17 December 2015 www.aladiyat.ae ISSUE 572 Dhs 5 Can he do it again? Rafeej – Garhoud Sprint 2013 Rafeej – Garhoud Sprint 2014 If so, he will have to beat Muarrab Jebel Ali Stakes Prep looks a pre-Xmas cracker! Jutland Farraaj Mawhub Previews Meydan (Thu) Jebel Ali (Fri) Abu Dhabi (Sun) Cards Pages 39/43 Pages 44/49 Pages 51/57 NUNNERY STUD MUHAARAR Oasis Dream - Tahrir MUKHADRAM Shamardal - Magic Tree NAYEF Gulch - Height Of Fashion FRANCE MUHTATHIR Elmaamul - Majmu Discover more about the Shadwell Stallions at www.shadwellstud.co.uk Or call Richard Lancaster, Johnnie Peter-Hoblyn or Rachael Gowland on 44+(0)18 42 755913 Email us at: [email protected] 17 December 2015 3 Little change at top of the tables Contents NEWS 3-11 BLOODSTOCK 12-13 ENDURANCE 17 NICHOLAS GODFREY 18 JOHN BERRY 19 HOWARD WRIGHT 20-22 DEREK THOMPSON 24 ALASTAIR NICOLSON 24 TOM JENNINGS 25 NEXT WEEK RACING 26 MICHELE MACDONALAD 27 RACING SATAS 28-29 Eric Lemartinel Ali Rashid Al Raihe Abdallah Al Hammadi QATAR 31 JEBEL ALI treble for Ali His 18 winners are five more on the board, six more than REVIEWS / RESULTS Rashid Al Raihe allowed than Dane O’Neill who, with Paul Sheikh Khalifa JABEL ALI (FRI) 32-33 the former Champion Hanagan having returned, may Sunday’s Al Hammadi treble was A L AIN (SAT) 34-35 A Trainer to make inroads on the lead find his opportunities restricted. achieved by three different jockeys ABU DHABI (SUN) 36-37 of Doug Watson at the top of the Both are retained by Sheikh sporting the lime green colours of PREVIEWS / CARDS trainers’ title. Hamdan and Hanagan had a winner Al Ajban Stables, while Sheikh MEYDAN (THU) 39-43 With a single victory, also at both Jebel Ali and Al Ain. Mansour’s silks were carried to JABEL ALI (FRI) 44-49 at Jebel Ali, Watson ended the The other jockey to have reached local victory for the 100th time. ABU DHABI (SUN) 51-57 weekend on 19 winners, four more double figures is Pat Dobbs with That milestone was achieved at than Al Raihe who has 15. 11 winners to his credit. Al Ain on Saturday when Wayne Editorial Eric Lemartinel had a For the aforementioned Sheikh Smith rode the Nacer Samiri- productive weekend, saddling a Hamdan, he has 19 winners trained Hamares to victory. Editor/writer treble at Al Ain and a single winner Mark Jackson at Abu Dhabi. The quartet take him to 13 winners thus far with these Art Director/Designer three the only handlers currently in Eng. Mohamed Maher double figures. Trebles among trainers were Sub-Designer actually quite commonplace over Ismail KV the three days of local racing, Abdallah Al Hammadi saddling Nisar Shaikh three winners at Abu Dhabi. Graphic & Scanner Two of Al Raihe’s Jebel Ali Abdul Majeed winners were partnered by stable jockey, Tadhg O’Shea, and the Nadim Ahmed former champion continues to lead Library the way in the jockeys’ race. Tadhg O'Shea Paul Hanagan Abdulla Khalifa Owners’ Table 2015/16 Jockeys’ Table 2015/16 Trainers’ Table 2015/16 K. Aboobacker (number of winners) (number of winners) (number of winners) Photographers Sheikh Hamdan (bin Rashid) 19 Tadhg O’Shea 18 Doug Watson 19 K.P. Majeed Abdul Razzak H H Sh Khalifa (bin Zayed ) 13 Dane O’Neill 13 Ali Rashid Al Raihe 15 Correspondents Khalid Khalifa Al Nabooda 9 Patrick Dobbs 11 Eric Lemartinel 13 Overseas Sh Mansour (bin Zayed ) 6 Richard Mullen 9 MUSAbah Al Muhairi 8 Derek Thomson Alastair Nicolson Sh Saeed (bin Mohd) 6 Sam Hitchcott 7 Nacer Samiri 7 Howard Wright John Berry Nicholas Godfrey Feedback Tom Jennings English Editorial Tele.:+971- 4 342 9999 - Fax: +971- 4 342 2121 For Back Numbers, Subscriptions and Photography enquiries, please contact: Bloodstock Essa Hassan Al Basher, Mobile: +971-50 452 6636 P.O. Box 53300, Dubai, UAE. mail: [email protected] Beverley Townsend Al-Adiyat is published and printed by the Dubai Horse Racing Information Centre. Local All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or Rose Bloomfield transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the Stephen Molyneux prior written permission of the publisher. Opinions expressed in Al-Adiyat do not necessarily reflect those of the publishers. 