Vazirabad does it again in Dubai Gold Cup

Vazirabad won the Dubai Gold Cup at Meydan for the second successive year to take the prize back to France once more.Christophe Soumillon was content to sit right out at the back on Alain de Royer-Dupre's stayer, as Big Orange put the pace to the race under Frankie Dettori.Beautiful Romance - trying the two-mile trip for just the second time - was never far from the sharp end under Oisin Murphy and quickened up smartly off the bend, going two lengths clear.Sheikhzayedroad started to give chase in the hands of Martin Harley, but Soumillon was making relentless progress on the five-year-old winner.As Beautiful Romance began to tire, Vazirabad hit the front, claiming the spoils from Saeed bin Suroor's mare, with the David Simcock-trained Sheikhzayedroad right on their heels and Big Orange in fourth.