Nineteen years and more than $1.1 billion later, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is still a Melbourne Cup loser. The greatest loser of them all. The ruler of Dubai and the man behind the biggest thoroughbred racing operation on the planet, Godolphin, came up short yet again when the race that stops the nation was run and won by four-year-old stallion Rekindling at Flemington on Tuesday. At least this time losing was easy to accept. Melbourne Cup failure hasn’t always been so easily swallowed by the Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates — especially after reportedly splurging more than $1.1 billion on his ... (full story)