A brilliant story with Calming Influence winning for Mahmood Al Zarooni, his first runner after receiving his licence and he became the second Godolphin trainer. A great ride by Ahmed Ajtebi who took last years Dubai World Cup day by storm with two Group 1 winner and he has done it again, Mahmood who was a year as assistant to Saeed bin Suroor and before that a number of years with Ali Rashid Al Raihe was a very proud man as Calming Influence returned to the winners enclosure. Green Coast from the back under Tadhg O'Shea tried but could not peg back the winner and Skysurfers trained by Saeed bin Suroor was third under Ted Durcan

QUOTES

Ahmed Ajtebi, jockey, Calming Influence, 1st: “I’m so happy to win for the trainer. I’ve been with him for five years.”

Tadhg O’Shea, jockey, Green Coast, 2nd: “He’s run out of his skin. He’s rated a few pounds below the best of these. He’s a hold up horse and he needs daylight, so I had to ride him the way I did. I thought at the furlong pole I might get there, but his run peaked soon after. Still, I’m delighted. It was a terrific run.”

Ted Durcan, jockey, Skysurfers, 3rd: “Had him in mid-field. Very happy with my position and at the top of the straight, a gap opened up. He went through it but he just flattened out in the last few hundred yards, but for such an inexperienced horse, it was a brilliant effort.”

Shinichiro Kobayashi, jockey, Glorious Noah, 4th: “He ran very strongly. I felt I need more power on an All Weather track than the dirt. He finished very well.”

Ryan Moore, jockey, Forgotten Voice, 5th: “He’s run a good race but he’s probably needs a bit further now. He’s looking for a bit more ground.”

Richard Hills, jockey, Kalahari Gold, 6th: “He had nothing left at the end. He’s a seven-furlong horse. He needs softer ground.”

Kevin Shea, jockey, Lucky Find, 7th: “He ran to his ability. He’s all heart. I’m very happy. He had every chance.”

Wayne Smith, jockey, Vesuve, 8th: “My horse sat down in the gates with me. Missed the kick and came home very well. Finished seventh. Would have been very close.”

Jamie Spencer, jockey, Cat Junior, 9th: “He missed the break but it made no difference. He was where I wanted him after 50 yards. Turning for home I thought he’d run a big race but he ran a bit flat.”

Carlos Sanchez, jockey, Le Drakkar, 10th: “He didn’t have a very good run.”

Lanfranco Dettori, jockey, Desert Party, 11th: “I had a bad run. I was never in the race.”

Kieren Fallon, jockey, Summit Surge, 12th: “He just didn’t handle it. Look forward seeing him go on grass again. He hasn’t got a hold of (this track). We were just hoping that because it was a bit tighter, he’d might have gotten hold of it.”

Aaron Gryder, jockey, Consul General, 13th: “He’s run well but he’s not able to match them over the last [400 metres] two furlongs.”

Royston Ffrench, jockey, Jet Express, 14th: “He travelled very well but he had a long season. He had four consecutive wins at Jebel Ali. I think he deserves a rest.”