Al Haffanah won the corresponding race for fillies, the Qatar Arabian Trophy Des Pouliches Group 1PA
5 October 2018, Paris, France ~ Marid by TM Fred Texas out of Al Dahma (Amer) hailed his second Group 1PA victory on Saturday, 5 October 2018, at Saint-Cloud racecourse outside of Paris, France. The colt, born and bred at the Haras du Grand Courgeon, won the Qatar Arabian Trophy des Poulains, a 2000 metre race for 3-year-old colts. Congratulations to his owner Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani and well done to trainer Antoine de Watrigant and to jockey Olivier Peslier.
Second in for the Trophy Des Poulains was Deryan (Mahabb), owned by Yas Racing and trained by D. Guillemin, and third was Shalaa (Dahess) trained by Thomas Fourcy for Al Shaqab Racing.
Al Haffanah (Amer x Nachmiya) under Julian Auge won the corresponding race for fillies, the Qatar Arabian Trophy Des Pouliches Group 1PA over 2,000 metres. Al Haffanah is owned by Al Shaqab Racing and trained by Thomas Fourcy. Yas Racing brought in second and third in the form of Bayan (Munjiz) trained by F. Sanchez and Baseel trained by X Thomas Demeaulte.
Congratulations to all connections. Both races were for prize money of €100,000.
Photos by Juhaim
~Pamela