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March 30 - The 2008 Dubai World Cup was supposed to attract the best racehorses in the world for the $6,000,000 stakes, the biggest in the sport. It did attract the one horse that mattered, Curlin, the USA champion and highest-rated equine on the planet. He won in a procession by more than seven lengths. Second was Asiatic Boy, the Mike de Kock Argentinian-bred, who capped off an incredible night for the South African horse racing contingent.
Mike de Kock is the greatest trainer ever to come from SA and he is also the leading trainer in Dubai this season. He showed his brilliance as a conditioner by sending out two winners last night, capturing the $5,000,000 undercard race with the former champion South African filly Sun Classique, who was ridden by SA jockey Kevin Shea. De Kock also finished first and second in the UAE Derby, a Grade 2 race that he has made his own in recent years. Honour Devil won ahead of Royal Vintage.
The most spectacular performance of the night, however, featured a different trio of South Africans who combined to win the Dubai Duty Free, another $5,000,000 race. The horse was Jay Peg, the jockey was Anton Marcus, and the trainer was Herman Brown. Jay Peg started at 50/1 and won from the front holding off multiple challengers with a courageous and unforgettable effort.
USA racehorses were simply too good in the other feature stakes races, with Diamond Stripes winning the opener and Benny The Bull confirming that he is the best dirt sprinter in the world by holding off the challenge of another American sprinter, Idiot Proof, to win the Golden Shaheen.
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