Yutaka Take got the Rest of the World team off to a flying start in the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup with a pillar-to-post success aboard David Nicholls' Strike Up The Band.
The team captain quickly had the 3-1 joint favourite striding along at the head of affairs in the Barclays Shergar Cup Dash, and his willing partner kept on to collect by a length and a quarter.
Halis Karatas, representing the European squad, came home second aboard Fathom Five while British team member Frankie Dettori was third on Evens And Odds.
Take said: "We were quite confident as the horse has been second here the last twice and Frankie Dettori told me he has a lot of speed."
Nicholls, speaking from Haydock, said: "He has come up against a couple of good horses recently so he deserved to win, and Yutaka gave him a great ride."
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