Return To Senders clinches Rowdat Rashid Cup

Return To Senders, in the colours of Nasser Saeed M S al-Eida, won the Rowdat Rashid Cup at the Al Rayyan Racecourse yesterday.
The Jassim Ghazali-trained seven-year-old bay quickened up smartly inside the final strides under Marco Casamento and got up to win with a nose to spare ahead of Salem Fadgam al-Hajri and Sons’ Secret Victory.
Abdulla Rashid al-Kubaisi, QREC Racing Manager, presented the trophies to the winners.
In the penultimate race of the day, Jassim bin Ali MA al-Attiyah’s Keel Bay won the 1,200m race for the three-year-old+ Thoroughbred Fillies and Mares.
Jockey Tomas Lukasek also completed a that-trick of win as he guided Sharida bin Nasser bin Sharida al-Kaabi-owned and Hamad al-Jehani-trained Roma to the Local Purebred Arabian Handicap (65-90) (Fillies & Mares) race for three-year-old+.
Earlier in the day, Lukasek rode Khalid Rashid G K al-Mohannadi-owned and Rashid al-Jehani-trained Blazing Sunset to victory in the 1,900m race for the three-year-old+ Thoroughbred Handicap (55-75).
Lukasek was in the winners’ enclosure as he won the 1,200m card-opener - Local Thoroughbred Handicap (40-60) for three-year-old+ - with Injaaz Stud’s Mutamarrid by a margin of five lengths and a quarter.
RESULTS
3rd Al Rayyan Race meeting - Rowdat Rashid Cup
(Horse, Trainer, Jockey)
1 - Rowdat Rashid Cup - Thoroughbred Handicap 85-105 (Class 2)
Return To Senders, Jassim Ghazali, Marco Casamento
2 - Thoroughbred (Fillies & Mares) (Class 2)
Keel Bay, Mohammed Ghazali, Faleh Bughanaim
3 - Local Purebred Arabian Handicap 65-90 (Fillies & Mares) (Class 3)
Roma, Hamad al-Jehani, Tomas Lukasek
4 - Local Purebred Arabian Handicap 50-70 (Class 5)
Jadal, Ahmed Kobeissi, Ivan Rossi
5 - Thoroughbred Handicap 55-75 (Class 5)Blazing Sunset, Rashid al Jehani, Tomas Lukasek
6 - Thoroughbred Maiden Plate (Class 6)
Washeek, Hamad al-Jehani, Saleh Faraj al-Otaibi
7 - Local Thoroughbred Handicap 40-60 (Class 4)Mutamarid, Jihad El Ahmad, Tomas Lukasek