▁a ▁gap ▁of ▁four ▁lengths ▁back ▁to ▁Mill en ary ▁in ▁third ▁place . ▁Two ▁weeks ▁later , ▁Mut af a we q ▁conced ed ▁five ▁pounds ▁to ▁Well be ing , ▁and ▁five ▁other ▁oppon ents , ▁in ▁his ▁second ▁attempt ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁Hard w ic ke ▁St akes . ▁He ▁was ▁among ▁the ▁leaders ▁from ▁the ▁start , ▁but ▁was ▁unable ▁to ▁quick en ▁in ▁the ▁closing ▁stages ▁and ▁finished ▁third ▁behind ▁Sand m ason ▁and ▁Z ind abad . ▁In ▁August , ▁Mut af a we q ▁was ▁sent ▁back ▁to ▁Germany ▁for ▁the ▁Group ▁One ▁Cred it ▁Suisse ▁Private ▁Bank ing ▁P okal ▁and ▁started ▁the ▁ 7 / 5 ▁favour ite ▁ ▁but ▁after ▁racing ▁in ▁third ▁he ▁dropped ▁away ▁in ▁the ▁closing ▁stages ▁and ▁finished ▁last ▁of ▁the ▁eight ▁run ners ▁behind ▁Sab i ango . ▁ ▁In ▁September , ▁Mut af a we q ▁was ▁sent ▁to ▁race ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁but ▁had ▁little ▁success ▁in ▁two ▁runs ▁at ▁Bel mont ▁Park . ▁R idden ▁by ▁Jerry ▁Ba iley ▁he ▁st umbled ▁on ▁the ▁first ▁b end ▁in ▁the ▁Man ▁o ' ▁War ▁St akes ▁and ▁never ▁looked ▁likely ▁to ▁win , ▁finishing ▁last ▁behind ▁With ▁Ant icip ation . ▁Pat ▁Day ▁took ▁over ▁the ▁ride ▁when ▁the ▁horse ▁ran ▁in ▁the ▁Tur f ▁Classic ▁Inv it ational ▁St akes ▁but ▁there ▁was ▁no ▁improvement ▁in ▁performance ▁as ▁Mut af a we q ▁finished ▁last ▁of ▁the ▁six ▁run ners ▁behind ▁Tim bor oa