African Story wins Dubai World Cup

African Story produced a brilliant finish to win the $10 million Dubai World Cup by 2 ¾ lengths Saturday in the world’s richest horse race. The Godolphin horse is owned by Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. With Silvestre De Sousa onboard, the seven-year-old gelding became the sixth winner in this 2,000-meter race for trainer Saeed bin Suroor. Starting from post six on the controversial synthetic Tapeta track, 12-1 African Story caught up with Mukhadram with 200 meters to go. Mukhadram, owned by Sheikh Mohammed’s brother, Sheikh Hamdan, finished second and another Godolphin horse Cat O’Mountain, trained by Charlie Appleby, was third. Earlier, Japanese horses dominated the two main supporting events on turf in the nine-race card, which offered a total purse of $27.25 million. – AP