Daffaq under Willie Supple was best of the chasing pack. Nickel Al Maury was in third position to make a clean sweep of the world’s richest race for Purebred Arabians for Shaikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and UAE Minister of Finance and Industry.

Trainer Yancey Carter Jr and jockey David Hayse completed a double on the night when they scored with Baynona in a Limited Conditions race over 2200 and Nashville, the winner of a Terms Handicap over a mile.

Al Ain-based trainer Mohammad Al Dhamaki notched his first success of the season when Abyaner won his maiden over a gruelling 2400 metres.

The winner was ridden by Francisco Da Silva, who was enjoying his fifth success of the campaign.Al Dhamaki has a small string of horses based at the Ain Faidha Stables in Al Ain.

Earlier in the evening, the James Frazier Jr-trained Billamunazze ended a five-race losing streak when he claimed a maiden's race for horses bred in the UAE.

Ridden by William Hollick, the five-year-old won by two and-a-quarter lengths from Carter Jr's Lahab.

National trainer Ali Rashid Al Rahie continued his fine season when he sent out Ahmadan Musafer to win a 0-63 handicap for horses bred in the UAE. It was the trainer's 13th success of the season. The winner was ridden by Roysten Ffrench.

Van Nistelrooy ran a disappointing race for the champion trainer-and-jockey combination of Mazin Al Kurdi and   Ted Durcan to   finish ninth. The race was delayed after Van Nistelrooy bolted from the starting stalls after    unseating regular rider Ted Durcan. He was retrieved but ran out of gas when the heat was on to finish ninth.