IRELAND’s Amy McAuley won the first race of the UAE endurance season last Saturday aboard Utoufa de Lap, owned by HH Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad’s F3 Stables, Dubai. This combination led the race from the 212 competitors, remaining in first place throughout all three stages of the CEN 100km Seeh al Salam Endurance Challenge at the Dubai endurance track. In March of this year, Amy and the 10-year-old French-bred Utoufa de Lap were placed second in a Ladies 100km at the same venue