Heavily favored Shea Shea rallied powerfully in the Meydan homestretch to win the $1,000,000 Al Quoz Sprint Sponsored Emirates NBD (UAE-I) by a length, breaking the course record for five furlongs in the process.
With Christophe Soumillon aboard for trainer Mike de Kock, Shea Shea got off to a good start and settled just behind the early pace as Mr. Big and Varsity led the way. Entering the final two hundred meters, the ten-year-old gelding Joy and Fun moved up strongly to take command of the lead, but Shea Shea reeled him in during the final hundred meters to win going away by about a length. The final time of :56.41 eclipsed the course record of :57.02 set by Shea Shea in the Meydan Sprint earlier this month.
Joy and Fun held second by a length over Eagle Regiment.
-Keelerman
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