Casamento rides al-Kaabi’s Fuwayrit to Sealine Cup triumph

Sharida bin Nasser bin Sharida al-Kaabi’s Fuwayrit made his return to action a winning one as he landed yesterday’s feature race Sealine Cup at QREC’s Al Rayyan Racecourse.In the hands of Marco Casamento, the Gassim Ghazali-trained seven-year-old grey horse showed a fine attitude to get his head in front close home, winning the 1400m race with a neck to spare at the line. Mohammed Abdulhadi S al-Hajri-owned and Ibrahim Saeed al-Malki-trained General Panic came second.Fuwayrit’s last winning race was the Thoroughbred Handicap 80-100 (Class 2) (Far Bend) on February 29 last year, where he also won against the same horse – General Panic – by the same margin.Abdulla Rashid al-Kubaisi, QREC Racing Manager, presented the trophies to the winners.In the penultimate race of the day, Al Jeryan Stud-owned and M.H.K al-Attiyah-trained AJS Jamran won the 1400m race Purebred Arabian Conditions for five-year-old+ with a victory margin of three quarters of a length.Jockey Soufiane Saadi completed a double when he guided Wathnan Racing’s Rothstein to victory in the 1400m race for the Thoroughbred Handicap (0-95) for three-year-old. Alban de Mieulle’ grey colt won the race by a length and a quarter.Earlier in the day’s opener Saadi rode Dhouha, in the silks of Khamis Ali Khamis al-Sulaiti, to victory in the Purebred Arabian Maiden Plate for the four-year-olds. The Hadi al-Ramzani trained four-year-old grey filly won the 1400m race ahead of Al Shahania Stud’s AA Trunk Monkey.RESULTS 2nd Al Rayyan RaceMeeting – Sealine Cup (Div1)WINNERS (Horse, Owner, Trainer, Jockey)Purebred Arabian Maiden Plate, 4YOs, 1400mDhouha (QA), Khamis Ali Khamis al-Sulaiti, Hadi al-Ramzani, Soufiane SaadiThoroughbred Handicap (0-95), 3YOs, 1400mRothstein (IRE), Wathnan Racing, Alban de Mieulle, Soufiane SaadiPurebred Arabian Conditions, 4YOs, 1400mAl Khbaib (FR), Al Shaqab Racing, Jean de Mieulle, Olivier d’AndignePurebred Arabian Conditions, 5YO+, 1400mAJS Jamran (BE), Al Jeryan Stud, M.H.K al-Attiyah, Szczepan MazurSealine Cup – Thoroughbred Conditions, 4YO+, 1400mFuwayrit (IRE), Sharida bin Nasser bin Sharida al-Kaabi, Gassim Ghazali, Marco Casamento