Image Du Croate wins Ras Umm Hasah Cup in a thriller

HE Sheikha Reem bint Mohamed bin Khalifa al-Thani-owned Image Du Croate won the Ras Umm Hasah Cup at the Al Uqda Racecourse yesterday.
In a thrilling finish to the 1,300m feature race for the three-year-old+ Purebred Arabian, the four-year-old filly came with a late surge in the final strides beat Gazwan Racing’s Hadi al-Ramzani-trained MJ Mutabahi by only a short head to emerge winner and completed a double on the card for trainer Rudy Nerbonne and jockey Lukas Delozier. Al Ghazali Stud-owned Sha’alan came third.
Nerbonne and Delozier were in the winners’ circle earlier in the day when Ray’q in the silks of Al Shahania Stud claimed the 1,300m race for three-year-old+ for Local Purebred Arabian Novice Plate. In the penultimate race of the day, jockey Chloe Mignonneau guided Mohamed Hamad HA al-Jehani-owned and Hamad al-Jehani-trained Tilaawah to the victory in the 1,200m Thoroughbred Handicap (80-100) race for 3-year-old+.
Abdulla Rashid al-Kubaisi, QREC Racing Manager, crowned the winners.

RESULTS
Seventh Al Uqda Meeting
Ras Umm Hasah Cup Day
WINNERS (Horse, Trainer, Jockey)
1 - Ras Umm Hasah Cup, Purebred Arabian Conditions
Image Du Croate, Rudy Nerbonne, Lukas Delozier
2 - Thoroughbred Handicap (80-100)
Tilaawah, Hamad al-Jehani, Chloe Mignonneau
3 -Local Thoroughbred Handicap
Ushayqer, Mohamed Khaled Elahmed, Faleh Bughanaim
4 - Thoroughbred Handicap
Cloak And Dagger, Mohamed Ghazali, Hamed al-Busaidi
5 - Purebred Arabian Handicap
Jazz De Nacre, Owaida Salem al-Hajri, Abdulla Rashid al-Hajri
6 - Local Purebred Arabian Novice Plate
Ray’q, Rudy Nerbonne, Lukas Delozier
7 - Thoroughbred Maiden Plate
Opera Legend, Hamad al-Jehani, Szczepan Mazur