28 October 2016 www.aladiyat.ae ISSUE 593 Dhs 5 Jebel Ali raises curtain on new UAE season Previews Jebel Ali (Fri) Sharjah (Sat) Cards Pages 50/55 Pages 57/62 28 October 2016 3 Familiar faces with few new names to follow ITH the new season upon Contents us, owners and trainers NEWS 3-21 have clearly completed Wtheir planning ahead of five months UK RACING 22-29 of competition with retained and AUSTRALIAN RACING 31 stable jockeys firmly in place. After a stellar campaign both USA RACING 32-35 domestically and at the Meydan SH MANSOUR FESTIVAL 36-37 Carnival, Champion Trainer Doug BLOODSTOCK 38-43 Watson will again be availing of the services of Pat Dobbs and NICHOLAS GODFREY 44 Sam Hitchcott, while apprentice Adam McLean is also on his Red HOWARD WRIGHT 45 Doug Watson Tadhg O’Shea Stables’ roster. Richard Mullen JOHN BERRY 46 is long established as stable jockey Mansour’s Haajeb in the middle DEREK THOMPSON 47 for Satish Seemar and their round of the Al Maktoum Challenge formidable partnership continues and Sheikh Khalifa’s Abhaar in the MICHELE MACDONALAD 48 with Cameron Noble the latest Emirates Championship. TOM JENNINGS 49 apprentice to grace Zabeel Stables. He is replaced at Millennium PREVIEWS / CARDS Champion Jockey Tadhg O’Shea II Stables, home of Ismail settled in well at Grandstand Mohammed, by ‘The Flying JEBEL ALI (FRIDAY) 50-55 Stables with Ali Rashid Al Rayhi Dutchman’, Adrie de Vries. SHARJAH (SATURDAY) 57-62 last season and is based there again, Erwan Charpy, master of Green while enjoying the opportunity to Stables, has recruited the talents of Editorial ride the cream of Eric Lemartinel’s Antonio Fresu, an Italian whose Purebred Arabians. sole UAE experience to date is Editor/writer A Dubai World Cup winner and competing in the Sheikha Fatima Antonio Fresu Mark Jackson former UAE champion, Fernando apprentice race at Abu Dhabi in Jara is back with Musabbeh Al both 2012 and 2013. next week), as well as apprentice Art Director/Designer Mheiri, while Chris Hayes retains Royston Ffrench, Gerald George Buckell are all familiar Eng. Mohamed Maher his role with Dhruba Selvaratnam. Avranche and Sheikh Hamdan’s names to UAE racegoers who are One name conspicuous by its second jockey Dane O’Neill (back back in action this season. Assistant Designer absence from the weighing room is that of Wayne Smith, Champion Overall UAE statistics Overall UAE statistics Nisar Shaikh Jockey five seasons ago but, with Jockeys in action early season Trainers in action this weekend 339 UAE winners to his name, Ismail KV Tadhg O’Shea 368 Satish Seemar 701 Graphic & Scanner second only to Tadhg O’Shea among the jockeys still riding, he Richard Mullen 332 Dhruba Selvaratnam 526 Abdul Majeed is seemingly not returning for this Erwan Charpy 508 Pat Dobbs 136 campaign. His 22 winners last Nadim Ahmed Doug Watson 452 Library season were highlighted by victory Dane O’Neill 96 in the Listed Jebel Ali Sprint Musabbeh Al Mheiri 360 Fernando Jara 51 Abdulla Khalifa aboard Morawij for Sheikh Ahmed Ali Rashid Al Rayhi 334 and Dhruba Selvaratnam. He also Sam Hitchcott 42 K. Aboobacker Eric Lemartinel 162 celebrated Group One Purebred Photographers Chris Hayes 20 Arabian success on Sheikh Ernst Oertel 119 K.P. Majeed Abdul Razzak UAE final statistics 2015/16 UAE final statistics 2015/16 UAE final statistics 2015/16 Jockeys Trainers Owners Correspondents Tadhg O’Shea 45 Doug Watson 57 Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid 67 Paul Hanagan 39 Musabbeh Al Mheiri 41 Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed 35 Overseas Ali Rashid Al Rayhi 40 Pat Dobbs 39 Khalid Khalifa Al Nabooda 24 Eric Lemartinel 35 John BERRY Richard Mullen 30 Satish Seemar 20 Godolphin 19 Nicholas GODFREY Fernado Jara 26 Helal Al Alawi 20 Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed 17 Tom JENNINGS Michele MACDONALD Feedback Tele.:+971- 4 342 9999 - Fax: +971- 4 342 2121 Alastair NICOLSON English Editorial For Back Numbers, Subscriptions and Photography enquiries, please contact: Derek THOMPSON Essa Hassan Al Basher, Mobile: +971-50 452 6636 P.O. Box 53300, Dubai, UAE. mail: [email protected] Howard WRIGHT Al-Adiyat is published and printed by the Dubai Horse Racing Information Centre. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the Bloodstock prior written permission of the publisher. Opinions expressed in Al-Adiyat do not necessarily reflect Beverley Townsend those of the publishers. 28 October 2016 5 Another Leading Owner title for HH Sheikh Hamdan IS HIGHNESS Sheikh In 2016 in the UK, Arabian Hamdan bin Rashid Al racehorses running in the colours Maktoum was officially of Sheikh Hamdan won 20 races, announcedH as Leading Arabian finished second 21 times and third Owner for the 2016 UK season. 