2014 Dubai World Cup
| 19th Dubai World Cup Meydan, 29 March 2014 |
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| won by African Story (GB) |
The 2014 Dubai World Cup was a horse race held at Meydan Racecourse on Saturday 29 March 2014. It was the 19th running of the Dubai World Cup.
The winner was Godolphin's African Story, a seven-year-old chestnut gelding trained in Dubai by Saeed bin Suroor and ridden by Silvestre de Sousa. African Story's victory was the first in the race for his jockey, the sixth for his trainer and the fifth for his owners.
African Story had begun his racing career in France before being sent to race in Dubai and had won four of his eight races on the synthetic Tapeta surface at Meydan. He had also finished behind Animal Kingdom in the 2013 running of the Dubai World Cup. For the 2014 running of the race he started at odds of 12/1 and won by two and three quarter lengths from the British-trained Mukhadram with Cat O'Mountain (also running for Godolphin) four and a quarter lengths back in third. The 3/1 favourite Military Attack finished tenth of the sixteen runners.[1][2]
Race details
- Sponsor: Emirates Airline
- Purse: £6,024,096; First prize: £3,614,457
- Surface: Tapeta
- Going: Standard
- Distance: 10 furlongs
- Number of runners: 16
- Winner's time: 2:01.61
Full result
| Pos. | Marg. | Horse (bred) | Age | Jockey | Trainer (Country) | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | African Story (GB) | 7 | Silvestre de Sousa | Saeed bin Suroor (GB/UAE) | 12/1 | |
| 2 | 2¾ | Mukhadram (GB) | 5 | Paul Hanagan | William Haggas (GB) | 14/1 |
| 3 | 4¼ | Cat O'Mountain (USA) | 4 | Mickael Barzalona | Charlie Appleby (GB/UAE) | 25/1 |
| 4 | ¾ | Side Glance (GB) | 7 | Jamie Spencer | Andrew Balding (GB) | 33/1 |
| 5 | hd | Akeed Mofeed (GB) | 5 | Douglas Whyte | Richard Gibson (HK) | 8/1 |
| 6 | nse | Red Cadeaux (GB) | 8 | Gerald Mosse | Ed Dunlop (GB) | 16/1 |
| 7 | 1¼ | Sanshaawes (SAF) | 5 | Christophe Soumillon | Mike de Kock (SAF) | 12/1 |
| 8 | 2¼ | Vancouverite (GB) | 4 | William Buick | Charlie Appleby (GB/UAE) | 16/1 |
| 9 | nk | Prince Bishop (IRE) | 7 | Kieren Fallon | Saeed bin Suroor (GB/UAE) | 8/1 |
| 10 | 1¼ | Military Attack (IRE) | 6 | Joao Moreira | John Moore (HK) | 3/1 fav |
| 11 | 2 | Belshazzar (JPN) | 6 | Christophe Lemaire | Kunihide Matsuda (JPN) | 16/1 |
| 12 | 1½ | Ron The Greek (USA) | 6 | Jose Lezcano | N. Bachalard (KSA) | 25/1 |
| 13 | hd | Ruler of the World (IRE) | 4 | Joseph O'Brien | Aidan O'Brien (IRE) | 6/1 |
| 14 | ½ | Hillstar (GB) | 4 | Ryan Moore | Michael Stoute (GB) | 14/1 |
| 15 | 1½ | Surfer (USA) | 5 | Richard Mullen | Satish Seemar (UAE) | 40/1 |
| 16 | 2½ | Hokko Tarumae (JPN) | 5 | Hideaki Miyuki | Katsuichi Nishiura (JPN) | 16/1 |
- Abbreviations: nse = nose; nk = neck; shd = head; hd = head
Winner's details
Further details of the winner, African Story
- Sex: Gelding
- Foaled: 10 March 2007
- Country: United Kingdom
- Sire: Pivotal; Dam: Blixen (Gone West)
- Owner: Godolphin
- Breeder: Darley Stud
References
- ^ "Dubai World Cup result". Racing Post. 29 March 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-02.
- ^ "African Story springs surprise to win Dubai World Cup for Godolphin". Guardian. 29 March 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
