The big race of the evening at Meydan on January 12th 2012 was the Group 3 (thoroughbred) Al Maktoum Challenge R1 Sponsored By Etisalat, the sixth race on the card, which was run over 1600M (approximately 1 mile) on the All Weather surface.
The horses were competing for a share of USD $200,000 in prize money, of which the winner received $120,000.
As ever, in big races at Meydan, Mike de Kock showed himself to be a specialist at producing not one, but two horses for a Group race at the UAE track: de Kock saddled the first two horses home in this black type event, as Musir won with a little in hand under Christophe Soumillon, followed by stablemate Master Of Hounds under Kevin Shea.
Kieren Fallon got Secrecy into third, half a length up on Mendip who was fourth under Frankie Dettori: a pair both trained by Saeed bin Suroor.
Meydan Result: January 12 2012, Race 6, 21:35, Al Maktoum Challenge R1 Sponsored By Etisalat
| Pos | Dist | Horse | Trainer | Jockey |
| 1st | Musir (AUS) | M de Kock | Christophe Soumillon | |
| 2rd | 3 | Master Of Hounds (USA) | M de Kock | Kevin Shea |
| 3rd | 1 | Secrecy (GB) | S bin Suroor | Kieren Fallon |
| 4th | 0.5 | Mendip (USA) | S bin Suroor | Lanfranco Dettori |
| 5th | 0.75 | Derbaas (USA) | A Al Raihe | Richard Hills |
| 6th | Sh | Dance And Dance (IRE) | E Vaughan | Jamie Spencer |
| 7th | 1.5 | Kavango (IRE) | M bin Shafya | Patrick Cosgrave |
| 8th | 0.25 | Escape Route (USA) | S Seemar | Richard Mullen |
| 9th | 1 | Le Drakkar (AUS) | A bin Huzaim | Ahmad Ajtebi |
| 10th | 1.5 | Fanunalter (GB) | M Botti | Ryan Moore |
| 11th | 0.75 | Snaafy (USA) | M Al Muhairi | Tadhg O’Shea |
| 12th | 15.5 | Xin Xu Lin (BRZ) | M Al Zarooni | Mickael Barzalona |
Video courtesy Emirates Racing Authority.