Gaby De Faust Wins Feature to Complete Injaaz Stud Treble
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BBASKETBALLASKETBALL | Page 5 CCRICKETRICKET | Page 7 Bucks’ Sri Lanka will long-range try to stay barrage buries positive, says Miami Heat Karunaratne Thursday, December 31, 2020 FOOTBALL Jumada I 16, 1442 AH Spurs vs Fulham GULF TIMES match postponed over virus concerns SPORT Page 2 TENNIS Qatar ExxonMobil Open set for March 6 start By Sports Reporter has wreaked havoc with the tra- Several early-season events All subsequent sections of the ganisers said yesterday. changed her doubles partner to defend their men’s doubles Doha ditional tennis calendar. are scheduled to follow the con- 2021 calendar, beginning with Australian Barty played with for the 2021 edition of the Aus- title with the field headlined The 2021 ATP season kicks clusion of the Australian Open, the Spring clay-court season now-retired German Julia tralian Open and will play with by the top-ranked Colombian off with tournaments in Delray including the European Indoor, from week 14, remain unchanged Georges in this year’s tourna- Swiss world number 12 Belinda duo of Juan Sebastian Cabal he 2021 Qatar ExxonMo- Beach, USA, and Antalya, Turkey Latin American and Middle East at this time, with all tournaments ment in Melbourne where they Bencic. and Robert Farah, who won the bil Open will be held at — both starting on January 5 — swings, which lead into the Mi- planned to take place as original- lost in the second round to even- Hsieh Su-Wei and Barbora Wimbledon and US Open tro- the Khalifa International followed by the Australian Open ami Open presented by Itau in the ly scheduled. tual winners Timea Babos and Strycova, who lost the 2020 fi nal, phies last year. Tennis and Squash Com- men’s qualifying event in Doha fi nal two weeks of March. Meanwhile, in other tennis Kristina Mladenovic. are the top-ranked women’s duo Britain’s seven-time Grand Tplex from March 6 to 13, the ATP from January 10-13. Due to the impact of Covid-19, news, women’s world number Crowd favourite Barty’s sin- for the Grand Slam, which has Slam doubles champion Jamie announced yesterday. The focus then shifts to Aus- the BNP Paribas Open in Indian one Ash Barty will partner gles run in this year’s tournament been delayed by three weeks due Murray has also reunited with The tournament usually is tralia where Melbourne will host Wells will not be held in its cus- US Open semi-fi nalist Jenni- ended in the semi-fi nals with a to Australia’s strict border rules his former partner Bruno Soares slotted for the fi rst week of Janu- three tournaments before the tomary dates in March. Alterna- fer Brady of the United States in defeat to American Sofi a Kenin, to curb the spread of Covid-19 after splitting last year and will ary every year, but has been re- fi rst Grand Slam of the year, the tive dates are being assessed for doubles at the 2021 Australian who went on to win her maiden and will start on Feb. 8. look to replicate their 2016 suc- scheduled because of the ongo- Australian Open, beginning there the tournament to potentially Open in a high-profi le pairing Grand Slam title in Melbourne. American Rajeev Ram and Joe cess when they won the Austral- ing Covid-19 pandemic which on February 8. take place later in the year. between top singles players, or- World number four Kenin has Sailsbury of Britain will return ian and US Open titles. HORSE RACING Gaby De Faust wins feature to complete Injaaz Stud treble Forest rides Gaby De Faust to Dukhan Cup win; Qatari jockeys Bughanaim and Meteb al-Marri guide two winners each By Mikhil Bhat Marri), 2. I Am Thunder (Ali Khalid Doha al-Mosallam), 3. Swagger (Michael Forest), 4. Bercheny (JP Guil- lambert). Won by: 2, 4, 4. Time: njaaz Stud’s colours entered 1:11.41. Owner: Injaaz Stud. Trainer: the winner’s circle thrice Mohamed Hussain. yesterday, including with Race 3: PUREBRED ARABIAN Mohamed Riyaz-saddled MAIDEN PLATE (Rated 70 & IGaby De Faust that landed the Below) (4-6 Years Old) (Distance: Dukhan Cup at Qatar Racing 1,700m) and Equestrian Club’s Al Rayyan 1. Satam (Tomas Lukasek), 2. Park. Sprint veteran Izzthatright Razad (Faleh Bughanaim), 3. and juvenile Golden Bear were Quitham (Meteb Ali al-Marri), 4. the other winners yesterday for Deemah (Soufiane Saadi). Won the outfi t. by: ¾, 1 ¼, 3 ¾. Time: 2:01.40. Own- Helmed by Michael Forest er: Mubarak Zayed al-Shahwani. in the 1700m dirt feature for Trainer: Mansoor Mesfer al-Hajri. three-year-old and older Ara- Race 4: THOROUGHBRED bian fi llies and mares, Gaby De NOVICE PLATE (Class 6) Faust tracked early leader, Ivan (Distance: 1,900m) Rossi-ridden Safae, before tak- 1. Third World (Meteb Ali al-Marri), ing charge on the home straight. 