3/4/2010 Al Maktoum Challenge R3(G2) Red Desire, Vodka(8th)

Meydan Racecourse, Thursday, 04 March 2010
Al Maktoum Challenge R3 Sponsored by Derrinstown Stud, Intikhab
TB - Group 2  USD 300,000
Weather: Fine  Track Condition: STANDARD
Rail Position: True  Safety Limit: 14
2000M(a10F) - All-Weather
Running Time: 02:02:62
1st 180,000  4th 15,000  Free to Enter 
2nd  60,000  5th  9,000  Free to declare and start 
3rd  30,000   6th  6,000
For NH 4YO+ & SH 3YO+ Weight: SH 3YO 56.5kg. NH & SH 4YO+ 59.5kg

FP	Margin	Gate	OR	Horse	Wgt (Kgs)	Equipment	Trainer	Jockey
1st		13	115	Red Desire (JPN)	55.0		M Matsunaga	Olivier Peslier
2rd	0.25	5	120	Gloria De Campeao (BRZ)	57.0		P Bary	Tiago Pereira
3rd	0.75	3	115	Mr Brock (SAF)	57.0		M de Kock	Kevin Shea
4th	Sh	2	117	Allybar (IRE)	57.0		S bin Suroor	Ahmad Ajtebi (nil)
5th	0.25	1	115	Lizard's Desire (SAF)	57.0		M de Kock	Christophe Soumillon
6th	1.5	4	108	Al Shemali (GB)	57.0	TT	A Al Raihe	Royston Ffrench
7th	0.25	11	125	Cavalryman (GB)	57.0		S bin Suroor	Lanfranco Dettori
8th	1.25	8	120	Vodka (JPN)	55.0		K Sumii	Christophe Lemaire
9th	0.5	14	109	Joe Louis (ARG)	57.0	TT	J Barton	Wigberto Ramos
10th	0.5	10	113	Debussy (IRE)	57.0		J Gosden	William Buick
11th	3.5	9	110	Le Drakkar (AUS)	57.0		A bin Huzaim	Carlos Sanchez
12th	6	6	105	Raise Your Heart (IRE)	57.0	PE	J Morgan	Pat Smullen
13th	8	12	102	Re Barolo (IRE)	57.0		A bin Huzaim	Jesus Rosales
14th	4.25	7	108	Bon Grain (FR)	57.0		M bin Shafya	William Supple

Overweights
Red Desire (JPN) (55.5)

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Results_8112_Al Maktoum Challenge R3 Sponsored by Derrinsto.pdf

RED DESIRE 암 2006 JPN 갈색 전적:8(4/3/1)  G1	Manhattan Cafe 흑 1998 JPN {3000} G1 12전(6,0,1) 13 f, 13sw	Sunday Silence 선데이사이런스 흑 1986 USA *{IC} LS 1490 f, 169sw 2.33	Halo 흑 1969 USA *+{BC} LSB
			Wishing Well 갈 1975 USA  G2
		Subtle Change 서틀체인지 흑 1988 IRE {3200} SW 8 f, 5 w, 2 sw	Law Society 갈 1982 USA {2400} G1
			Santa Luciana 갈 1973 GER  w
	Great Sunrise 갈 1998 GB  전(0,0,0) 1 f, 0 w, 0 sw	Caerleon 칼레온 갈 1980 USA *{CP} LS 1026 f, 128sw	Nijinsky 갈 1967 CAN *+{CS} LSB
			Foreseer 흑 1969 USA  w
		Grace And Glory 흑 1993 GB  0 f, 0 w, 0 sw	Sadlers Wells 갈 1981 USA *{CS} LS
			Grace Note 1982 FR

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Japan-based filly Red Desire shot from last to first in the stretch to nail Group 1 winner and last year’s Emirates Airline Dubai World Cup (UAE-G1) runner-up Gloria de Campeao (Brz) in the closing strides to win the $300,000 Derrinstown Stud Maktoum Challenge-Round 3 (UAE-G2) (video), the centerpiece of the Super Thursday card.

Red Desire won three of seven starts last season, including her classic victory Shuka Sho (Jpn-G1), before finishing third to two-time Japanese Horse of the Year Vodka, who also was entered in Thursday’s race, in the Japan Cup (Jpn-G1) in her season finale on November 29 at Tokyo.

The four-year-old Manhattan Cafe filly raced at the back of the 14-horse field as Gloria de Campeao, the winner of the Invasor Shadwell Farm Maktoum Challenge-Round 1 (UAE-G3) on January 28, took command early and continued to lead as the horses made the final turn into the lane.

