H H Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Thani presents the trophy to Ibrahim Saeed Ibrahim Al Malki as QREC Chairman Issa bin Mohammed Al Mohannadi applauds following In The Night's triumph at QREC yesterday.
Ibrahim Saeed Ibrahim Al Malki-owned-and trained In The Night was ridden to a fabulous triumph by jockey Tomas Lukasek in the HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Thani Trophy (QA Gr 2) in the 39th Race Meeting of Qatar Racing & Equestrian Club (QREC) at the Al Rayyan Racecourse yesterday.
H H Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Thani crowned the winners of His Highness’s Trophy. Ibrahim Saeed Ibrahim Al Malki received the trophy in the presence of QREC Chairman Issa bin Mohammed Al Mohannadi.
In The Night made a bright start in the 2000m turf race moving in from the left and stayed steady with Qatari Gold as the pacemaker. It then fell back a bit before picking more pace and being flanked by Hellenistque.
At about 500m, In the Night went with Lukasek’s call to burst ahead and leave the pack behind eventually crossing the post a good length and a half ahead. Leopards Park ended as the runner-up with Pazeer being third.
In the penultimate race, the Jaafer Cup landed by Umm Qarn’s Al Balagh who under Ronan Thomas took the 2000m Purebred Arabians’ race by a short head from Al Mirage making it a double on the day for trainer Alban de Mieulle.
H H Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Thani honoured the race winners.
In the Gazwan Local Thoroughbred Conditions it was a close finish with Al Jeryan Stud’s homebred Latamah emerging on top by a quarter of a length under jockey Alberto Sanna, who doubled up on the day, for trainer M.H.K Al Attiyah.
Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalid bin Nasser Al Thani’s Saould Al Sulaimi completed a double in the Assy Local Purebred Arabian Conditions 1400m.
The Jassim Ghazali-trained 6YO stretched clear to win by two and a quarter lengths recording a double on the day for trainer David Allan.
