The Al Shaqab Racing-owned and bred Al Hawra (FR) (Wooton Bassett x Salwa) got back to winning ways when landing the Prix Alliance at Dax racecourse on Sunday. Having won her only two starts of 2020, the bay filly was having her third start of the season, in the 2300-metre Class 2 race for three-year-olds, for her trainer Simone Brogi and won well under the saddle of Jean Bernard Eyquem.
Out quickly from the stalls, Al Hawra was taken to the head of the field and she set a strong pace. Turning for home, she was briefly pushed along, but then once clear, she ran on strongly to win by one and a quarter lengths at the line. His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa al-Thani’s Fayona (FR) (Power x Sierra Slew) tried hard to close the gap, but could only manage second for trainer Henri Alex Pantall and jockey Soufiane Saadi and one and three quarter lengths ahead of Pidoyne (IRE) (Fast Company x Saytara) who finished third for trainer X. Thomas-Demeaulte and jockey Guillaume Guedj-Gay.
Bred by her owners, Al Hawra is a daughter of the Al Shaqab Racing top stallion Wotton Bassett (Iffraaj) and is out of Salwa (Galileo) who was unraced. The second dam Photophore (Clodovil) was a dual winner and produced City Image (Elusive City) who won a listed race at Newmarket.