Owned by His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa al-Thani, Qaiser continued his winning streak on Saturday when winning the Prix Achille Fould, a Class 1 race over 2,400m for three-year-olds at Bordeaux-Le Bouscat in France.
With Olivier Peslier in the saddle, Qaiser went quickly to the lead and settled in second position throughout. At the 1,000m mark, he moved closer to the leader Merveillo and was still travelling very comfortably. Once in the home straight, Qaiser showed a nice turn of foot and kept challenging the leader until he took the lead in the final stages to win by half a length.
Rainband managed to snatch the runner-up place for trainer Henri-Alex Pantall and jockey Soufiane Saadi while the long-time leader Merveillo finished a further length and a quarter behind him in third for trainer C. Ferland and jockey Maxime Guyon.
This was the third win in a row for this progressive son of Charm Spirit, who will now be aimed at a Listed race.
“He is a smart horse,” said Antoine de Watrigant, Qaiser’s trainer. “Once he gets in front, he starts to relax. He has more strength now. He is more mature and I think he is a good colt. His work rider has done a very good job with him and it starts to pay off. He will run in the Derby du Languedoc (Listed), at Toulouse on June 24th, then he will have a break in the summer. I think he will race in some Group races before the end of the year.”