9-0 (Sh Mohd bin Khalifa Al Maktoum) 8 (Drawn 8) SP 50/1	M De Kock K Shea

10th	nk	Firebet (IRE) 9-0 (Mrs H Steel) 6 (Drawn 6) (Morning price: 40/1) SP 40/1	A bin Huzaim A Ajtebi

11th	10.5L	Pisco Sour (USA) 8-13 (Mr Michael Kerr-Dineen) 11 (Drawn 11) (Morning price: 6/1) SP 8/1	S bin Suroor W Buick
		tracked leaders, weakened quickly over 3f out

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