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Godolphin opened their account for 2006 when Kerrin McEvoy steered Rock Music to a comfortable victory in the mile dirt handicap at Nad Al Sheba.

Never far off the pace, the four-year-old son of Singspiel, formerly with David Loder, ran on resolutely to land the spoils to the delight of Saeed Bin Suroor.

“It is nice to get off the mark for the year. We were hoping for a big run as he had been working well,” the trainer said.

Frankie Dettori watched that race from outside the weighing room, but opened his own account for the season when taking the concluding mile handicap on the Andrew Balding-trained Pentecost.

The ever-popular Italian, replacing Seamus O’Gorman who was injured in a fall at Abu Dhabi on Sunday, produced the seven-year-old gelding to lead in the very last stride.

? PA Sport

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