2. Huwaiteb (Ronan Thomas), Ronan Thomas and his partner 3. Wakeel (Marco Casamento), Dabaab began their pursuit too 4. Star Of War (Michael For- but the duo inexplicably lost pace est). Won by: 9 ¾, 2, Shd. Time: midway through the chase and Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club’s Abdulla Rashid al-Kubaisi (third from right) with the winners of Dukhan Cup after Injaaz Stud’s Gaby De Faust won the 1700m run at Al Rayyan 2:03.76. Owner: Abdul Rahman Gaby De Faust pulled away to win Park yesterday. PICTURES: Juhaim bin Hamad bin Abdul Rahman al- by almost seven lengths for her Attiyah. Trainer: Jassim Mohamed fi rst win in Qatar. Ghazali. Alban de Mieulle-trained Da- Race 5: THOROUGHBRED baab fi nished second, ahead fo HANDICAP (Class 4) (85 & Majed Seifeddine’s ward, Safae. below) (Distance: 1,700m) Al Thumama Racing’s X 1. Shawaaheq (Ronan Thomas), 2. Force suff ered his fi rst defeat of Massam (Francoise Herholdt), 3. the season as Injaaz Stud’s Iz- Poets Dream (Soufiane Saadi), 4. zthatright got back to winning Al Modajal (JP Guillambert). Won ways for the fi rst time since Janu- by: 4, 1, 1 ¼. Time: 1:49.14. Owner: ary. Zuhair Mohsen-trained Izzt- Al Rabban Racing. Trainer: Alban hatright improved his strike fur- de Mieulle. ther, winning for the 22nd time Race 6: PUREBRED ARABIAN from 41 starts, having missed out HANDICAP (90 & below) on victories last few starts. (Distance: 1,900m) In the Class 2 Thoroughbreds 1. Bsheer (Faleh Bughanaim), 2. race, the eight-year-old geld- Winne Taouy (Ronan Thomas), 3. ing was helmed to a comfortable Shaweesh (Carlos Henrique), 4. victory by apprentice jockey Ali AJS Al Moheeb (Marco Casa- Khalid al-Mosallam as the duo mento). Won by: Nk, 3 ½, 1 ½. beat Soufi ane Saadi-ridden X QREC’s Abdulla Rashid al-Kubaisi (right) presents the owner’s trophy Time: 2:14.85. Owner: Al Shaqab Force, winner in all four starts to Injaaz Stud representative Khalifa bin Sheail al-Kuwari after Gaby De Racing. Trainer: Hossin Moham- earlier in this season, by a little Faust won the Dukhan Cup yesterday. mad Ashour. more than two lengths. Race 7: THOROUGHBREDS After a promising start to his cap for horses rated 90 and be- a thoroughbred each to their (Class 2) (Distance: 1,000m) term in Qatar in November this low. maiden victories earlier in the 1. Izzthatright (Ali Khalid al-Mosal- year, fi nishing third and fourth Tracking early leaders com- evening. lam), 2. X Force (Soufiane Saadi), on his fi rst two outings, Al Rab- ing out of Gate 1, Bughanaim had While the meeting began 3. Bint Saff ian (Ronan Thomas), ban Racing’s Shawaaheq landed Hossin Mohamed Ashour’s ward with Bughanaim, astride Ha- 4. Shobrom (Ivan Rossi). Won his fi rst victory around Al Rayyan step out once the pace upped mad Ahmed al-Malki al-Jehani’s by: 2 ¼, 2 ¼, 2 ¾. Time: 00:58.07. Park with ease, topping the Thor- coming off the fi nal bend in the Mater, edging out al-Marri on Michael Forest rides Gaby De Faust to victory in the Dukhan Cup yesterday. Owner: Injaaz Stud. Trainer: oughbred Handicap for horses 1900m run. As Bsheer took the Dohah in the Local Thorough- Zuhair Mohsen. rated 85 and below yesterday. advantage on the straight, Tho- bred Maiden Plate for a win, In- Hamad bin Abdul Rahman al-At- trained horse to a fi ne win ahead Mukhadram (Ronan Thomas), Race 8: DUKHAN CUP (PA 3yo Ridden by Ronan Thomas mas-ridden Winne Taouy ac- jaaz Stud’s Golden Bear, trained tiyah to victory in the Thorough- of Bughanaim-ridden Razad by 4. Umm Thaga (Michael Forest). & older Fillies and Mares) for Alban de Mieulle, Shawaa- celerated too and soon the race by Mohamed Hussain, was the bred Novice Plate. The win was almost a length. Won by: ½, Shd, 7. Time: 1:14.34. (Distance: 1,700m) heq won the 1700m run by four turned into a duel. As determined winner in the Thoroughbred second overall for Jassim Mo- Owner: Hamad Ahmed al-Malki 1. Gaby De Faust (Michael Forest), lengths. a run both the contenders put up, Maiden Plate under the appren- hamed Ghazali’s ward, but fi rst in RESULTS al-Jehani. Trainer: Hamad Ahmed 2. Dabaab (Ronan Thomas), 3. Sa- Qatari jockey Faleh Bughanaim Bughanaim’s mount had his neck tice jockey al-Marri. Qatar in eight starts. Race 1: LOCAL THOROUGHBRED al-Malki al-Jehani fae (Ivan Rossi), 4. Al Dawoodea completed a double yesterday ahead at the post for a fi ne vic- Al-Marri returned to the win- Mubarak Zayed al-Shahwani’s MAIDEN PLATE (Distance: Race 2: THOROUGHBRED (Faleh Bughanaim).