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The
most thrilling finish of this ninth running of the Dubai World
Cup was undoubtedly the battle to the line between Paolini and
Right Approach who were head to head at the wire in the US$
2,000,000 Dubai Duty Free (Gr. 1) sponsored by Dubai Duty Free
over 1777 metres on turf. After having analysed the photo
finish, the judge declared a dead heat between the Andreas Wohler-trained Paolini ridden by Eduardo Pedroza and Mike de Kock-trained Right Approach mount of Weichong Marwing. This was
the first dead heat in the history of the Dubai World Cup
meeting. Nayyir under the saddle of Mick Kinane looked a sure
winner 10 furlongs out but Paolini and Right Approach closed in
on him in the final metres of the race to win by a neck. Crimson
Palace ridden by Frankie Dettori finished fourth. After the
race, jockey Pedroza said, “It feels super, I have watched this
race meeting before on TV and dreamt about just taking part here
and now with winning this is a dream come true. I am sure I am
going to sleep quite nicely on the plane on the way home.” Right
Approach’s trainer Mick de Kock praised stable jockey Marwing
after the contest, “He was confident about Right Approach, it
was his pick.”
(Yahia Nazroo)