Landing a knock-out victory of more than four lengths, Kuwait’s Wind Flow, owned and trained by Fawaz Al-Ghoraiban, took the 2010 Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup (G1) at Riyadh’s Al Janadriah Racecourse. The 2,400 meters trip was covered in 2:29.05. Muller (as Alsaqeer), the 2009 winner, was second with Olivier Peslier’s mount, Amor De Pobre (as Shibl Noofa), eight lengths behind the winner in third. Panamanian jockey Edgar Yanguez was aboard for the ride.
Wind Flow is by Dr. Fong out of the Sadler’s Wells mare, Spring. He raced most of his career in the United Kingdom in a variety of middling company, making at least 19 starts in 2009 according to racing data from Attheraces.com. His last win in the UK came in a February 2009 handicap at Wolverhampton and was preceeded by a claiming stakes win in January 2009. Defeating champions from South American in Muller, Amor De Pobre, and Joe Louis (as Kharimes, fifth), is wholly overwhelming to comprehend.
While racing in the UK, Wind Flow often raced with prominence and, even though conjecture, may have made all the running in the King’s Cup. We expect to learn more about this shocking victory in the days to come and will update this story as details warrant.