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The Mansoor bin Ebrahim SI Al Mahmoud-owned Valiant Knight waited for the perfect moment to shine, breaking his maiden with a thrilling victory in the Uqda Two-Year-Old Cup on Thursday.
Under a brilliant ride by Marco Casamento, the son of Ghaiyyath, prevailed in a thrilling finish where the Gassim Ghazali-trained winner held off the charge of his two rivals, Glitterati and Sapphire Valley, by a neck and a further neck respectively, giving his connections a second cup in less than 24 hours.
The trio of owner, trainer and jockey won the Brooq Cup – 1900m contest for Thoroughbred Handicap (85-105), four-year-old + – with the four year-old gelding Dubawi Spectre, yesterday at the Al Rayyan Racecourse.
Abdulla Rashid Al Kubaisi, QREC Racing Manager, crowned the winners.
Earlier in the day, Umm Al Shukhut Farm’s Legend Of Xanadu won the Thoroughbred Handicap (75-95) 1400m contest for three-year-old+.
Ibrahim Saeed Al Malki-trained four-year-old gelding, under the supervision of jockey Jefferson Smith, defeated Fatima Rashid A al-Naimi-owned Sherood by short head.
2nd Al Uqda Race Meeting
– Al Uqda 2yo Cup
WINNERS: (Horse, Owner, Trainer, Jockey)
Al Uqda Cup, Thoroughbred, 2YOs, 1300m
Valiant Knight, H E Mansoor Bin Ebrahim S I Al Mahmoud, Jassim Ghazali, Marco Casamento
Thoroughbred Handicap (75-95), 3YO+, 1400m
Legend Of Xanadu, Umm Al Shukhut Farm, Ibrahim Saeed Al Malki, Jefferson Smith
Purebred Arabian Novice Plate, 3YOs, 1400m,
Al Jori, Al Shaqab Racing, Jean de Mieulle, Faleh Bughanaim
Thoroughbred Handicap (0-80), 3YOs, 2100m
Highland Spring, Mohammed Shaheen A A Al Kuwari, Hamad Al Jehani, Lukas Delozier
Purebred Arabian Handicap (60-80), 3YO+, 1400m
Tayyar Al Shahania, Hassan bin Ali Hassan Al Matwi, Mohammed Hassan Al Matwi, Fayos
Martin Borja
Purebred Arabian Handicap
(45-65), 3YO+, 1400m
Zidane, Injaaz Stud, Jihad El Ahmad, Alberto Sanna
Purebred Arabian Maiden Plate, 4YOs, 2100m
Jalaad Al Shahania, Al Shahania Stud, Rudy Nerbonne, Lukas Delozier.
