Making only her second start in the UAE Festive Spirit clearly relished  the switch to turf as she dominated her rivals to win by six and a half lengths from stable companion Desert Glow, the mount of Australia's Kerrin McEvoy.

Bahraini raider A Touch of Frost, who led the 12-runner field for most of the 1600metre trip, stayed on for third place with the Peter Brette-trained Naughty Nell beaten a head back in fourth.

Festive Spirit was third to Catstar in the UAE 1000 Guineas 12 days ago but has come on strongly for that run on dirt. "She arrived late from South Africa and was not acclimatised one hundred percent," said winning trainer and former UAE champion Satish Seemar.

"We did not have too much time with her but she's a very straight filly, clean and very honest all the time."

Seemar said that he would wait to see how Festive Spirit came out of the race before making plans. The options are obviously the Balanchine or the UAE Oaks, both races to be run on March 11.

Earlier San Salvador showed what a gutsy performer he is when conjuring up a spirited effort under Gary Hind's strong handling to win the Al Sammak Conditions race over 1600m on dirt.

The race was fought out between two sprint veterans, seven-year-old San Salvador and Persuasivo Fitz (9) with the former prevailing by two lengths in a well-contested finish.

French trainer Erwan Charpy ended the meet on a high when he sent out Deodatus to score an impressive win in the Capannelle Racecourse Stakes. This was the fourth win of the season for the Darshaan six-year-old and must mark him out one of the season's most consistent and popular performers.

Earlier Dough Watson's Pomeranz, a fair perfomer in ireland, won the Al Thuraya Maiden over 1500m on dirt. Seemar's After The Ball was one and a half length's back in second with Watson's second runner Screaming Shamal third, one and three quarters of a length back.

Nad al sheba Results

Race 1. HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Triple
Crown Round 2 (Group 3) (1800m) Dirt:
1. Ryan Giggs (trained by M Al Kurdi) ridden by T Durcan; 2. Seniorita (M Al Kurdi) G Hind; 3. Djaiman de Leyre (D Watson) G Birrer; 4. Mleeh (E Charpy) S Castellier.
Distances: 1.25length, 1.25, 3.
Winning time: 2:04.98secs.

Race 2. Al Thuraya Maiden
Thoroughbreds Maiden (1500m) Dirt:
1. Pomeranze (D Watson) W Supple; 2. After The Ball (S Seemar) T Durcan; 3. Screaming Shamal (D Watson) P Hanagan; 4. Najmati (A Smith) B Doyle.
Distances: 1 1/2length, 1 3/4, 3/4.
Winning time: 1:33.42secs.

Race 3. Al Sammak Conditions
Thoroughbreds Conditions (1200m) Dirt:
1. San Salvador (M Al Kurdi) G Hind; 2. Persuasivo Fitz (A Smith) S Sanders; 3. Feet So Fast (S Seemar) R Moore; 4. Bo Bid (M Al Kurdi) J Carroll.
Distances: 2length, 2.25, 2.
Winning time: 1:11.18secs.

Race 4. Bentley Motors Cup
Thoroughbreds 3yo+ rated 85-100 (1400m) dirt:
1. Winisk River (S bin Suroor) L Dettori; 2. Lord Nelson (M Thwaites) Mark du Plessis; 3, Raheibb (A Smith) B Doyle; 4. Rotulo (D Lowther) M Santos.
Distances: 4.75length, 1, 5.
Winning time: 1:24.03secs.

Race 5. Darley Cape Verdi Stakes
First Leg of the Darley Distaff Series Thoroughbreds Conditions (1600m) Turf:
1. Festive Style (S Seemar) K McEvoy; 3. A Touch of Frost (N de Croutte) Ali Al Saffar; 4. Naughty Nell (P Brette) R Mullen.
Distances: 6.5length, 1.5, Hd.
Winning time: 1:36.84secs.

Race 6. Cpannelle Racecourse Stakes
Thoroughbreds 3yo+ rated 90-105 (1800m) dirt:
1. Deodatus (E Charpy) S Sanders; 2. Curule (D Watson) G Birrer; 3. Adiemus (J Noseday (L Dettori); 4. Afghan (M Al Kurdi) B Doyle.
Distances: 4 1/2length, 1 3/4, 1/2.
Winning time: 1:50.77secs.