The second race at Meydan, UAE, on January 12th 2012, was the 19:05 Etisalat My Plan event run over 1400M (approximately 7 furlongs) on the all weather – or tapeta – surface.
The race was won by Richard Hills on board Sheik Hamdan Al Maktoum’s Doug Watson trained gelding Barbecue Eddie, who won this sprint event a little cosily, by nearly two lengths easing down.
In second was Ariete Arrollador under Mirco Demuro, who was in turn three quarters of a length up on Russian Rock who finished third under a Wayne Smith ride.
Barbecue Eddie collected winners prize money of USD $66,000 from this event, which had a total prize pool of USD 110,000.
Meydan Result: January 12 2012, Race 2, 19:05, Etisalat My Plan
Pos | Dist | Horse | Trainer | Jockey |
1st | Barbecue Eddie (USA) | D Watson | Richard Hills | |
2rd | 1.75 | Ariete Arrollador (GB) | G Arizkorreta | Mirco Demuro |
3rd | 0.75 | Russian Rock (IRE) | M Al Muhairi | Wayne Smith |
4th | 2.25 | Tertio Bloom (SWE) | F Borges | Valmir De Azeredo |
5th | 1.25 | Storm Chispazo (ARG) | H Brown | Ryan Moore |
6th | Hd | Spirit Of Sharjah (IRE) | J Feilden | Tadhg O’Shea |
7th | Ns | Captain Ramius (IRE) | K Ryan | Jamie Spencer |
8th | 1.25 | Red Gulch (GB) | M Al Zarooni | Lanfranco Dettori |
9th | 1.75 | Royal Destination (IRE) | F Nass | Royston Ffrench |
10th | 4.25 | Reem (AUS) | M de Kock | Christophe Soumillon |
11th | 0.75 | Lowther (GB) | D Nicholls | Adrian Nicholls |
12th | 0.75 | Swop (IRE) | L Cumani | Kieren Fallon |
13th | 1.25 | Toolain (IRE) | D Selvaratnam | William Buick |
14th | 2 | Nova Step (GB) | S Chevalier | Olivier Peslier |
Video courtesy Emirates Racing Authority.