SUPER Saturday at Meydan is the second most important meeting of the UAE season, bettered only by World Cup night at the end of March. The card provided great interest and was a most rewarding evening for Godolphin, whose silks were carried to victory in half of the eight thoroughbred races on the card, all of which carried blacktype status.

That said, one of the night’s best winners was a horse bred in the purple by Godolphin, but sold last year. Since then, Imperial Emperor has thrived for his new owners. Once second favourite for the Derby at Epsom, Imperial Emperor was bred to be a champion, but his career in the Godolphin blue was ultimately disappointing, and he was sold a year ago in Dubai at a horses-in-training sale for the equivalent of about €75,000 to Deva Racing.