Street Cry powered home to win the first leg of the 2002 World Series Racing Championship - the Group One Dubai World Cup under the lights of Nad Al Sheba Racecourse on Saturday night and in turn gave jockey Jerry Bailey his fourth win in the world"s richest race.The 2002 World Series Racing Championship takes in the fourteen most prestigious horse races in the world, in eleven countries and on four continents and crowns the true Thoroughbred Champion Racecourse of the World.

Street Cry, trained in Dubai by Saeed bin Suroor, raced in mid-division on the outside with the eleven runner field being taken along by the James Chapman-trained Western Pride. Approaching the final bend the Bailey switched the son of Machiavellian to the inside and took the lead from a faiding Western Pride into the home straight.

World Champion Frankie Dettori was challenging for second place aboard the race favourite Sakhee with Royal Tryst. Street Cry, runner-up in the UAE Derby a year ogo, shook off his opponents and dug deep to take the 2,000 metre race by four and a quarter lengths.

After the race Godolphin racing manager, Simon Crisford said, "Street Cry is an exceptional horse, he showed it as a two-year-old in the Breeders' Cup. The Breeders' Cup Classic is his ultimate goal and his race programme will be worked out around it.

"It is always disappointing to see a horse like Sakhee have his flag lowered, his future will be on both the dirt and the turf and we will discuss his race plans with Sheikh Hamdan. Just because he did not win the Dubai World Cup does not mean he is not a great horse because he is."

Bailey won the inaugural Dubai World Cup with Cigar and then went on to victories in 1997 with Singspiel and last year with the Bob Baffert-trained Captain Steve. The 44-year-old jockey commented after the race, "It is always sweet to win a big race and this win was not totally unexpected. Sakhee was tremendous in last year's Breeders' Cup Classic and he was the one to beat.

"I have been very lucky in this race as I have had some really good horses to ride, winning the world's richest race always means alot to me."

Crimson Quest, also trained by Barton, and ridden by Eibar Coa took the fourth place ahead of the John Sadler-trained Crimson Quest. Agnes Digital, second favourite in the race and winner of the final led of the 2001 World Series - the Hong Kong Cup, finished in sixth place and claimed one World Series point.