Six South African bred horses took up places on the Dubai World Cup card and five of them ran into top three finishes. Only Sanshaawes, who caught himself up in the pens before the jump, failed to score, eventually finishing 7th in the World Cup itself.
The big result was Variety Club winning the Gr2 Godolphin Mile with Soft Falling Rain in second place, the wide draw not being enough to stop him.
Star Empire stayed on resolutely in the Gr2 Gold Cup to get up for third.
Shea Shea started favourite but didn't quite manage to defend his title, ending up a close third in the Gr1 Al Quoz Sprint.
Vercingetorix ran a great race in the Gr1 Dubai Duty Free, comfortably beating all but one horse and breaking the race record in the process, but ran into a monster in Just A Way who cleared off by more than six lengths.
In all, this was a performance that South African breeders can be proud of on the richest day of racing worldwide.
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