Masar in his young life already has traveled from England to California for the Breeders’ Cup and gone on to Dubai for a failed dirt experiment this winter at Meydan Racecourse. And on Saturday, back in England, he took Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, the driving force behind Godolphin, to the pinnacle of the mountain, winning the Epsom Derby by 1 1/2 lengths. Sheikh Mohammed has been playing the game at the highest level for decades, but Masar gave him his first Epsom Derby win. So, too, for trainer Charlie Appleby, who took over as one of two main Godolphin trainers following the departure of Mahmood al Zarooni after an equine-drug scandal, and jockey William Buick, who last summer at Arlington suffered serious injuries when his mount broke down in the Secretariat Stakes. This was supposed to be a coronation for Godolphin’s arch rival, the Coolmore folks and trainer Aidan O’Brien, but the heavily favored Saxon Warrior could only play fourth fiddle Saturday. Saxon Warrior had easily beaten Masar in the English 2000 Guineas, but not this time. In the Derby, he stumbled slightly at the start before racing side by side with Masar for much of his trip, but as Masar stayed in the clear under Buick, Saxon Warrior, glued to the fence, got stuck behind a wall of horses about three furlongs from the finish and had nowhere to run at a key moment in the race. Finally clear, Saxon Warrior couldn’t come close to producing the required acceleration and in any case would’ve needed a brilliant finish to come anywhere near Masar, who came home strongly and never was threatened in the final furlong while ridden out to victory. Knight To Behold, pressed by Kew Gardens, led as Buick and Masar took up a comfortable position in sixth position as the field wended its way around Epsom’s spacious course under sunny skies on a hot afternoon. Masar began picking off rivals just as Saxon Warrior found his trouble, reached full contention a quarter-mile from the finish, and went on to convincing score. He stopped the timer in 2:34.93 for the 1 1/2 miles on ground only recently upgraded from “good-to-soft” to “good.” Longshot Dee Ex Bee, second in the Chester Vase, pressed the pace and held gamely for second, a half-length better than Roaring Lion, who loomed a quarter-mile out but could not finish the job. It was 2 1/2 lengths farther back to Saxon Warrior and the same margin to the well-supported Hazapour in fifth. Masar was a good 2-year-old but had no luck in finishing sixth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf, in which Buick lost one of his irons at the head of the far turn, costing his mount all chance. Masar failed to handle dirt racing this winter during one start at Meydan but quickly got back on track in England this spring, romping to victory in the Group 3 Craven Stakes. He was a well-beaten third behind Saxon Warrior in the Guineas before turning in the race of his life Saturday. Masar is pure Godolphin, having been sired by its stallion New Approach and produced by Khawlah, who won the 2011 UAE Derby for trainer Saeed bin Suroor.