2012 Dubai World Cup

17th Dubai World Cup Dubai World Cup Racing silks of Godolphin.svg Meydan 31 March 2012 Monterosso (GB) Mickael Barzalona Mahmood Al Zarooni (GB/UAE) Godolphin 2011 2013 The 2012 Dubai World Cup was a horse race held at Meydan Racecourse on Saturday 31 March 2012. It was the 17th running of the Dubai World Cup. The winner was Godolphin's Monterosso, a five-year-old bay entire horse trained in Dubai by Mahmood Al Zarooni and ridden by Mickael Barzalona. Monterosso's victory was the first in the race for his jockey and trainer and the fifth for Godolphin. Monterosso had been trained in England by Mark Johnston in 2009 and 2010, winning five races including the King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot. In 2011 he was transferred to the Godolphin stable and sent to compete in Dubai where he won the Dubai City of Gold and finished third to Victoire Pisa in the Dubai World Cup. In the 2012 World Cup he started a 20/1 outsider and won by three lengths from his more fancied stable companion Capponi with the British-trained Planteur half a length back in third. The 5/4 favourite So You Think finished fourth of the thirteen runners.https://www.racingpost.com/results/1231/meydan/2012-03-31/551375 Dubai World Cup result Racing Post 31 March 2012 2014-04-03 Race details Sponsor: Emirates Purse: £6,451,613; First prize: £3,870,968 Surface: Tapeta Going: Standard Distance: 10 furlongs Number of runners: 13 Winner's time: 2:02.67 Full result Pos. Marg. Horse (bred) Age Jockey Trainer (Country) Odds 1 Monterosso (GB) 5 Mickael Barzalona Mahmood Al Zarooni (GB/UAE) 20/1 2 3 Capponi (IRE) 5 Ahmed Ajtebi Mahmood Al Zarooni (GB/UAE) 11/1 3 ½ Planteur (IRE) 5 Ryan Moore Marco Botti (GB) 14/1 4 ½ So You Think (NZ) 6 Joseph O'Brien Aidan O'Brien (GB) 5/4 fav 5 2¼ Zazou (GER) 5 Olivier Peslier Waldemar Hickst (GER) 12/1 6 1 Eishin Flash (JPN) 5 Christophe Lemaire Hideaki Fujiwara (JPN) 14/1 7 hd Prince Bishop (IRE) 5 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor (GB/UAE) 33/1 8 nk Master of Hounds (USA) 4 Christophe Soumillon Mike de Kock (SAF) 20/1 9 1 Royal Delta (USA) 4 Jose Lezcano Bill Mott (USA) 10/1 10 3¼ Smart Falcon (JPN) 7 Yutaka Take Ken Kozaki (JPN) 13/2 11 ½ Mendip (USA) 5 Silvestre de Sousa Saeed bin Suroor (GB/UAE) 33/1 12 8¼ Game On Dude (USA) 5 Chantal Sutherland-Kruse Bob Baffert (USA) 8/1 13 4 Transcend (JPN) 6 Shinji Fujita Takayuki Yasuda (JPN) 20/1 Abbreviations: nse = nose; nk = neck; shd = head; hd = head Winner's details Further details of the winner, Monterosso Sex: Stallion Foaled: 14 February 2007 Country: United Kingdom Sire: Dubawi; Dam: Porto Roca (Barathea) Owner: Godolphin Breeder: Darley Stud References Category:Dubai World Cup Dubai World Cup Dubai World Cup Dubai World Cup