4 17 December 2015 Al Raihe in similar form to his equine team BY BEVERLEY TOWNSEND have plenty more to look feature. He said: “Hopefully the and prizes allocated to the public OR the second week running, forward to throughout the rest of run will put him spot on for the throughout the day via a raffle, the Jebel Ali racecourse the campaign.” Carnival, probably on turf. whilst a cash prize of Dh8,000 is Fmanagement welcomed As is the case, more often than “My best chance is probably in to be distributed among 20 lucky sponsors and members of the media not, HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid the last with Mizwaaj.” winners through a draw at the end on Tuesday to announce the details Al Maktoum’s Shadwell sponsor Last season’s Jebel Ali Stakes of the meeting. of their upcoming Friday fixture. the main race, this week the 1800m first and second, Jutland and Meanwhile, Al Abbar General It will be their fifth of the official prep for the 1950m Jebel Mawhub, head the opposition. Contracting Company will provide current campaign and following Ali Stakes. Joining Shadwell among ten cash gifts of Dh400 apiece, on quickly from last week, the Ten have been declared, the sponsors are Al Hudaiba again to be drawn as a free raffle. course, unusually, racing on including Sefri and Tanfeeth who Contracting Company, Al Shafar Free coupons will be distributed consecutive weekends. will both sport the world renowned Investment, ASCANA (Arabian to the public on arrival at the main Taking a starring role this week blue and white silks of the sponsor, Scandinavian Insurance Company), gates which will be open at 10am. was former Champion Trainer Sheikh Hamdan. Commercial Bank of Dubai and Al For Dh10 you can buy the chance Ali Rashid Al Raihe, currently Trained by Erwan Charpy, Sefri Rammal Engineering Company. to win a KIA Picanto car with second in this season’s trainers’ is the choice of Paul Hanagan with The six races carry combined the winners drawn after the final championship and who proved a Fernando Jara aboard Tanfeeth for prize money of Dh445,000, race, while the Pick Six and other lively and entertaining contributor Musabah Al Muhairi. while, as has long been the norm, selection competitions offer a given a microphone! Al Raihe, who has eight runners the Dubai International Arabian combined total prize of Dh61,500. “It has been a good season for us throughout the card, relies on Horse Championship are donating The bulk of this is the Dh40,000 so far,” said Al Raihe. “Recording Lanark and said: “He is a nice horse Dh1,000 to the groom of the horse Pick Six fund. a treble last week was great and who should run well but, as you adjudged the ‘best turned out’ in As always, free buses are the horses have been in very would expect, it is a strong race.” each race. provided from the car parks to the good form pretty much the Selvaratnam has three runners There will be a number (on this main entrance and special areas are whole season. Hopefully we on Friday, including Farraaj in the occasion 130) of valuable gifts allocated for ladies and families. Godolphin Facts And Figures (as of 12/12/2015) 17 December 2015 5 BY HOWARD WRIGHT OCKEYS usually have to Lerena’s late show lands travel to get the recognition Jtheir talent deserves; think Michael Roberts to Britain and Hong Kong jockeys’ challenge Doug Whyte and Anton Marcus to Hong Kong. The country’s latest champion, Gavin Lerena, went some way to emulating those previous title holders when he won the international jockeys’ championship at Happy Valley on a very wet Wednesday night. Lerena, 30, a three time leading ©: Cedric Lane apprentice in South Africa, whose father Tex headed the country’s jockeys’ association, had never ridden in Hong Kong before, and Dead-heat in second leg De SoUSA wins on Happy Spirit after two legs of the four race series, he was plumb last, with no However, with heavy rain out and just held on, while in the exclaimed: “I love Hong Kong.” points. At that point Ryan Moore coming straight down all evening second, on Superoi, he reversed And well he might. was odds-on in the ‘in running’ and the going being altered to the tactics by swooping late. betting, having gone down by a yielding for the first time Happy The key on both occasions, short head to Silvestre de SoUSA Valley regulars could remember however, seemed to be Lerena’s in the first leg and, right on the line, this century, it was dark clouds willingness to take a line nearer the forced a dead-heat with Japan’s ahead for both Moore and Tosaki. centre of the track in the straight Keita Tosaki in the second. With points down to fifth, neither than the rails, where the ground At that stage Moore had troubled the scorers for the rest of was probably more poached. 15 points to Tosaki’s 13. The the evening. Lerena, who galloped past winning score in three years out of Instead, Lerena was the man Moore and Tosaki in the points five since the event went to four who hit the magic 24 points by table to take the first prize of races to prevent a dead heat was winning both races, by a short HK$500,000 and a special 24 points, or two wins, and Moore head and three-quarters of a length Longines watch, but was handed seemed to have the better chances respectively.