18 times, and earned more than It is the 13th consecutive year £144,000 in prize money. After Sheikh Hamdan has been leading Gill Duffield’s retirement last Arabian owner in the UK! September, James Owen and Phil The trophy presentation was Collington have taken over the made during the last ARO race training duties for the Shadwell meeting at Chelmsford and Arabian racehorses with great the trophy was received on success: James won the ARO Sheikh Hamdan’s behalf by Champion Trainer title and Phil James O’Donnell. finished a close second. 2016 Top Performers in the UK: RADAMES: won the Group 1 Za’abeel Stakes at Newbury in July and was also placed second in the Group 2 PA Clarendon Stakes in August and third in the Group 3 PA ARO Cup in May. MURAAQIB: won the Group 1 Shadwell Dubai International Stakes at Newbury in July after a first Group win in France in April in the Group 2 Prix de Carthage-Hannibal in Toulouse. AGHSAAN: won two races including the Group 3 ARO Cup in May and was placed second in two Group Ones, the Hatta Radames International Stakes at Newbury in July and the Sheikh Zayed Al Nahyan Cup at Sandown in August. ALAZEEZ: finished third in the Group 2 Emirates Equestrian Federation Stakes at Newbury in July, and won the first race at the final ARO meeting at Chelmsford. AWZAAN: won two races and finished third in the Group 1 Sheikh Zayed Al Nahyan Cup at Sandown in August. Other winners include: Al Kabeer, Alhaader, Emiraaty, Foaad, Jamaayil, Maidaan, Munbaher, Naishaan, Sunbulla and Zaahy. Muraaqib Aghsaan Alazeez 6 28 October 2016 New look for Jebel Ali fixture list TH their new campaign with Meydan’s Super Saturday, a Muarrab, last year’s Group 1 The six races are worth a total kicking off the UAE card which has two sprints. Dubai Golden Shaheen winner, of Dh485,000 and, as always, the season on Friday, the “As always we were happy to who actually landed this particular Dubai International Arabian Horse WJebel Ali racecourse management oblige the authorities and it makes race in 2013. Championship (DIARC) are welcomed sponsors and members for a great ‘double header’ with the That said, it was Selvaratnam donating Dh1,000 to the groom of of the media to a press conference at Jebel Ali Mile.” and the aforementioned Morawij the horse adjudged the ‘best turned the Grand Hyatt Hotel last Monday. The final Jebel Ali fixture is who won the race last year, while out’ in each race. The UAE’s favourite racecourse scheduled for 17 March and will Muarrab landed the 2015 Jebel There will be 130 valuable gifts for its ‘garden party’ atmosphere feature a new race, the Silver Jubilee Ali Sprint so these early season and prizes allocated to the public will again stage 11 meetings, on Stakes, named in recognition of the races can provide big race winners throughout the day via a raffle, in alternative Fridays between now landmark the course is to celebrate down the line. addition to 20,000 other ‘freebies’ and the middle of March. this season. Representing Shadwell, Mirza to be distributed on arrival As always, their fixture list January 1992 was the first Al Sayegh, said: “Sheikh Hamdan at the gates. includes the traditional three occasion racing was staged on the has always been a massive Meanwhile, Al Abbar General feature races, the Group 3 Jebel Ali Jebel Ali course so, obviously, we fan of Jebel Ali and remains a Contracting Company will provide Mile and Listed races, the Jebel Ali are looking at the 25th anniversary, committed supporter. ten cash gifts of Dh400 apiece, Stakes and Sprint. their Silver Jubilee. “His horses have a great again to be drawn as a free raffle. However this year the last named Selvaratnam added: “We have record at Jebel Ali and long may The main gates open at 10am has a new place in the calendar and a new race on the final day of the that continue!” and the first raffle draw, for 25 of will be run on the same card as the season, the Silver Jubilee Stakes, a Racecourse manager, Shareef the valuable prizes, will be made Jebel Ali Mile on 17 February. 7f conditions event for horses aged Al Halawani, added: “Obviously at 12 noon. The course, and adjoining stables, three and above. we are very grateful to Sheikh For Dh10 you can buy the chance are owned by Sheikh Ahmed who “It seemed a fitting way to Hamdan and Shadwell, as well as to win a KIA Picanto car with the employs Dhruba Selvaratnam mark our anniversary celebrations all our sponsors throughout the winners drawn after the final race, to train from a base the envy of and to bring the curtain down whole season.