2012 Dubai World Cup

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17th Dubai World Cup
Meydan, 31 March 2012
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won by Monterosso (GB)

The 2012 Dubai World Cup was a horse race held at Meydan Racecourse on Saturday 31 March 2012. It was the 17th running of the Dubai World Cup.

The winner was Godolphin's Monterosso, a five-year-old bay entire horse trained in Dubai by Mahmood Al Zarooni and ridden by Mickael Barzalona. Monterosso's victory was the first in the race for his jockey and trainer and the fifth for Godolphin.

Monterosso had been trained in England by Mark Johnston in 2009 and 2010, winning five races including the King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot. In 2011 he was transferred to the Godolphin stable and sent to compete in Dubai where he won the Dubai City of Gold and finished third to Victoire Pisa in the Dubai World Cup. In the 2012 World Cup he started a 20/1 outsider and won by three lengths from his more fancied stable companion Capponi with the British-trained Planteur half a length back in third. The 5/4 favourite So You Think finished fourth of the thirteen runners.[1]

Race details[]

  • Sponsor: Emirates Airline
  • Purse: £6,451,613; First prize: £3,870,968
  • Surface: Tapeta
  • Going: Standard
  • Distance: 10 furlongs
  • Number of runners: 13
  • Winner's time: 2:02.67

Full result[]

Pos. Marg. Horse (bred) Age Jockey Trainer (Country) Odds
1 Monterosso (GB) 5 Mickael Barzalona Mahmood Al Zarooni (GB/UAE) 20/1
2 3 Capponi (IRE) 5 Mahmood Al Zarooni (GB/UAE) 11/1
3 ½ Planteur (IRE) 5 Ryan Moore Marco Botti (GB) 14/1
4 ½ So You Think (NZ) 6 Joseph O'Brien Aidan O'Brien (GB) 5/4 fav
5 2¼ Zazou (GER) 5 Olivier Peslier Waldemar Hickst (GER) 12/1
6 1 (JPN) 5 Christophe Lemaire (JPN) 14/1
7 hd Prince Bishop (IRE) 5 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor (GB/UAE) 33/1
8 nk Master of Hounds (USA) 4 Christophe Soumillon Mike de Kock (SAF) 20/1
9 1 Royal Delta (USA) 4 Jose Lezcano Bill Mott (USA) 10/1
10 3¼ (JPN) 7 Yutaka Take (JPN) 13/2
11 ½ Mendip (USA) 5 Silvestre de Sousa Saeed bin Suroor (GB/UAE) 33/1
12 8¼ Game On Dude (USA) 5 Chantal Sutherland-Kruse Bob Baffert (USA) 8/1
13 4 (JPN) 6 Takayuki Yasuda (JPN) 20/1
  • Abbreviations: nse = nose; nk = neck; shd = head; hd = head

Winner's details[]

Further details of the winner, Monterosso

  • Sex: Stallion
  • Foaled: 14 February 2007
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Sire: Dubawi; Dam: Porto Roca (Barathea)
  • Owner: Godolphin
  • Breeder: Darley Stud

References[]

  1. ^ "Dubai World Cup result". Racing Post. 31 March 2012. Retrieved 2014-04-03.
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