Soufiane Saadi steers Fayq Al Shahania to victory yesterday. RIGHT: The connections of Fayq Al Shahania celebrate after the Musheireb Cup win. PICS: Juhaim/QREC
Doha, Qatar: Fayq Al Shahania, in the colours of H E Sheikha Iman bint Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Thani, extended his productive 2023/24 campaign with a second win in a row at the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club yesterday.
Saddled by trainer Rudy Nerbonne, the five-year-old landed the Musheireb Cup, a 1500m Class 2 Purebred Arabian Handicap (85-105), comfortably by one and a half lengths to complete a double on the card for jockey Soufiane Saadi.
Fayq Al Shahania had won the Aziz Purebred Arabian Handicap Cup during the H H Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Thani Trophy, 35th Al Rayyan Meeting of the season, on March 14.
Saadi earlier in the day, rode Wathnan Racing’s Arman to victory in the Local Purebred Arabian Graduation Plate for four-year-old+ contest. The Alban de Mieulle-trained grey colt finished three and half length ahead of Hassan bin Ali Hassan Al Matwi’s Burkan Zakhir to emerge winner.
Abdulaziz Jassim Al Boenain, Al Uqda Complex Manager, crowned the winners of feature.
In the penultimate race of the day, Injaaz Stud-owned and Zuhair Mohsen-trained Kerindia won the Thoroughbred Fillies & Mares Plate contest for the three-year-old+. Jockey Faleh Bughanaim rode the four-year-old bay filly to finish ahead of Yousuf Mubarak Al Kuwari’s Miracle Nation to win the 1400m race.
Zuhair Mohsen-trained Classic Order, in the colours of Hamad bin Abdulrahman bin Hamad Al Attiya, won the Thoroughbred Handicap (75-95) for four-year-old+. Wathnan Racing’s Just Bring It finished second.
In the meet opener, Al Bida Racing’s Taymoor Al Shahania won the Purebred Arabian Maiden Plate for three-year-olds. The Mohamed Khaled Elahmed–trained bay colt comprehensively defeated Umm Al Shukhut Farm’s Deauville.
