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Sealine winner of Late Sheikh Jassim Bin Mohammed Al Thani Trophy
Under the patronage of His Excellency Salah Bin Ghanem Al-Ali, Minister of Sports and Youth, the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club (QREC) organised the Late Sheikh Jassim Bin Mohammed Al Thani Trophy Day at the Al Rayyan Racecourse turf track on Friday, 16 December. His Excellency the Minister crowned Wathnan Racing with the Late Sheikh Jassim Bin Mohammed Al Thani Trophy following Sealine’s victory in the day’s final race and with the Qatar National Day Trophy) following Abbes’s victory in the penultimate contest of the bumper 10-race card, which included 6 trophy and cup races.
In the finale race, Sealine (QA) (Amer x Jaljalah) gave owner Wathnan Racing and trainer Alban de Mieulle their third winner of the day as he stormed home to take the 1500m race for 3YO+ Local Purebred Arabians by three quarters of a length and win the Late Sheikh Jassim Bin Mohammed Al Thani Trophy. It was a day to remember for jockey Ronan Thomas, who wrapped up the day with his fifth winner. The Al Jeryan Stud-owned and M.H.K Al Attiyah-trained AJS Saaeq (QA) (AF AlBahar) was the runner-up under jockey Szczepan Mazur. The Sabhea Awad Ibrahim-owned and Mohamed Khaled Elahmed-trained finished a further half length behind in third under Alberto Sanna.
In the penultimate race, Alban de Mieulle saddled an impressive winner in the form of the Wathnan Racing-owned Abbes (FR) (TM Fred Texas x Raqiyah), who pulled five lengths clear of the field in the 2000m contest to land the Gr2 PA Qatar National Day Trophy, doubling up for his trainer and giving jockey Ronan Thomas his fourth win on the day. It was a one-two for the winning owner and the winning trainer as the runner-up was Jabalah (FR) (Al Mamun Monlau) under jockey Soufiane Saadi. The Khalid Mohammed S Al-Harami-owned and Abdallah Said Al Balushi-trained Arion (FR) (Dahess) finished third as he was one a quarter lengths behind under jockey Marco Casamento.
Earlier on the day, the opener, a 1600m Maiden for 3-6YO Purebred Arabian Fillies & Mares saw a stunning performance from the Salmeen Abdulla Al Jabri-owned Princesse Mourtajez (FR) (Al Mourtajez x Rivale Denfer), shedding her maiden status in good style as she stretched four lengths clear of the field under jockey Ronan Thomas for trainer Zuhair Mohsen.
Having finished placed in his first start in Qatar, the Mohammed Abdulhadi Al Hajri-owned and Hamad Al Jehani-trained Impedor De Bozouls (FR) (Majd Al Arab x Amperora De Bozouls) won the second as he was guided by jockey Hugo Besnier to a half-length win in the third race of the day, a 2000m Handicap (65-85) for 4YO+ Purebred Arabians. Source: Qatar Racing & Equestrian Club. Photos: Juhaim-QREC Welcome to Arabian Horse Intl
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