WIN RIVER WIN PLACED SECOND AT DUBAI RACING CARNIVAL 

On Saturday, the 25th of March,  the closure day of the Racing Carnaval, our pride WIN RIVER WIN (Virginia Rapids-Thirty Zip) was on track at United Arab Emirates-Dubai Nad Al Sheba Racecourse and placed second after the Japanese horse UTOPIA at Godolphin Mile Stakes –Gr2  where the prize money was  $1.000.000.

On the final day of the races, our Thoroughbred WIN RIVER WIN competed at the second race of the day Godolphin Mile, with Halis Karataş at 57 kilos on 1600 meters dirt track where 4 year old and up Northern Hemisphere bred and 3 year old and up  Southern Hemisphere bred 10 Thoroughbreds participated.

The Japanese horse UTOPIA won the race with 1.35.58 timing, our Thoroughbred WIN RIVER WIN placed second with 1.36.61, JACK SULLIVAN placed third and MARBUSH placed fourth.

With the start, our Thoroughbred followed the front group behind. He succeeded to finish the race at second place with his effective sprint on the stretch. With this second place our Thoroughbred won $200.000 prize money.

The distribution of the stakes for the race was as follows;

600.000 To the winner, 200.000 to the second, 100.000 to the third, 50.000 to the fourth , 30.000 to the fifth and 20.000  to the sixth.

Mr. Mehmet Mehdi Eker, The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Mrs. İnci Özdemir, Member of The Parliament from AK Party; Mr. Vahit Kirişçi, Member of The Parliment from AK Party; Mr. İsmail Hakkı Sayın, The President of Board of High Stewards/ General Manager of TIGEM ; Mr. Umur Tamer, The President of The Jockey Club of Turkey; Mr.Yıldırım Gelgin, owner of Win River Win and Jockey Halis Karataş made their comments about the success of Win River Win to TJK TV on the phone.

The official Result of the Race   is as follows:

1-UTOPIA (JPN) 2000, h by Forty Niner x Dream Vision by Northern Taste. Owner: Makato Kaneko, Trainer: K. Hashiguchi Jockey:  Yukato Take. Country Japan.

2-WIN RIVER WIN (USA), 1999, h  by Virginia Rapids x Thirty Zip  by Tri Jet . Owner : Yıldırım Gelgin, Trainer : Cemal Kurt, Jockey : Halis Karatas , Country :Turkey

3-JACK SULLIVAN (USA), 2001, g by Belong to Me x Provisions by Devil’s Bag. Owner: Syndicate, Trainer: G. Butler, Jockey E. Ahern, Country: UK.

4-MARBUSH (IRE), 2001, h by Linamix x Fig Tree by Miswaki. Owner: Al Maktoum, Trainer: Druba Selvaratham, Jockey : J. Murtagh , Country : UAE

Margins: 4 lengths ,  0.25 length , head.