ati , ▁an ▁American - bre d ▁bay ▁fil ly ▁trained ▁at ▁Lamb ourn ▁by ▁Barry ▁Hills ▁and ▁r idden ▁by ▁her ▁tra iner ' s ▁son ▁Richard ▁Hills . ▁Ham dan ▁Al ▁M akt ou m ▁was ▁winning ▁the ▁race ▁for ▁the ▁fifth ▁time ▁after ▁S als abil ▁( 1 9 9 0 ), ▁Sh ad ay id ▁( 1 9 9 1 ), ▁Har ay ir ▁( 1 9 9 5 ) ▁and ▁L ah an ▁( 2 0 0 0 ), ▁the ▁last ▁two ▁of ▁whom ▁were ▁r idden ▁by ▁Richard ▁Hills . ▁Barry ▁Hills , ▁who ▁retired ▁shortly ▁after ▁the ▁race , ▁had ▁trained ▁En stone ▁Spark ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁classic ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 8 . ▁Gh ana ati ' s ▁win ▁was ▁achieved ▁in ▁race ▁record ▁time . ▁ ▁The ▁cont enders ▁The ▁race ▁attract ed ▁a ▁field ▁of ▁four teen ▁run ners , ▁ten ▁trained ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁and ▁four ▁in ▁Ireland : ▁there ▁were ▁no ▁challeng ers ▁from ▁contin ental ▁Europe . ▁The ▁odd s - on ▁favour ite ▁was ▁the ▁John ▁G os den - tra ined ▁Rain bow ▁View ▁an ▁und efe ated , ▁American - bre d ▁fil ly ▁who ▁was ▁making ▁her ▁season al ▁debut ▁after ▁winning ▁the ▁S weet ▁Sol era ▁St akes , ▁May ▁Hill ▁St akes ▁and ▁the ▁F ill ies ' ▁M ile ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁Her ▁most ▁dangerous ▁ch allen ger ▁appeared ▁to ▁be ▁Che ve ley ▁Park ▁St akes