DUBAI Women's Nike Air Max 98 Fossil Running White Australia , March 26 (Xinhua) -- Irish horse One Man Band owned by Emirati Sheikh Saeed Bin Mohammed Al-Maktoum, a member of the Dubai royal family, finished the 1,600 meter (one mile) long dirt track first in 1 minute 35.21 seconds at the 21st edition of the Dubai World Cup, the world's richest equestrian race.


Jockey Sam Hitchcott led the race with One Man Band from the beginning and finished with distinct, saying after the race that when he finds the right pace from the start like today, the 5-year old thoroughbred is a reliable partner.


"When One Man Band takes the lead, he gets a big heart as he loves the one mile dirt track," said trainer Doug Watson. "We worked hard to get to this point, it is fantastic for jockey Sam and for the entire team."


One Man Band cashed in 600,000 U.S. dollars prize money of the one million dollars total prize money that was distributed and sponsored by Dubai real estate developer Meydan Sobha. Trainer Watson and jockey Hitchcock accepted the prize money and the cups amid applause from 60,000 spectators in the sold-out Meydan hippodrome.


Thoroughbred Faulkner from the United Kingdom, ridden by Irish jockey Dane O' Neill, came second, while American horse Cool Cowboy from Russian owner Zaur Sekrekov was third.


A total nine horses started instead of the announced 10, as dark bay brown American thoroughbred Le Bernardin owned by Emirati Sheikh Ahmed Bin Mohammed Al-Maktoum dropped out before the race on Dubai's Meydan Racecourse.

Protesters demand to enter a courtroom where auctions of foreclosed properties are held in Athens, Greece, on Nov. 29, 2017. Auctions of foreclosed properties in Greece resumed on Wednesday both at local courts and via the new introduced platform of electronic auctions, amid clashes of protesters with riot police in Athens and Thessaloniki. (XinhuaLefteris Partsalis)

by Alexia Vlachou


ATHENS, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- Auctions of foreclosed properties inGreece resumed on Wednesday both at local courts and via the newintroduced platform of electronic auctions, amid clashes ofprotesters with riot police in Athens and Thessaloniki.


After home repossessions in courts across Greece having beenblocked for several months, the recommencement of the auctions wasmet with strong reactions and public uproar.


Riot police guarded the offices of notaries participating in theprocedure of electronic auctions. Protesters clashed with riotpolice at local courtrooms in the Greek capital later in theevening.


Three protesters were reportedly injured during their attempt toblock a scheduled property auction at the Athens local courtbuilding, after police used tear gas.


"With the use of violence, they prevented us from entering thecourtroom. This action makes the auctions performed today, 10 ofwhich were of first residence, invalid and illegal," LeonidasPapadopoulos, founding member of movement "Den Plirono" (I am notpaying) told journalists.


"They did not let debtors who were losing their properties todayto watch the procedure," he added, saying that every citizen has aright to enter and watch the procedure inside the court.


"In this country, there is a junta of auctions," the head of afar-left out-of-Parliament party, Panayiotis Lafazanis, a one-timeSYRIZA minister, told reporters, condemning the use of tear gasagainst the protesters.


Property auctions in Greece have systematically been blocked bygroups of protesters, which also targeted offices of lawyers andnotaries involved in the procedure.


Following a series of verbal attacks and threats against them,notaries boycotted foreclosures hearings, requesting protectionfrom the state. Their action had frozen the process of propertytransfers.


Greek notaries had declared a strike until the end of the year,but they called it off on Monday. They came into an agreement withthe Greek government after ensuring their security at proceedingsat specific courts.


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