Khalid Abdullah claimed his fourth Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe victory yesterday when Workforce upset race favorite Behkabad to win Europe's richest horse race.
Following previous victories with Rainbow Quest (1985), Dancing Brave (1986) and Rail Link (2007), the Saudi Arabian prince saw the three-year-old colt, ridden by Ryan Moore, the English jockey, hold off a strong challenge from Nakayama Festa on the home stretch to win the Qatar-sponsored Arc by a head and succeed last year's winner, Sea The Stars.
Godolphin's Cavalryman found no extra momentum in the final furlong and finished back down in eighth while the fancied Youmzain, owned by Jaber Abdullah, finished a disappointing tenth. There was better news for Godolphin on Saturday night in America when they celebrated Grade 1 triumphs at Hollywood Park and Belmont Park. Hibaayeb set the ball rolling in the Yellow Ribbon Stakes at Hollywood, while Girolamo claimed a first success at the highest level in the Vosburgh Stakes at Belmont.
The former teed up a potential raid at the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf by taking the Yellow Ribbon by a length. Claire Sparkes, assistant to Saeed bin Suroor, Godolphin's trainer, said: "She had a great position throughout, and she just keeps staying on, which she did. She just loves that ground."
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A timeline of the Historical Dictionary of the Arabic Language
- 2018: Formal work begins
- November 2021: First 17 volumes launched
- November 2022: Additional 19 volumes released
- October 2023: Another 31 volumes released
- November 2024: All 127 volumes completed
How to protect yourself when air quality drops
Install an air filter in your home.
Close your windows and turn on the AC.
Shower or bath after being outside.
Wear a face mask.
Stay indoors when conditions are particularly poor.
If driving, turn your engine off when stationary.
The President's Cake
Director: Hasan Hadi
Starring: Baneen Ahmad Nayyef, Waheed Thabet Khreibat, Sajad Mohamad Qasem
Rating: 4/5
Another way to earn air miles
In addition to the Emirates and Etihad programmes, there is the Air Miles Middle East card, which offers members the ability to choose any airline, has no black-out dates and no restrictions on seat availability. Air Miles is linked up to HSBC credit cards and can also be earned through retail partners such as Spinneys, Sharaf DG and The Toy Store.
An Emirates Dubai-London round-trip ticket costs 180,000 miles on the Air Miles website. But customers earn these ‘miles’ at a much faster rate than airline miles. Adidas offers two air miles per Dh1 spent. Air Miles has partnerships with websites as well, so booking.com and agoda.com offer three miles per Dh1 spent.
“If you use your HSBC credit card when shopping at our partners, you are able to earn Air Miles twice which will mean you can get that flight reward faster and for less spend,” says Paul Lacey, the managing director for Europe, Middle East and India for Aimia, which owns and operates Air Miles Middle East.
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RB Leipzig 5 (Werner 11', 48', 75', Poulsen 23', Sabitzer 36')
Man of the Match: Timo Werner (RB Leipzig)
Six large-scale objects on show
- Concrete wall and windows from the now demolished Robin Hood Gardens housing estate in Poplar
- The 17th Century Agra Colonnade, from the bathhouse of the fort of Agra in India
- A stagecloth for The Ballet Russes that is 10m high – the largest Picasso in the world
- Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1930s Kaufmann Office
- A full-scale Frankfurt Kitchen designed by Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, which transformed kitchen design in the 20th century
- Torrijos Palace dome
