IT was a night to remember for trainer Doug Watson on Thursday at Meydan when he won four of the five thoroughbred races on the card. The winning streak started in the Longines Conquest Classic Ladies, a six-furlong maiden for horses of all ages, and it was won in stunning fashion by the debutante Polar River.

A $25,000 Keeneland yearling purchase as a yearling, the two-year-old daughter of Congrats came agonisingly close to breaking the course record set at the Dubai World Cup meeting by Secret Circle in the Golden Shaheen. She scorched home by 13 and a half lengths and is a filly of some promise.