DUBAI, March 31 (Reuters) – Monterosso, the mount of Mickael
Barzalona, won the $10 million Dubai World Cup on Saturday in
brilliant style.
In a 1-2 finish for the Godolphin operation of Sheikh
Mohammed, Capponi took second place three lengths away under
jockey Ahmed Ajtebi in the sport’s richest race.
Planteur, ridden by Ryan Moore for Newmarket-based Marco
Botti, finished third of the 13 runners.
Frenchman Barzalona celebrated in the same flamboyant way he
did after his success in last year’s Epsom Derby on Pour Moi,
raising his right arm in the air as he crossed the winning post.
Favourite So You Think, trained by Aidan O’Brien in Ireland
and ridden by his son Joseph, was in contention turning into the
straight but faded to fourth, with German raider Zazou fifth.
The first two home are trained by Mahmoud al-Zarooni and it
was Godolphin’s fifth success in the race since the event was
inaugurated in 1996.
(Reporting by Martin Dokoupil; Writing by Dave Thompson;
Editing by Ken Ferris)
