Injaaz Stud’s Roman Melody completed a grand double landing the Brooq Cup in the QR100,000 feature event of Qatar Racing & Equestrian Club's (QREC) 10th Race meeting at Al Rayyan Race-course yesterday.
Marco Casamento rode the 4YO bay gelding home to a short head victory for trainer Jassim Ghazali in the Thoroughbred Handicap (Class2) 1900m dirt race.
Abdulla Rashid Al Kubaisi, QREC Racing Manager, crowned the winners of Brooq Cup.Earlier, Al Ghariya Rac-ing’s Al Junood (QA) (Hafid Du Bac x Al Mubadara) won the Purebred Arabian Handicap (0-90) QR55,000 with the Zuhair Mohsen-trained 6YO being ridden by Ivan Rossi to a length win in the 1700m race for 3YO+
Injaaz Stud’s Noble Mas-terpiece claimed the 1,100m Thoroughbred Handicap Class 3 (0-95) for 3YO+, giving trainer Mohammed Ghazali a double and jockey Qais Al Busaidi a hat-trick on the day.
Yousuf Mubarak Al Kuwari’s I Am Thunder came up with an impressive per-formance in the TB Handicap (0-85) for 3YO+. Qatari rider Rashid Al Marri was on board and stretched clear to win the 6 furlong run by almost five lengths trainer Hamad Al Jehani, who also made it a double on the day.
Sabhea Awad Ibrahim’s Sarmad Bu Thaila (QA) (Soviet Secret) was the winner in the Local Thoroughbred Handicap (0-80) for 3YO+.Qais Al Busaidi made it a double on the day riding the Mohamed Khaled Elahmed-trained 7-year-old horse to a cracking 13-length margin in the 1,900m race.
Abdulla Rashid Al Adgham’s Star of War, trained by Hamad Al Jehani, gave a great display of front running under Lukas Delozier. The pair led all the way taking the Thoroughbred Novice Plate for 3YO+ F & M by 9½ lengths.The Brooq Cup Day had opened with a powerful per-formance from Jassim Mohamed Al Darwish’s 4YO Ranan (QA) (Mared Al Sahra).
The Mohammed Ghazali-trained was ridden by Qais Al Busaidi in the 1700m Local Purebred Arabian Maiden Plate for 3-6YOs
