Meanwhile, the UAE horses made another clean sweep in the class 16 endurance males with SM Matra from the stables of Shaikh Sultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan showing the way, closely followed by Vercors and Garzon for Shaikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Solid Asa Rock for the Godolphin Management Company Limited and Arques Perspolis for Shaikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

However, the Europeans had their say in the class 11 for 7-8 year olds stallions with the Belgium representative Eternity hitting the highest record of 94,7 points to win from the UAE contender Escape Ibn Navarrone from Ajman Stud.

Okaro from Saudi Arabia finished third, then came WH Justice for Catherine Noel/Equid System Limited from Italy and Mutair HP owned by Prince Fahad bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz from Saudi Arabia.

The Saudi horse continued to impress as Padrons Image and Dassefa for Prince Khalid bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz claiming the first two places in the class 12 stallions for nine year olds.

Matsir-Apal for Ajman Stud walked away with the third place honours, then finished Burkan for the Royal Stables of His Highness The President and Mohab for Shaikha Noor bint Sultan Al Qasimi.