The Thunder Snow steed brought yet another victory to the Dubai Royal Godolphin Stable.
Dubai, UAE. The five-year-old Thunder Snow stallion, owned by Dubai’s Royal stable Godolphin, won the Dubai Race World Cup Grand Prize on March 31 at the Meydan Racecourse. The famous coach Said bin Surur and the jockey Christoph Sumyon led to the victory of the race.
The stallion performed in the main race of 2018 for the prize of Emirates Airline airline with a total prize pool of US $ 10 million and won a prize of US $ 6 million. He outstripped the closest pursuer by almost 6 buildings. Thunder Snow completed the jump at a distance of 2000 meters in 2:01:38 sec., Thus setting a new speed record in Dubai (previous record - 2:02:53 sec.).
The second place went to West Coast universal pet (US stallion, US $ 2 million prize), the third to Mubtaahij (owner Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum, US $ 1 million prize). It is worth noting that the North America stallion belonging to the head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov also took in the main jump of the season, but his performance was extremely unsuccessful.
A total of 9 races took place at the Meydan Hippodrome, in which 118 horses took part and a prize fund of US $ 30 million was raffled off. Traditionally, guests had a rich entertainment program and contests for the best outfit and the most original hat.
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