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Meanwhile, the Gr-3 race
over 2400m has attracted competative field of quality horses
from France, Italy, KSA, Qatar and UAE lining up for the Euro
15,000 prizemoney.
Murhib began well while Badad was a little slow to go as the
horses left the stalls in the early stages of the race. But,
Badad responded keenly when asked the question by jockey
Charles Nora and tracked the winner with less than 400m to go.
Unfortunately, Badad was only unlucky to lose by a short head
when the two horses went strike for strike before crossing the
finish line. Saudi contender Jallab Al Khalediyah took the
third place honours for HRH Prince Khaled bin Abdul Aziz Al
Saud.
The winner covered the distance in 2:16:04 seconds.
Ali thani Al Suwaidi, UAE ambassador to Holland,obaid hamoud
al suwaidi the consul and Sultan Al Marzouqi, Adnan Al Nuaimi
and Lara Sawaya, managing director of Tasweeq gave away the
prizes and trophies to the winners of the exciting race.
In the second race, Sharima under the hands of jockey Adre
D'Fraize, made all the running to win the Abu Dhabi
Championship-Hydra trophy for three-year-olds in great style.
The French-bred filly showed her class as top performer to
lead the race from the wire to the wire to the delight of the
big crowd which fancied Sharima to win it.
The UAE ambassador thanked His Highness the President Shaikh
Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Lt. General Shaikh Mohammed bin
Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Shaikh Dr.
Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, Chairman of the UAE Equestrian &
Racing Federation for their strong support to promote the
Purebred Arabian horse in Europe and elsewhere.
"It's a national pride for us to see the flag of the UAE
flying in the skies of Europe. The series of the President Cup
for Purebred Arabian horses have positively contributed to the
promotion of the image of this noble creature. It's not a
matter of a beautiful horse who is acquired for his beauty and
stamina alone, but he has the qualities and speed of a racing
horse," he said.
Al Suwaidi noted that most of the European-based Purebred
Arabian horses take part in the series and the owners,
trainers and jockeys have the strong feeling that very soon
the Purebred Arabian horse will become a major player in the
racing community.
The same opinion was echoed by Sultan Al Marzouqi, secretary
general of the UAE Equestrian & Racing Federation and Adnan
Sultan Al Nuaimi, general manager of the Abu Dhabi Equestrian
& Racing Club.
On his part, Sulieman Al Fahim, CEO of Hydra Properties
pledged to carry the image of the Purebred Arabian horse to
the highest heights reiterating that they are obliged to stand
behind and support the efforts of the youth and sports
sectors.
"As a national and leading business concern, Hydra Property
will make every move to ensure the success of the series and
all other plans to promote UAE and the emirate of Abu Dhabi,"
he said.
Lara Sawaya, managing director of Tasweeq, said they highly
appreciate the role of their partners in achieving all this
success.
"The sky is the limit and the future is wide open for more
success and achievements," she said. |
