A matchless finishing kick from Remake (JPN) continued a fine night for Japan on The Saudi Cup programme in the US$1.5m Sports Boulevard Riyadh Dirt Sprint.
Just as in the previous race, the Boutique Group Saudi Derby, an American horse was run down by one from the other side of the Pacific with Skelly (USA) succumbing to the winner’s telling burst with 50m to race.
Skelly had disputed the initial speed into the homestretch and established an outright lead with 300m to race just as jockey Yuga Kawada asked for the maximum and ultimately decisive acceleration from his mount.
The winning margin was a length and a half with the same margin separating Skelly and the fast-finishing American challenger Bold Journey (USA). The clock stopped at 1:10.42.
This was a third Japanese win in five editions of the Riyadh Dirt Sprint, with Remake having finished third a year earlier to Elite Power.
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