'Basically we won't be training him in England any more, he'll go to Hong Kong and Singapore and then start all over again next year.' We play around with him, we try to confuse him and he tries to confuse me and we just get along as best we can. He's not a very social type, you have to train him the way he wants. Presvis is a quirky horse, but one who has been an exceptional servant to Cumani, having now won nearly £4.5m in prize money in a 22-race career.

While Cecil endured only disappointment, Luca Cumani, his near-neighbour in Newmarket, took one of the most valuable prizes of his long career when Presvis, a horse who has to finish fast and late, came with a perfectly timed run under Ryan Moore to win the Dubai Duty Free. 'Tom said he broke well, but when they got to the bend, the next minute he was out the back, and they slowed it up on the far side as well, so he didn't have a run, did he? I don't like making excuses and hard-luck stories, but the race just went all wrong for him.' 'He was taken out there, and then they slowed it right up and he couldn't go anywhere,' Cecil said. It's just unbelievable to win the Dubai World Cup for Japan,' he said.Ĭecil's frustration that Twice Over could not get into the race was clear. I really appreciate the support we have had from all the people in Japan.'ĭemuro was overcome with emotion after the race and was in tears when interviewed on his way back to the winner's enclosure. 'I was very worried during the race as I didn't know what would happen. 'It is a great souvenir to take back to Japan,' Yoshimi Ichikawa, the winning owner, said. Monterosso, the outsider of the field, was third, with Cape Blanco, Aidan O'Brien's first World Cup runner, in fourth.Īmid the delight of the winner's connections after their victory, thoughts quickly turned to the devastation unleashed on Japan by the recent earthquake and tsunami. Victoire Pisa, though, received smart steering from a much better post position in stall six, as Demuro brilliantly steered his mount wide of the field and into a prominent position three furlongs out in a race that, again like last year's, was run at a very steady pace.ĭemuro then kicked on two furlongs out and comfortably held the late challenge of Transcend, also trained in Japan, who completed the country's best result in an international race. This World Cup, the second to be run at Meydan, was a repeat of last year's renewal from Cecil's point of view, as Tom Queally, Twice Over's jockey, could not get a position from a wide draw and was forced to race four wide through the first bend. Henry Cecil's attempt to win the Dubai World Cup, the world's richest race, came to nothing at Meydan as Twice Over, the dual Champion Stakes winner, endured a difficult passage in a muddling race that fell to an enterprising ride by Mirco Demuro on Victoire Pisa, from Japan.

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