FOOTBALL | Page 3 FORMULA 1 | Page 7 Mahrez miss Hamilton on leaves City, brink of fi ft h Liverpool and title aft er Chelsea all level Suzuka win Monday, October 8, 2018 CRICKET Moharram 28, 1440 AH Ton-up Hafeez helps GULF TIMES Pakistan dominate Australia in first Test SPORT Page 4 HORSE RACING / QATAR PRIX DE L’ARC DE TRIOMPHE Enable wins second straight Arc to cap thrilling weekend His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa al-Thani crowns winners z Fazza Al Khalediah wins Arabian feature By A Correspondent Paris Extension of sponsorship of Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe nable, owned by Prince Khalid bin Abdullah bin under consideration, says Sheikh Abdullah Abdulrahman al-Saud, cousin of King Salman By A Correspondent best and had won the trial Eal-Saud, won the Qatar Prix de Paris race three weeks ago, but soft l’Arc de Triomphe for the second ground did not help him give straight year in the presence of his usual performance.” other horses, owned by, among is Highness Sheikh Talking about the Qatar’s others, Saudi and one of UAE’s Abdullah bin Khalifa continued partnership with ruling families, at Longchamp Hal-Thani congratulated the iconic racing event, he racecourse in Paris yesterday. the winner’s connections in said, “Qatar’s sponsorship Polish raider Fazza Al Khaledi- the Qatar Arabian World Cup of the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de ah staged a big upset in the Qatar (Group 1 PA) on the final day Triomphe started in 2008 and Arabian World Cup (Group 1 PA), of the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de will continue till 2022. The as His Highness Sheikh Abdul- Triomphe meeting at Long- renewal of the partnership is lah bin Khalifa al-Thani crowned champ racecourse in Paris under consideration, given the winners on the big day of yesterday. the huge global reputation of the two-day race-meeting at “This race saw a surprise, the event, which comes with the newly-renovated racecourse which no one expected at all. plenty of strength and thrill yesterday. It was a tough race in general year after year. The annual Qatar-sponsored and the winner, Fazza Al Kha- “In addition, dozens of thou- event has been held since 2008 lediah, won the title deserv- sands of race-goers attend under the partnership between edly,” Sheikh Abdullah said. the races at Longchamp along the Qatar Racing and Equestrian “In fact, he gave a wonderful with the TV broadcasting to Club (QREC) and France Galop performance and I congratu- nearly 100 countries, giving and will continue till 2022. late his owners for his class access to at least a billion Present during the fi nale of one and ability to win the Qatar viewers worldwide. I think Qa- of the world’s biggest race meet- Arabian World Cup. tar’s decision to sponsor this ings, were His Highness Sheikh “We should take into consid- event has been a right one.” Mohamed bin Khalifa al-Tha- eration the ground at Long- Sheikh Abdullah concluded: ni, Embassy of Qatar in France champ, which was aff ected “In the coming years, we Charge d’aff aires Nadia al- by the rain today. In horse would like to see more people Sheebi, QREC chairman Issa bin racing, each race has its own from Qatar in this event and Mohamed al-Mohannadi, Qatar circumstances. we will have Marid, who won Equestrian Federation and Asian “Yazeed (owned by Sheikh the Qatar Arabian Trophy Des Equestrian Federation presi- His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa al-Thani (third from right) with the winners of the Qatar Arabian World Cup (Group 1 PA) after Fazza Al Abdullah) was a favourite, Poulains over 2000m at Saint- dent Hamad bin Abdulrahman Khalediah won the Arabian feature on Day Two of the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp racecourse in Paris yesterday. especially as he was at his Cloud two days ago.” al-Attiyah, QREC offi cials, horse owners and trainers from Qatar, besides dozens of thousands of and Qatari raider Ebraz. pack and squeezed through on sac, Wild Illusion, won the Prix had to settle for second. Soldier’s race-goers who fl ooded into the The four-year-old’s nine-race the inside of the home straight. de l’Opéra Longines (Group 1), Call rounded up the top three. iconic Parisian racecourse. winning streak had been snapped She battled for the win and hit after having problems to en- Frankie Dettori rode Enable for on his previous outing in August the post a shade cosily of ter in the starting stalls. his record-extending sixth Arc this year in Warsaw. But he made Matematica, who was She