(Reuters) - Japanese rider Yutaka Yoshida rode Panthalassa to victory in the Saudi Cup on Saturday, edging out Frankie Dettori and Country Grammar in .
Panthalassa gives Japan its first win in the $20-million Saudi Cup. Bob Baffert-trained Country Grammer finishes second again. Taiba finishes in eighth.
(Reuters) - Japanese rider Yutaka Yoshida rode Panthalassa to victory in the Saudi Cup on Saturday, edging out Frankie Dettori and Country Grammar in .
During the ceremony which took place on Saturday at the King Abdulaziz Racecourse in Riyadh, the Crown Prince awarded Naoki Yoneyama, president of Hiroo Race Co Ltd and owners of Panthalassa, the Saudi Cup .
The fourth running of the $20-million Saudi Cup (G1) went the way of Japan for the first time Saturday as Yoshito Yahagi-trained Panthalassa saw off all challengers for a historic wire-to-wire victory at King Abdulaziz Racecourse in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.