Alanoud Khalifa A A al-Malki-owned and trained Al Harqah won the Al Waab Cup at the Al Uqda Racecourse on Thursday.Ridden by Carlos Henrique, the eight-year-old mare responded nicely when asked for an extra effort in the final strides and quickened up well to land the spoils. She finished three quarters of a length ahead of Wathnan Racing’s Alban Elie De Mieulle-trained Brahms. Mohamed Abdulhadi S al-Hajris’s Maysara came third. In the penultimate race of the day, Sheikha Yasmeen bint Mohamed bin Khalifa al-Thani’s Nazwa won the 2100m contest for Purebred Arabian Graduation Plate for four-year-old+. QREC Racing Manager, Abdulla Rashid al-Kubaisi, crowned the winners.RESULTS11th Al Uqda Meeting Al Waab Cup DayWINNERS: (Horse, Trainer, Jockey)1 - Al Waab Cup, Local Thoroughbred HandicapAl Harqah, Alanoud Khalifa A A al-Malki, Carlos Henrique2 - Purebred Arabian Graduation PlateNazwa, Rudy Nerbonne, Lukas Delozier3 - Thoroughbred Handicap (55-75)Deliver The Dream, Debbie Mountain, Mohamed Hassan Ali Alabdulmalik4 - Purebred Arabian Handicap (50-70)Hazm Al Sulaimi, Gassim Ghazali, Marco Casamento5 - Thoroughbred Handicap (55-75)Full Gambit, Hadi al-Ramzani, Tomas Lukasek6 - Thoroughbred Maiden PlatePrince Nabeel, Mohamed Salama Ashour, Jefferson Smith7 - Purebred Arabian Maiden PlateMaatnookh, Mohamed Ghazali, Marco Casamento
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