The horse “Mushtari”, owned by His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and under the supervision of trainer Michael Costa, won the title of the “Al Maktoum Mile” race, designated for purebred hybrid horses of the second category “Group 2”, for a distance of 1,600 meters of sand, and was run in the fifth and main heat, of the “Group 2” evening. Festival Friday is the first major event in the Dubai Racing Carnival season, which was organized on Friday by the Dubai Horse Racing Club. Its nine rounds were sponsored by Emaar, with a total prize pool of 4.6 million dirhams.
The evening witnessed a large presence led by Sheikh Rashid bin Dalmuk Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Dubai Racing Club, a member of the Board of Directors and Director General of the Emirates Horse Racing Authority, Engineer Mohammed Saeed Al Shehhi, and the CEO and member of the Board of Directors of the Dubai Racing Club, Ali Al Ali.
The evening opened with the “Al Maktoum Challenge” championship dedicated to purebred Arabian horses of the first category, “Group 1,” for a distance of 1,600 metres, during which the horse “Mubidid” from Al-Reef Stables, under the supervision of trainer Jaber Bitar, and the leadership of jockey Ray Dawson, succeeded in snatching the title after crossing the race course. With a time of one minute, 45 seconds and 58 hundredths of a second, a difference of 1.1 lengths from the second place horse, AF Al-Ajaj. By Khaled Al Nabooda, supervised by Ernst Oertel, and led by jockey Tag O’Shea.
The excitement continued towards the fifth and main round, with prizes of one million dirhams, during which the jockey, Ben Quinn, knew how to lead the horse “Mukhtari” to snatch victory in the final meters, achieving a time of one minute, 36 seconds and 20 hundredths of a second, a difference of 3.02 lengths from the second-placed horse “. Qarib” owned by Abu Bakr Kadura, under the supervision of trainer Musabah Al Muhairi, and led by jockey Silvestre de Sousa.
Double for Godolphin horses
The horses of the international “Godolphin” team, under the supervision of trainer Charlie Appleby and led by jockey William Buick, achieved two victories out of the nine rounds that lasted for the evening, after the horse “Native Approach” was able to win the title of the fourth round, “Business Bay Challenge,” designated for horses in the “List” category over a distance 1600 metres, before his colleague “Mishrad Time” added the second victory by winning the “Al Rashidiya” championship title, which took place in the sixth round and was allocated to horses of the category. The second was “Group 2”, for a distance of 1800 meters on grass.
“Cover Up” is the fastest in “Dubai Dash improvisation”
The quarter horse “Cover Up”, under the supervision of trainers Simon and Ed Crisford, and led by jockey William Buick, achieved a difficult victory for the title of the “Irtivation Dubai Dash” speed championship, which took place in the second half, after covering the 1,000-meter course over which the race took place in a time of 55 seconds. And 94 parts of a second, 0.30 lengths ahead of the second-placed horse “Balhail”, owned by His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al. Maktoum, supervised by Michael Costa and led by Ben Quinn.
“Flama Sunshine”, star of “Shahama Stakes”
The third half, the “Shahama Stakes,” witnessed a competition between 10 of the best fillies over a distance of 1,400 metres, before “Flama Sunshine,” owned by “Nigar Burke and Mary Connolly,” under the supervision of coach Bobat Simar and led by jockey Tag Ushi, was able to snatch the victory, achieving a time of one minute and 25 seconds. And 50 hundredths of a second, two lengths ahead of the second-placed filly “Queen Azteca,” owned by “Glassner.” Racing” under the supervision of coach Niels Petersen, and led by jockey Carlos Lopez.
“Walk of Stars” dominates the “Intisar” tournament
The horse “Walk of Stars” by Athba Racing, under the supervision of trainer Popat Simar, and led by jockey Tag Oshi, dominated the title of the “Intisar” championship, which took place in the seventh round and was allocated to the horses of the “list” category, after the horse covered the race course extending for a distance of 1900 meters of sand, in a time It reached 1 minute, 56 seconds and 10 hundredths of a second, a significant difference of 11.8 lengths from the horse “Otto Bahn” with the logo of Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al. Maktoum, supervised by Doug Watson and conducted by Christophe Soumillon.
“Kifaf” wins the eighth game bet
The horse “Kifaf”, owned by His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, under the supervision of Michael Costa and driven by Ben Quinn, was able to win the title of the eighth round of the “Dubai Horse Racing Club Classic”, which ran for a distance of 2410 meters on the grass track, achieving a time of 2 minutes, 27 seconds and 84 seconds. A fraction of a second, with a slight difference of 0.21 lengths over his stable companion, the horse “Essential”, led by Ray Dawson.
“Morning” came to a close
The evening concluded with the ninth round of “Emaar Downtown Dubai” for a distance of 1,200 meters on the sand track with the participation of 7 horses. The title was crowned by the horse “Morning”, owned by Nasser Askar, under the supervision of coach Popat Simar and led by Tag Oshi, by crossing the race course in a time of 1 minute, 11 seconds and 88 seconds. Second, with a difference of 0.13 lengths from the second-placed horse “Ishaqal”, owned by his owner and trainer Salem bin Ghadeer, and led by Knight Bernardo Pinheiro.
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