Arabian
Racing Review
Bath 7th September
by Paul Simmons
The
Royal Cavalry of Oman Clarendon International Stakes Group 3 over
5 Furlongs:
An impressive result here from the Belgium raider Ircalan DA who
was given a superb ride from Sam Hitchcott to just get up on the
line from a all out battle at the line from Galaavi. They set
off from the stalls and Galaavi and Ircalan DA on the rails quickly
set a decent pace, with Galaavi going to ahead of affairs after
a furlong with Sabden and Al Harith handy and Thimaar and Theoretically
all tucked in behind. As they got inside the final furlong Ircalan
DA took on Galaavi and these two were head to head all the way
to the line with Simon Walker and Sam Hitchcott in strong drives
to the finish line, in the end the brave Belgium raider Ircalan
DA (Djel Bon x Alissah) got up on the line neck from Galaavi for
owner/trainer and breeder Mr Verstrepen. Galaavi (Flaming Streak
x Virlaxy) ran a superb race in second for Bill Smith and the
Athbah Stud, she kept on really well in the closing stages but
couldn’t quite get there. A neck back in third was the Gill
Duffield trained and HH Shiekh Hamdan owned Thimaar (Chndaka x
Alharir) who came with a storming run through the field in the
closing stages and was finishing fast and furious and just got
up for third on the line from Al Harith. The latter ran another
solid race, prominent throughout he finished strongly and was
just pipped at the line by a head.