CCYCLINGYCLING | Page 2 GOLF | Page 4 Ecuador’s McIlroy likes Narvaez solos Augusta to win on Masters 12th stage tuneups Friday, October 16, 2020 CRICKET Safar 29, 1442 AH Gayle back in GULF TIMES business as Kings XI beat RCB in IPL SPORT Page 3 SPOTLIGHT Al-Attiyah aims to regain Dakar crown and then win Olympic gold AFP “After not driving for eight months, He has set up a rally academy in Spain Nicosia, Cyprus now we start again very strong. We won to pass on his know-how to future gen- a deserved Andalucia rally last week. All erations — and not just drivers. the contestants were there to prepare for “I bought a farm in Barcelona, and I atari multi-sport competitor Dakar. I think we have a good chance for love being there,” he said. “Generations Nasser al-Attiyah, a three-time the second edition in Saudi Arabia and will graduate, not only drivers, but also Dakar Rally winner and an Ol- our goal is to win.” engineers and mechanics, it will be simi- ympic skeet shooting bronze Al-Attiyah, 49, identifi ed the 58-year- lar to a university.” Qmedallist, has ambitions for a double tri- old Carlos Sainz and 55-year-old The farm is also where he trains in the umph in 2021. Stephane Peterhansel as his main rivals. skeet. He has shot in six Olympics, win- Al-Attiyah, who won the car class in “I think the competition will be be- ning bronze in the London Games in 2012. the Dakar in 2011, 2015 and last year, plans tween this trio if we don’t face mechani- “I will be ready for the Olympics in a fresh assault in January when the gru- cal problems,” he told AFP. 2021. God willing, we will be in form,” he elling race is held in Saudi Arabia for the “I am younger than Carlos and said. “Our goal is gold and to represent second consecutive year. Stephane, which gives me some advan- my country and the Arab world.” Six months later he is aiming to be in tage. As we saw in the Andalucia Rally, Al-Attiyah says his love of sports keeps action at the Tokyo Olympics where the I was more in control. But of course the him competitive. “When you love some- skeet event is scheduled for the last week Dakar Rally has its circumstances and thing, you give it from your heart,” he Qatar’s Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah sits in his Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 during a testing session ahead of the Cyprus Rally, of July. surprises.” said. near Kapedes village in the Nicosia District of Cyprus, on Wednesday. (AFP) HORSE RACING Bughanaim gets off the mark Qatari jockey rides season’s first winner with Hajadie Du Croate in Al Gharafa Cup By Sports Reporter and distance for the third time. Doha After Eduardo Pedroza guided the English Channel colt to a thrilling short head victory for atari jockey Faleh Thoroughbreds, Hadi Nasser al- Bughanaim rode his Ramzani’s ward now has three fi rst winner of the wins and a top-three fi nish in season astride Nass- four outings over the course and Qer Saeed al-Eida’s Hajadie Du distance at Al Rayyan Park. Croate in the Al Gharafa Cup, Ronan Thomas and his mount yesterday’s feature on turf at the Take A Nap ran out of real estate Qatar Racing and Equestrian to try and take a win, and settled Club’s Al Rayyan Park. for second. In the mile-long Purebred Apprentice rider Rashid Ali Arabian feature, Bughanaim and al-Marri led a one-two for Qatari Jassim Mohamed Ghazali’s ward jockeys as he sided Saeed Mo- did not have the best of starts hamed al-Shafi ’s Al Mikdam to a despite starting on the inside, fi ne victory in the Thoroughbred even as JP Guillambert-ridden Handicap for horses rated 75 and Casimir De Codines set the pace below. for the bulk of the race. In the packed 16-strong miler, Umm Qarn’s Muqla took the Al Mikdam held on to his ad- advantage two furlongs out. vantage as he went past the post However, Bughanaim had been a little less than two lengths in egging Hajadie Du Croate on front of Faleh Bughanaim and his through the back straight and the mount, War Order. turn and the duo steadily clawed Zyzzyva was the fi rst winner their way up to edge out Muqla for Qatari trainer Ibrahim al- by a quarter-of-a-length at the Malki this season with the Siy- post. ouni gelding entering the win- In the penultimate race of the ner’s enclosure for the fi rst time Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club Racing manager Mohamed Khalid al-Khalifa (third from right) with