Saudi Cup: 80-1 Emblem Road claims shock win in $20m race

Wigberto Ramos celebrates after winning the Saudi Cup with Emblem Road

Emblem Road was the 80-1 shock winner of the world's richest horse race, the $20m (£14.9m) Saudi Cup in Riyadh.

Emblem Road was only seventh turning into the straight, and with half a furlong to run was still a length down.

Last year's winner Mishriff finished disappointingly out of the top places.

Ramos and owner Prince Saud bin Salman Abdulaziz were surrounded at the finish by fans celebrating the race's first Saudi winner in its third edition.

Earlier, Christophe Lemaire rode four Japanese winners in the Neom Turf Cup, the Turf Sprint, the Red Sea Turf Handicap and the Riyadh Dirt Sprint.

American trainer Bob Baffert, who is battling doping charges after Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit tested positive last May, won the Saudi Derby with Pinehurst.

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