| R5 MEYDAN DIRT | 11 January 2018 |
| Al Maktoum Challenge R1 presented by Longines Gents Master Collection G2 OPEN ($320,510), 1600m 1:37.80 | |
| FP | Horse Age & Sex | Trainer Jockey | WT SP | |||||||
1st | 2. HEAVY METAL (GB) 8yo Gelding | S BIN GHADAYER M BARZALONA | 57.0 | |||||||
| EXCEED AND EXCEL (AUS) - ROCK OPERA (SAF) | ||||||||||
| Sh Hamdan bin Mohd Al Maktoum | 2nd | 7. THUNDER SNOW (IRE) 4yo Horse | SAEED BIN SUROOR C SOUMILLON | 57.0 | ||||||
| HELMET (AUS) - EASTERN JOY (GB) | ||||||||||
| Godolphin | 3rd | 8. NORTH AMERICA (GB) 6yo Gelding | S SEEMAR RICHARD MULLEN | 57.0 | ||||||
| DUBAWI (IRE) - NORTHERN MISCHIEF (USA) | ||||||||||
| Ramzan Kadyrov | ||||||||||
| 4th | 1. LONG RIVER (USA) 8yo Horse | S BIN GHADAYER ROYSTON FFRENCH | 57.0 | |||||||
| 5th | 5. TAAMOL (IRE) 4yo Gelding | ALI RASHID AL RAIHE JIM CROWLEY | 57.0 | |||||||
| 6th | 6. COSMO CHARLIE (USA) 4yo Gelding | DOUG WATSON PAT DOBBS | 57.0 | |||||||
| 7th | 3. CONFRONTATION (USA) 8yo Gelding | SAEED BIN SUROOR PAT COSGRAVE | 57.0 | |||||||
| 8th | 4. FITZGERALD (USA) 6yo Gelding | A BIN HARMASH SILVESTRE DE SOUSA | 57.0 | |||||||
Heavy Metal beats race favourite Thunder Snow to win the feature Al Maktoum Challenge R1 G2 contest to give trainer Salem bin Ghadayer and jockey Mickael Barzalona a double
