<span id="midArticle_start"/><span id="midArticle_0"/> (Reuters) - Prince Bishop, ridden by William Buick, won the $10 million Dubai World Cup by two and three-quarter lengths on Saturday as the 12-1 outsider sprinted clear of California Chrome, the 2014 American Horse of the Year.
<span id="midArticle_1"/>California Chrome, ridden by Victor Espinoza, was the 6-4 favorite to triumph in the world's richest horse race, but the Kentucky Derby and Preakness champion could only finish second, one and a quarter lengths ahead of Lea, piloted by Joel Rosario.
<span id="midArticle_2"/>"He was slow away from the gate but we worked our way out down the back -- we had a lot of ground to make up," said jubilant jockey Buick. "He's a very tough horse. He's got a huge heart and gave me his all today."
<span id="midArticle_3"/>Prince Bishop, trained by Godolphin's Saeed bin Suroor, completed the 2,000 meter contest in two minutes 03:24 seconds at the opulent 60,000-capacity Meydan racecourse. The full field of nine finished the race.
<span id="midArticle_4"/>The eight-year-old gelding is owned by Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed al-Maktoum, whose other runner Long River trailed in seventh.
<span id="midArticle_5"/>Japan's Hokko Tarumae, with Hideaki Miyuki in the saddle, set the early running, but could not maintain that pace.
<span id="midArticle_6"/>California Chrome was tucked in second and saw off the fading challenge of defending champion African Story, the Goldolphin-owned eight-year-old finishing a disappointing sixth, but had no response to Prince Bishop's charge.
<span id="midArticle_7"/>"We brushed by him pretty quick," said Buick. "I went into the race thinking that he (California Chrome) could be a doubtful stayer so when I went I was going to stretch my horse and make him work and at the end of the day the best horse won."
<span id="midArticle_8"/>The race was staged for the first time on a new dirt track, which was installed to help attract more runners from North America.
<span id="midArticle_9"/>"I am very, very pleased with my horse. He got caught wide," California Chrome co-owner Steve Coburn told Reuters after the race.
<span id="midArticle_10"/>"You cannot win every time. He got to his job and he did it well," he said, adding there were no plans for his next outing.
<span id="midArticle_11"/>Assistant trainer Alan Sherman added: "You always want to win. We tried hard but they had a home field advantage."
<span id="midArticle_12"/>Lea, another American runner installed as the second favorite, came home third for trainer Bill Mott, who won the inaugural running of the World Cup with Cigar in 1996.
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<span id="midArticle_14"/> (Additional repporting by Matt Smith; Editing by Ian Chadband)
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<span id="midArticle_1"/>California Chrome, ridden by Victor Espinoza, was the 6-4 favorite to triumph in the world's richest horse race, but the Kentucky Derby and Preakness champion could only finish second, one and a quarter lengths ahead of Lea, piloted by Joel Rosario.
<span id="midArticle_2"/>"He was slow away from the gate but we worked our way out down the back -- we had a lot of ground to make up," said jubilant jockey Buick. "He's a very tough horse. He's got a huge heart and gave me his all today."
<span id="midArticle_3"/>Prince Bishop, trained by Godolphin's Saeed bin Suroor, completed the 2,000 meter contest in two minutes 03:24 seconds at the opulent 60,000-capacity Meydan racecourse. The full field of nine finished the race.
<span id="midArticle_4"/>The eight-year-old gelding is owned by Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed al-Maktoum, whose other runner Long River trailed in seventh.
<span id="midArticle_5"/>Japan's Hokko Tarumae, with Hideaki Miyuki in the saddle, set the early running, but could not maintain that pace.
<span id="midArticle_6"/>California Chrome was tucked in second and saw off the fading challenge of defending champion African Story, the Goldolphin-owned eight-year-old finishing a disappointing sixth, but had no response to Prince Bishop's charge.
<span id="midArticle_7"/>"We brushed by him pretty quick," said Buick. "I went into the race thinking that he (California Chrome) could be a doubtful stayer so when I went I was going to stretch my horse and make him work and at the end of the day the best horse won."
<span id="midArticle_8"/>The race was staged for the first time on a new dirt track, which was installed to help attract more runners from North America.
<span id="midArticle_9"/>"I am very, very pleased with my horse. He got caught wide," California Chrome co-owner Steve Coburn told Reuters after the race.
<span id="midArticle_10"/>"You cannot win every time. He got to his job and he did it well," he said, adding there were no plans for his next outing.
<span id="midArticle_11"/>Assistant trainer Alan Sherman added: "You always want to win. We tried hard but they had a home field advantage."
<span id="midArticle_12"/>Lea, another American runner installed as the second favorite, came home third for trainer Bill Mott, who won the inaugural running of the World Cup with Cigar in 1996.
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<span id="midArticle_14"/> (Additional repporting by Matt Smith; Editing by Ian Chadband)
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