Daylami's Whispering Gallery wins Gr3 Dubai Gold Cup
Godolphin’s Whispering Gallery, sent off as the 9-to-5 favorite, stalked pacesetter Bergo into the straight before surging ahead to capture the $200,000 Dubai Duty Free DRC Gold Cup Free (UAE-G3) by 21⁄4 lengths.
An English stakes winner last season, the five-year-old Daylami gelding covered 3200m in 3:29.44 in the longest race carded during the Carnival. English Group 2 winner Opinion Poll, the 5-to-2 second choice, finished third behind German Silvano gelding Bergo.
Whispering Gallery was bred by Darley. The 5yo gelding is the first foal Gr2 Sun Chariot Stakes winner, Echoes In Eternity.
DRC GOLD CUP (UAE-G3)
Mydan, March 10, $200,000, 4&up, 3,200mT (15.91fT), good, 3:29.44.
1st—=WHISPERING GALLERY (GB), 126, B. g. 5, Daylami (Ire)—Echoes In Eternity (Ire), by Spinning World. Owner—Godolphin; Breeder—Darley (GB); Trainer—Saeed bin Suroor. $120,000. 13-7-2-0, $448,786
2nd—=BERGO (GER), 126, B. g. 8, Silvano (Ger)—Bella Figura, by =Surumu (Ger). $40,000.
3rd—=OPINION POLL (IRE), 129, B. h. 5, Halling—Ahead (GB), by =Shirley Heights (GB). $20,000.
Margins: 2 1/4, 2 3/4, 1 1/4.
Also ran: =Mikhail Glinka (Ire) 120 ($10,000), =Sabotage (UAE) 126 ($6,000), =Drunken Sailor (Ire) 126 ($4,000), =La de Two (Ire) 126, =Royaaty (Ire) 126, =Age of Reason (UAE) 126, =Claremont (Ire) 126, =Muller (Arg) 126.
