Autumns Blush victorious

Manama : The favourite Autumns Blush owned by Fawzi Abdulla Nass, trained by Fawzi Nass and ridden by Hussain Makki won the seventh and richest race by three lengths for the Rashid bin Abdulrahman Al Jasmi Cup for imported three years and upwards over 1,200 metres and worth BD4,000 in the 19th meeting of the season yesterday at the Rashid Equestrian and Horse Racing Club in Sakhir.

Second place went to third favourite Grey Z owned by Al-Afoo Riding Stable, trained by Mohammed Hassan and ridden by Duran Fentiman and a short head behind in third was Celtic Man owned by Ramadhan Stable, trained by Jaber Ramadhan and ridden by Tristan Normand.

In fourth place a neck behind was the fourth favourite Taffe owned by Yousif Hussain Aldailami, trained by Hussain Aldailami and ridden by Adrie De Vries.

Results (horse, jockey):

Race 1: Al Jasmi Cup for locally bred handicap (0-78) 3 years and upwards. 1,000m straight BD2,500. 

1) Lazzaz/Abdulla Faisal, 2) Rising Sun/Sadiq Hameed, 3) Question Mark/Brett Doyle, 4)Rayaash/Andrew Elliott.

Race 2: Al Rashediah Stud Cup for Arabian Horses maidens 3 years and upwards. 1,400m BD2,000. 

1) Al Jellabieh 1590/A Elliott, 2) Mlolshaan 1649/Ali Moosa, 3) Tuwaisaan 1506/Abdulla Faisal.

Race 3: Al Jasmi Cup for imported 2nd, 3rd, 4th and maiden classes 3 years and upwards (55kg). 1,400m BD3,000. 

1) Pity Cash/Alberto Sanna, 2) Jessie B Goode/H Makki, 3) Sakada/D Fentiman, 4) Tashreeq/A Elliott.

Race 4: Zaid bin Nader Al Jasmi Cup for all classes of locally bred 3 years only (55kg). 2,000m BD3,000. 

1) Lead By Example/B Doyle, 2) Al Meesam/Jacob Butterfield, 3) Head Held High/Mohammed Saeed, 4) Ra Oud/A Elliott.

Race 5: Al Jasmi Cup for imported handicap (0-50) 3 years and upwards. 1,800m BD3,000. 

1) Gen I Am/Tristan Normand, 2) Fadhaa/A Elliott, 3) Zadawan/Adnan Jaffar, 4) Sirheed/D Fentiman.

Race 6: Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Jasmi Cup for locally bred 3 years and upwards. 1,600m BD3,500. 

1) Harash/A Faisal, 2) Farange/B Doyle, 3) Caped Crusader/T Normand, 4) Nardeen/A Elliott.