Thor's Echo coming home.....

[my miss storm cat]

From Satish Seemars site.....

Posted: 02/04/2007
Satish reflects on DWC night
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Parole Board flew the flag for Satish Seemar in style on Dubai World Cup night, posting a career best to finish an excellent second to Spring At Last in the US$2 million Godolphin Mile.

HE Sheikh Rashid bin Mohammed Al Maktoum’s five-year-old looked poised for victory at one stage as he swept down the straight, but the American raider proved two strong, to win by two and three-quarter lengths.

Parole Board’s jockey Ted Durcan said: “My horse has run a fantastic race, he came to win it, but the American horse was just too strong. Maybe a mile is as far as my fellow wants to go.”

Seemar added today: “He’s run a cracker. I think we could have got a lot closer though, if we had a better draw than 16. He’s come out of the race very well and he’ll most likely have a long break now.”

The only other thoroughbred runner on the night was Thor’s Echo, who managed sixth to Kelly's Landing in the US$2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen.

“Everything was fine with him, and he ran okay," commented Seemar. "I just don’t think he got fully acclimatised. So he will go back to America now, and resume his career with Doug O’Neill.”

The Seemar-trained Al Moutawakel and Kerbel Lotois were no match for the brilliant Madjani, who was claiming his third win in the US$250,000 Dubai Kahayla Classic.

Richard Mullen, who finished ninth on Kerbel Lotois, said: “Sheikh Hamdan’s horse quickened up and ran way from me. My horse has been beaten by a very, very smart Arab.”

While Ted Durcan, on board the sixth home, Al Moutawkel, added: “My horse was outclassed.”

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