CONFRONTATION (g, 6, War Pass–Successfully Sweet, by Successful Appeal) made it a clean sweep of Meydan's three group races for Thoroughbreds Thursday for Godolphin, and a pair of feature wins for trainer Kiaran McLaughlin, when winning the G3 Firebreak S. Sitting midpack on the rail early, Confrontation switched out and ground down the front runners in the stretch and, when switching leads in the dying stages, kicked clear to win by two lengths over One Man Band (Ire) (Pivotal {GB}), with stablemate Watershed (Bernardini) also closing quickly from last to get up for third. The final time was 1:37.37. The big disappointment in the race was last year's G2 UAE Derby winner Mubtaahij (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), who came up empty in the lane and finished down the field. Lifetime Record: 15-6-1-1. O-Godolphin. T-Kiaran McLaughlin. B-W S Farish.
Thursday, Meydan, Middle East
FIREBREAK STAKES SPONSORED BY EGA-G3, $200,000, MEY, 2-4, NH4yo/up & SH3yo/up, 1600m, 1:37.37, ft.
1–#@CONFRONTATION, 126, g, 6, by War Pass
1st Dam: Successfully Sweet, by Successful Appeal
2nd Dam: Princess Meadowlak, by Meadowlake
3rd Dam: Princess Polonia, by Danzig
($11,000 yrl '11 KEESEP; $35,000 2yo '12 FTFMAY)
O-Godolphin; B-W S Farish (KY); T-Kiaran McLaughlin; J-William
Buick. $120,000. Lifetime Record: MGSP-US, 15-6-6-1,
$518,875. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
Werk Nick Rating: C+.[bullet ad=”lanes-end-bredraisedsold”]
2–One Man Band (Ire), 126, h, 5, Pivotal (GB)–Musicanna (GB),
by Cape Cross (Ire). (€95,000 wnl '11 GOFNOV) O-Sheikh
Saeed bin Mohammed Al Maktoum; B-Richard A Pegum (IRE);
T-Doug Watson. $40,000.
3–Watershed, 126, c, 4, Bernardini–Thousand Islands (GB), by
Dubai Millennium (GB). O-Godolphin; B-Darley (KY); T-Kiaran
McLaughlin. $20,000.
Margins: 2, SHD, 3/4. Also Ran: Le Bernardin, Mubtaahij (Ire), Long River, Indianapolis.
Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO.
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