
Bob Baffert, Corridor of Fame coach, was awarded victory by Nation Grammer in Saturday’s $12 million Dubai World Cup.
Frankie Dettori rowed Nation Grammer forward of Life Is Good, a half furlong away from the end. Nation Grammer received the 1 1/4-mile (2,000 meter) Meydan course by roughly two lengths.
Sizzling Rod Charlie got here in second, whereas Japan’s Chuwa wizard, final 12 months’s runner up, was third.
Life Is Good began rapidly and led the sphere to the house flip, however it was overtaken by Dettori’s well timed problem.
After a nine-month layoff, Nation Grammer, which is owned by Amr Zedan, a Saudi investor from Los Angeles, completed second on the Saudi Cup in February.
Dettori has received the fourth Dubai World Cup.
Kentucky racing officers gave Baffert a 90-day suspension for failing to undergo a post-race drug take a look at administered by Medina Spirit, which led him being disqualified because the Kentucky Derby winner final 12 months.
Baffert’s attorneys argued in a Kentucky Court docket final Wednesday that the suspension ought to be lifted solely after he has had a chance to attraction with the Kentucky Horse Racing Fee. The listening to is about for April 18.