Taif Season 2023 Meeting 21 (Sat 22nd Jul)

Taif Summer Racing

Welcome to King Khalid Racecourse, Taif

Meeting 21, July 22, 2023

RACEDAY OFFICIALS

Chief Executive Officer:

- Ziad Saad A. Almogren

Chief Racecourse Officer:

- David Mackinnon

General Supervisor of Taif Racing:

- Khalid B. Alashri

Racecourse Operations Director:

- Waleed AlShelil

Stewards Committee

- Mr Mukhled I Alotaibi - Mr Mansour M Alghatani (Chairman)

- Mr Fahad D Aldosari - Mr Abdullah I Alabdulwahab

Stipendiary Stewards

-Mr Rion Hitchener

-Mr Benjamin Cooke (Deputy (Chief Steward) Chief Steward)

-Mr Harsh Vardhan Jodha (Steward)

Vets:

- Waleed Alsanab

Clerk of Scales:

- Senhat Alsahaly

Judges:

- Hani Altowairqi

Registration Director:

- Yousef AlBhaijani

- Abdul Hakeem AlMutawa

- Mohammed Alwahabi

Taif Summer Racing

RACE SCHEDULE

Meeting 21, Saturday July 22, 2023

King Khalid Racecourse, Taif

Gates open: 2:20pm

Taif Summer Racing

Enjoy Taif Summer Racing

Be Our Guest At King Khalid Racecourse

Each June the Saudi Arabian racing industry shifts its focus from the capital Riyadh to the summer holiday venue of Taif.

With a programme of weekend racing and family entertainment from June to October, an evening at the races offers our guests music, award winning cuisine, raffles, competitions and all the thrills of the on-track racing action.

With free entry and walk-in restaurants as well as five-star hospitality options available, visitors to the races can enjoy a unique meal with a view from our exclusive Nadb Al Nadi building, located on the first turn of picturesque King Khalid Racecourse, or get up close and personal to galloping racehorses from the running rail accessible via the public concourse.

For the discerning racing fan, the Taif programme offers the chance to see the equine stars of tomorrow in action. Saudi Arabia’s most famous jockeys and trainers base themselves in Taif during the summer where they build towards the season’s Major Cups and it is all captured on live television and beamed to homes all around Saudi Arabia and the region.

For more information around Taif Summer Racing please check out our ticketing packages at: tickets.jcsa.sa/taif-season

TRACK INFORMATION

HOW TO READ THE RACECARD

The racecard is your guide to all the action at the racecourse. In the racecard you will find all the runners and riders listed, as well. as information relating to the age, breeding and equipment for each horse.

OWNERS - THOROUGHBRED

OWNERS - ARABIAN HORSES

TRAINERS

Racing Preview

Welcome back to King Khalid Racecourse for our 21st meeting of the season. Today’s nine-race card features plenty of competitive action and culminates in a real highlight, the SAR150,000 Ta’if Flower Festival Cup. Our opening race is a highquality contest, a JCSA Award race over 1200m which is worth SAR130,000. It may be between highest-rated duo Baalb and My Map. The former was a two-time winner over this trip last season and looks set to go well on reappearance, but My Map, a son of Liam’s Map, won four of his five starts last campaign, only coming up short in the Saudi Derby on his final start. He makes his much-awaited reappearance here in the hands of Luis Morales. Race two is a maiden for locally-bred horses over 1400m. There are plenty of interesting newcomers here, with the pick perhaps Aeterat Aljabal, a daughter of Commissioner. However, Molta’em caught the eye over this trip on his second start last time when dashing home late to grab third on the line. He could be open to more progress now. Locally-bred fillies line up in a maiden over 1400m for race three. This looks competitive, with perhaps Sana Noorah bringing the highest level of form into this on the back of her second over 1600m recently. She might be able to account for Entehadh and Hind Almoghtarrah. Race four is a 1400m Open contest for Arabian Horses. Al Kaaser is interesting on reappearance, but Saad Mutlaq’s Qaswarat Al Khalediah looks capable of improving on his second place in the prep race for the Prince Abdullah Cup two weeks ago. Next up is another maiden for locally-bred three-year-old fillies and colts, with a field of 18 set to take their chance over 1600m. Wafee Al Aez stayed on well to claim second over 1400m in Riyadh back in March and should be suited to this step up in trip on his third start. Watch out for the Naif Alanazi-ridden Wind Spree, who could go well on debut. Race six is for horses that have won between one and two races in the past, run over 1600m. Abdallah Albadah’s Rational Choice, a son of Candy Ride, ran well for second on his debut and should improve further. Alexis Moreno is aboard Yesmorerich, who won twice last season, but over longer trips than this, while General Lee – a two-time winner when trained in the UK – hasn’t shown his best form in eight starts in KSA. There are plenty of interesting runners in race seven, a 1600m Open contest. Almaan was a ready winner over this course and distance on reappearance. Ford Maddox Brown is progressive, while trainer Jimmy Jerkens is set to saddle his fourth ever KSA runner in the shape of Third Kingdom. Man Of The Night, a six-year-old son of Night Of Thunder, was highly rated when trained in the UK and finished a good third on reappearance this season. He remains capable of better. Our penultimate race is an Arabian Horses Open over 1600m, where Damthaa Al Khalediah looks capable of building on a promising debut two weeks ago and can go one better in the hands of Adel Alfouraidi. The Ta’if Flower Festival Cup over 2000m concludes the card and it promises to be an enthralling contest. Abdulaziz Almosa’s Worldly colt, Yazdad Heybah, is unbeaten in two starts this season and looks tough to oppose. Yossaleh and Nafethah have also won this season already and should throw down a strong challenge.

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