HE Sheikha Yasmeen bint Mohamed bin Khalifa al-Thani’s Mkaee’lat Al Shahania won the Al Wakra Cup in spectacular style at the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club’s Al Rayyan Racecourse.
In the 1600m contest for four-year-old Purebred Arabian fillies, the feature race of the day, jockey Lukas Delozier guided the Rudy Nerbonne-trained grey filly as it tracked the leaders until she produced the final furlong to speed past her rivals and record an impressive win by three quarters of a length at the turf track.
Eng. Dhafi Rashid HA al-Marri-owned and Yousef Ben Taher Mehaoued-trained Djedahess came second, while Wathnan Racing’s Farida finished third.
Abdulaziz Jassim al-Boenain, Al Uqda Complex Manager, crowned the winners.
Eng. Osama Omer E al-Dafea-owned and trained Taxiwala won the Thoroughbred Conditions for three-year-old+ in the 1100m race. The seven year-old son of Holy Roman Emperor and the winner of Al Shaqab Racing Trophy 2021, was ridden by Jockey Soufiane Saadi to an easy win ahead of Mohamed Abdulhadi S al-Hajri’s Selected.
Jockey Chloe Mignonneau rode the Jean de Mieulle’s charge and Al Shaqab Racing’s Duhail to the victory in the 1600m race for the Thoroughbred Conditions for the three-year-old+.
Jockey Tomas Lukasek also registered a double on the card when he guided Ibrahim Saeed al-Malki-trained Jungle Mate, in the silks of Saeed Ibrahim Saeed al-Malki, to victory in the 1600m race for Thoroughbred Handicap (70-90 for three-year-old).
The Pole was in the winner’s enclosure earlier in the day when he jockeyed Mubarak Ali M al-Nuaimi’s Bailey Gate to Thoroughbred Handicap (55-75) win. In the meet opener, Al Wasmiyah Farm’s Gassim Ghazali-trained Moharb won the Local Thoroughbred Maiden Plate for three-six-year-olds.
![Lukas Delozier guides Mkaee’lat Al Shahania to Al Wakra Cup victory at the Al Rayyan Racecourse.
Lukas Delozier guides Mkaee’lat Al Shahania to Al Wakra Cup victory at the Al Rayyan Racecourse.](https://cdn4.premiumread.com/?url=https://gulf-times.com/gulftimes/uploads/images/2024/03/22/155955.jpg&w=800&q=100&f=webp)
Lukas Delozier guides Mkaee’lat Al Shahania to Al Wakra Cup victory at the Al Rayyan Racecourse.