All-Weather titles for Godolphin, Appleby

Godolphin operation of His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, gained the title of Leading Owner during the All-Weather Championships, staged mainly in Britain, which ended with a £1.1-million Finals Day at Lingfield Park, UK, on Friday.

Three winners on Polytrack that day, all trained by Charlie Appleby, meant that Team Godolphin accumulated a total of 98 successes between October 30, 2014 and April 3, 2015. The victories came with Pretend (William Buick) winning the £150,000 Unibet All-Weather Sprint over six furlongs, Four Seasons (Adam Kirby) taking the £150,000 32Red All-Weather Three-Year-Old Mile and Tryster (William Buick) producing a tremendous turn of foot to succeed in the £200,000 feature, the Coral Easter Classic over 10 furlongs.