Frankie Dettori cursed his misfortune after connections of Ouija Board had to be content with third place in the Audemars Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Sha Tin.

Electrocutionist impressed on his debut for Godolphin when charging home in the Group Three Maktoum Challenge III at Nad Al Sheba.

Mike De Kock’s Wolf Whistle was forced to pull out all the stops – again – to land the Group Three Al Rashidiya, the feature race of Thursday night’s seventh meeting of the Dubai International Racing Carnival.