The richest race in the world was run overnight at Riyadh with the $US20million Saudi Cup (1800m) on dirt delivering a thriller with James McDonald and the ‘Pride of Hong Kong’ Romantic Warrior (IRE) going down by half a length in an epic battle with Japanese raider Forever Young.
Hellbent has been churning out the winners and had a metropolitan treble on Saturday with fleet footed two year-old filly Sunrays making it three wins on the trot when taking out the $125,000 BRC QTIS Jewel Prelude (1110m) at Doomben on Saturday.