Gr.3 Nad Al Sheba Trophy favourite Group One performer Brundtland, who is owned by Godolphin pulled up on the second turn. At that point, stablemate Ispolini, under Mickael Barzalona, powered clear with ease.
Godolphin filled out the top three positions. Saeed bin Suroor-trained Red Galileo once again finished runner up 10½ lengths astern the victor. Red Galileo, has finished a runner-up in 12 of 35 starts, including his last two. Stablemate Bin Battuta finished third behind by 11½ lengths.
“He ran well last time and he showed a good turn-of-foot,” Barzalona said. “Today I had instructions to make him settle well in the first part of the race and then to see how it goes. He did it very well and he has been very impressive today. I could wait for ages, but he was going so much better than the others. I had to take him out and let him just relax and he enjoyed it. Last time he showed he could travel strongly and today the plan was just to make him relax, but he has got some speed as well. I think (the 3200m of the Dubai Gold Cup) is possible.”
“I always knew that stepping up in the trip was going to open new doors for him and he showed that in his last start, his first one over this trip,” Appleby added. “We thought he was going the right way going into this evening. He was a horse we felt was going to be very competitive. Going forward, he could a potential horse for the Dubai Gold Cup on World Cup night. There are plans for him to potentially go to Australia, as well. We’ll make a decision over the next 24 hours on what we’re going to do. “
Cosgrave and Soumillon were pleased with their hard-knocking charges’ runs.
Sweden’s Suspicious Mind, Zamaam, and Pinzolo completed the order of finish. The final time was a solid 2:55.96.
Curated from Press Release by ERA