the winners of the Al Gharafa Cup after Nasser Saeed al-Eida’s Hajadie Du Croate day, Soufi ane Saadi’s second vic- in Qatar. won the 1,600m Purebred Arabian feature at Al Rayyan Park yesterday. PICTURES: Juhaim tory of the day was almost a cer- The bay horse had fi nished in tainty since he was astride Ab- the money twice before at Al Rayy- (Soufiane Saadi). Won by: 1 ¼, dulatif Hussain al-Emadi’s Black an Park, but this time Thomas’ 2 ¼, 1. Time: 1:09.32. Owner: Pearl, a Qatar-bred horse that brilliant ride saw the fi ve-year-old Ibrahim al-Malki. Trainer: Ibrahim had won fi ve out of his six career win the six-furlong Thoroughbred al-Malki. outings. Handicap for horses rated 70-90 RACE 4: 1. Al Mikdam (Rashid Black Pearl played true to his by a little more than a length, beat- Ali al-Marri), 2. War Order (Faleh form edging out Zuhair Mohsen- ing Faleh Bughanaim-ridden Ran- Bughanaim), 3. Better Than Ever trained Mosayter, ridden by Alber- dom Decision. (Alberto Sanna), 4. Hakeem to Sanna, by a quarter of a length at Earlier in the evening, Ali bin (Eduardo Pedroza). Won by: 1 ¾, the post for his sixth win. Saeed al-Jafali al-Nuaimi’s Ajal 1, 1 ½. Time: 1:35.16. Owner: Saeed Umm Qarn colours entered the registered his fi rst career victory Mohamed Shafi al-Shafi. Trainer: winner’s enclosure twice yester- after a winning ride by Alberto Saeed Mohamed Shafi al-Shafi. day with French trainer Alban de Sanna. RACE 5: 1. Arabic Channel (Edu- Mieulle saddling two winners. ardo Pedroza), 2. Take A Nap After Umm Qarn colts Dream Boy RESULTS (Ronan Thomas), 3. Pettifogger and Equinoxe swept the top two RACE 1: 1. Dream Boy (Soufiane (Luca Maniezzi), 4. Black Granite spots in the local Thoroughbred Saadi), 2. Equinoxe (Ronan Tho- (JP Guillambert). Won by: Shd, Maiden Plate event for three- mas), 3. Thamina (JP Guillam- 2, 2 ¼. Time: 1:22.00. Owner: Al year-olds under Saadi and Ronan bert), 4. Dreem Of Doha (Faleh Jeryan Stud. Trainer: Hadi Nasser Thomas respectively, Thomas Bughanaim). Won by: 2, 3 ¼, 1 ¾. al-Ramzani. helmed Gold Amer to a mile-long Time: 1:13.21. Owner: Umm Qarn. RACE 6: 1. Gold Amer (Ronan Purebred Arabian Handicap win. Trainer: Alban de Mieulle. Thomas), 2. Ennab (Alberto Thomas was in the saddle the RACE 2: 1. Ajal (Alberto Sanna), Sanna), 3. Ghazi Al Jeryan (Killian last time the fi ve-year-old had 2. Al Khor Surprise (Soufiane Leonard), 4. Al Junood (Meteb run course and distance, but it Saadi), 3. Qatar Gold (Saleh Salem Ali al-Marri). Won by: 1, Hd, ¼. was far from ideal. al-Marri), 4. Al Hadah (Eduardo Time: 1:43.86. Owner: Umm Qarn. Yesterday, however, they Pedroza). Won by: 3 ¾, ½, 3 ¼. Trainer: Alban de Mieulle. picked up a fi ne one-length vic- Time: 1:37.67. Owner: Ali bin RACE 7: 1. Black Pearl (Soufiane tory, that was the colt’s third Saeed al-Jafali al-Nuaimi. Trainer: Saadi), 2. Mosayter (Alberto San- overall. Majed Seifeddine. na), 3. Abha (Eduardo Pedroza), 4. Al Jeryan Stud’s Arabic Chan- RACE 3: 1. Zyzzyva (Ronan Latamah (Killian Leonard). Won Faleh Bughanaim rides Hajadie Du Croate to victory in the Al Gharafa Cup at Al Rayyan Park yesterday. nel made his preference for a Thomas), 2. Random Decision by: ¼, 1 ½, 1 ¼. Time: 1:10.48. Own- seven-furlong race on turf amply (Faleh Bughanaim), 3. Monsieur er: Abdulatif Hussain al-Emadi. RACE 8: 1. Hajadie Du Croate (Ronan Thomas), 3. Veverka Py Codines (JP Guillambert). Won by: Nasser Saeed al-Eida. Trainer: clear when he won on the course Noir (Luca Maniezzi), 4. Fuwayrit Trainer: Ibrahim al-Malki. (Faleh Bughanaim), 2. Muqla (Francois Herholdt), 4. Casimir De ¼, 2, 2 ¼. Time: 1:44.58. Owner: Jassim Mohamed Ghazali. Gulf Times 2 Friday, October 16, 2020 SPORT SPOTLIGHT I will only play Grand Slams from now on, jokes Kvitova AFP season and Wimbledon in particular.” Prague “I hope next season won’t be as tough as this year, that things will calm down and that the world will wo-time Wimbledon cham- get back to normal at least a bit,” she pion Petra Kvitova jokingly added. suggested she might only play Kvitova said she was now planning Grand Slams in the future af- to rest and then train in Dubai be- Tter ending a “very, very successful” fore leaving for the Australian Open, Grand Slam season yesterday. where she will be looking to use her The 30-year-old world number mental improvement from the virus- eight reached the quarter-fi nals at the plagued season.