Umm Qarn’s Qannasah gets highest bid at Mid-Season Auction

By Sports Reporter/DohaUmm Qarn’s Qannasah (Djebbel-Maleehah) garnered the maximum price QR340,000 at the Mid-Season Auction sale organised by Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club on Saturday. The Djebbel progeny was purchased by Ali Mohammed Rashed al-Ali.HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa al-Thani owned Farah (Amer-Feline Du Cassou) took the second biggest bid of QR340,000 and was picked by Al Shaqab Stud. A total of 119 Pure Arabian’s came up for the auction and 79 of them came under the hammer for a total price QR6,072,000, making it a very successful auction. Though there were buyers from Saudi Arabia, Oman and United Arab Emirates, it was the local buyers who evinced more interest in the sale and picked most of the horses on sale. In the Thoroughbred Auction held on Friday, Al Ghazali Stud purchased Statesmanship for QR110,000 as the highest priced horse in the auction. Stataesmanship was earlier owned by Dr Fahad Bin Abdullah Al Attiya and Sons. Serenity Now went for QR55,000, while Al Shaqab was bid for QR50,000 by Al Ghazali Stud.A total of 91 Thoroughbreds came up for auction, out of which 51 were sold for a total price of QR1,040,000.