The first race at Meydan on Saturday 21st January 2012 was the 18:15 SMKA – MK By Honeywell, a thoroughbred handicap over 1400M (about 7 furlongs) on the Tapeta, or All Weather, surface.
Horses were competing for a share of a USD $20,000 prize pot.
The winner was Rutland Boy under Jamie Spencer, who won a little cozily, by just under three lengths from the Richard Hills ridden Daboos, who was, in turn, half a length ahead of Maath Gool.
Full results for this race are listed below.
Meydan Result: January 21 2012, Race 1, 18:15 SMKA – MK By Honeywell
Pos | Dist | Horse | Trainer | Jockey |
1st | Rutland Boy (GB) | A Al Raihe | Jamie Spencer | |
2rd | 2.75 | Daboos (USA) | D Watson | Richard Hills |
3rd | 0.5 | Maath Gool (GB) | M Al Muhairi | Wayne Smith |
4th | 0.5 | Kessraa (IRE) | D Selvaratnam | James Doyle |
5th | Sh | Enjoy Today (USA) | A Al Raihe | Royston Ffrench |
6th | 1.5 | Grand Duchy (GB) | M Al Muhairi | Silvestre De Sousa |
7th | 0.75 | Mutajammel (FR) | R Bouresly | Yohann Bourgois |
8th | 0.75 | Felday (GB) | M bin Shafya | Patrick Cosgrave |
9th | 0.75 | Baransky (GB) | S Seemar | Richard Mullen |
10th | 2 | Ektibaas (GB) | A Al Raihe | Tadhg O’Shea |
11th | 1.25 | Count Paris (USA) | A bin Huzaim | Carlos Sanchez |
12th | 2.5 | West Emirates (USA) | E Oertel | Mirco Demuro |
13th | 3 | Always Emirates (USA) | M Al Muhairi | Colm O’Donoghue |
14th | 7.5 | Mutayaser (GB) | A Al Raihe | Saeed Al Mazrooei ( 3.0 kgs) |
Image and video courtesy Emirates Racing Authority.