As the field straightened out into the stretch, Red Desire and jockey Olivier Peslier angled out into the middle of the track and began to take aim on the leaders. Driving with determination, she overtook Gloria de Campeao in the closing strides to win by a quarter-length, covering 2,000 meters (9.94 furlongs) on the Tapeta Footings surface in 2:02.62 for trainer Masahiro Matsunaga.

"I rode her work the other day and she really pleased me,” Peslier said. “That was a very good performance when you consider what she has beaten. She will hopefully improve from that outing and be a live [Dubai] World Cup contender."

Vodka, who raced in third midway through the lane, tired in deep stretch and finished eighth in her tuneup for the $10-million Dubai World Cup.

Red Desire captures third leg of Al Maktoum Challenge; gains World Cup option
March 5, 2010
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Red Desire wins the Al Maktoum Challenge RIII (G2) (c) Andrew Watkins / Dubai Racing Club

Japan's Red Desire turned in a surprise, come-from-behind win Thursday, March 4, at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai as she topped the 14-strong field in the final strides of Round Three of the Al Maktoum Challenge, the main trial for the Dubai World Cup. It was a decisive win in a classy field that included Cavalryman, Vodka and Lizard's Desire.

French rider Olivier Peslier gave the Mikio Matsunaga-trained 4-year-old filly a picture-perfect ride from start to finish, allowing Red Desire to relax one off the rear after a smooth break. Because of the outside No .13 draw, Peslier said, "I knew it would be hard to get a good position but knew she would relax in the back," a strategy that worked like a charm.

It was a gutsy finish nonetheless, with Red Desire seemingly almost out of the running as the horses turned for home in the G2 event. Vodka, under Christophe Lemaire, had maintained a neat fifth position for most of the race, in easy striking distance of front-running Gloria De Campeao, winner of the Al Maktoum Challenge first round. At the turn for home, Red Desire remained one off the back, but floated up easily on the outside to catch and pass the 6-year-old Gloria De Campeao and win by 1/4 length. Gloria De Campeao, ridden by Tiago Pereira, was followed by 3/4 length by Mr Brock, with Kevin Shea up, in third place.

Red Desire clocked 2 minutes 2.62 seconds over the 2,000 meters on the synthetic all-weather Tapeta track.

Matsunaga, a former Japan Racing Association jockey turned trainer now based at the Western Japan training center of Ritto, admitted his surprise and expressed his respect for his filly. "My gosh, I hadn't thought she would win. The pace was slow, but she didn't let it shake her and handled it very well."

(c) Neville Hopwood / Dubai Racing Club

"We knew she had ability but didn't expect too much at this stage," Matsunaga continued. "We'll have to think about what to do next. It's a great day and a great honor."

With the win, Matsunaga now has the option of taking Red Desire to either the 12-furlong Sheema Classic as planned or world's richest race, the $10-million Dubai World Cup (G1), also to be run at the new Meydan course. His decision has not been officially announced, but indications are he will stick to his original plans and run Red Desire in the G1 Sheema Classic over turf.

Olivier Peslier, who has ridden extensively in Japan, was quoted as saying he felt the filly could take on either race successfully. "Stamina was never an issue as she stays further than this," Peslier said of Thursday's race, the same distance as the World Cup. "She worked well the other day when I rode her and picked up very nicely. Hopefully, it is the World Cup next," Peslier said.

Vodka, the Japanese horse actually considered far more likely to win the Third Round, placed eighth. Her trainer, the 45-year-old Katsuhiko Sumii, accepted his mare's loss with characteristic coolness. "It was her first race back after a spell and the pace was slow. She wasn't really able to get into her rhythm. I don't believe there was any problem with her condition. And in that sense, the outcome couldn't really be helped." Vodka is set to run next in the March 27 Dubai World Cup.

The Manhattan Cafe-sired Red Desire out of the Caerleon mare Great Sunrise, was bred by Shadai Farm on the north Japan island of Hokkaido. She is owned by Tokyo Horse Racing and is now 4 for 8, including her Dubai win.

Following second-place finishes in the first two legs of Japan's 3-year-old classics for fillies, the Oka Sho (Japanese 1000 Guineas) and Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks), Red Desire won the top-level Shuka Sho all-filly classic, also over 2,000 meters, at Kyoto Racecourse on Oct. 18. In last year's Japan Cup Nov. 29 at Tokyo, Red Desire finished third in a top-three sweep of the race by Japan horses behind winner Vodka and runnerup Oken Bruce Lee.

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