fi nished in victory after fending off a late amends yesterday under Pier on her second time front of Magic charge from Sea of Class yester- Convertino. out. It was her Wand, who day. “The success is all down to trainer Fabrice looked like John Gosden’s four-year-old the horse. He’s the best [Ara- Vermeulen’s the winner fi lly became the fi rst British- bian] horse in the world. It’s the fi rst Group 1 for a while, trained horse to win Europe’s fi rst big international victory for win. Star Terms and also beat top middle-distance race twice Polish [Arabian] racing since the (Sea The Stars) the French and the eighth dual winner of the end of the Second World War. My came a close contender continent’s richest contest. team has done an extraordinary third. Homérique Enable hit the front two fur- job,” a pleased Borkowski said. In the Qatar who made a longs out but Sea of Class rallied Bought Saturday evening Prix Jean-Luc La- good fi nal eff ort. to fi nish second by a short neck, during the Arqana Arc sale for gardere (Grand Cri- Mabs Cross, the with last year’s runner-up Cloth €490,000, Lily’s Candle was terium) – Sponsored British fi lly ridden by of Stars third at the redeveloped quick to reward her new owner, by Manateq, Royal Marine Gérald Mossé, came with Longchamp. Martin Schwartz, by winning became a Group 1 winner on his a strong run to take the Prix de She missed much of the cur- the Qatar Prix Marcel Boussac third public outing. l’Abbaye de Longines (Group 1) in rent campaign through injury, – Critérium for fi llies. The fi lly Last years’ winner of the the fi nal strides. Gold Vibe, hav- Manateq CEO Fahad al-Kaabi presents the trophy for the Qatar Prix but an impressive comeback at travelled in the rear end of the Group 1 Qatar Prix Marcel Bous- ing been tracked by the winner, Jean-Luc Lagardere, which was won by Royal Marine yesterday. Kempton ensured she was a red- hot favourite coming into yester- day’s feature. “She wasn’t at her best today. I’ve had a diffi cult year with her and started with a bit more hair than I have now,” Gosden said af- ter the win. “It’s entirely down to the fi lly and her guts and a lovely ride from Frankie. She’s a won- derful fi lly and it’s an enormous sense of relief.” Gosden raised the possibility of Enable staying in training as a fi ve-year-old in a bid to become the fi rst horse to win the Arc three times. Earlier in the day, Michael Borkowski’s ward, Fazza Al Kha- lediah, emerged victorious in the Qatar Arabian World Cup (Group 1 PA). Very well drawn, the Polish raider bided his time before mak- Jockey Frankie Dettori celebrates ing headway on the inside. He after riding Enable to Qatar Prix then went clear in the straight to de l’Arc de Triomphe victory at record an easy victory at the ex- the racecourse in Paris, France, pense of French-trained Khataab Action from the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (Group 1) race at the Longchamp racecourse in Paris yesterday. PICTURES: Juhaim, Zuzanna Lupa yesterday. Gulf Times 2 Monday, October 8, 2018 HORSE RACING FOCUS SPOTLIGHT Huge Success of Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe Qatar Airways at renovated Longchamp, says QREC chairman welcomes world’s By our Correspondent out at the race, which Qatar is Paris keen to have, given Qatar’s com- mitment to its great heritage of horse racing elite Purebred Arabians. In the com- atar Racing and ing years, we will continue this Equestrian Club tradition.” (QREC) chairman Al-Mohannadi added: “This to Qatar Prix de Issa bin Mohamed al- year, Qatar Airways and Man- QMohannadi hailed the success ateq partnered us in the spon- of the 2018 edition of the Qatar sorship of the event. Their Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, which presence was strong and active, l’Arc de Triomphe was concluded at Longchamp and contributed to the event. In racecourse in Paris yesterday. addition, thousands of people “No doubt, this year’s edition were at ParisLongchamp, which has been a huge success,” he said, is also in the interest of the or- “especially as it has returned ganisations who partner with us to ParisLongchamp, which is in this sponsorship.” considered the best racecourse worldwide. The renovation has made the racecourse ideal. It can Qatar Racing and Equestrian accommodate a larger number Club (QREC) chairman Issa of race-goers now and it looks bin Mohamed al-Mohannadi much better, which in turn is in (second from right) presents the the interest of the event spon- trophy to the winners of Qatar sored by Qatar over the years.