Taif Season 2023 Meeting 08 (Fri 16th Jun)

Taif Summer Racing

Welcome to King Khalid Racecourse, Taif

June 16 - Meeting 8

RACEDAY OFFICIALS

Chief Executive Officer:

- Ziad Saad A. Almogren

Chief Racecourse Officer

- David Mackinnon

Racecourse Operations Director

- Waleed AlShelil

Stewards:

- Mukhled I Alotaibi (Chairman)

- Mansour M Alqhatani

- Fahad D Aldosari

- Abdullah I Alabdulwahab

Vets:

- Waleed Alsanab

- Abdul Hakeem AlMutawa

Clerk of Scales:

- Senhat Alsahaly

- Mohammed Alwahabi

Judges:

- Ibrahim Alomran

- Hani Altowairqi

Starter:

- Ziyad AlEnezi

- Turki AlDurai

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RACE SCHEDULE

Meeting 8, Friday June 16, 2023

King khalid Racecourse, Taif

Gates open: 2:20pm

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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

We are delighted to welcome you to King Khalid Racecourse for the eighth meeting of the Ta’if Summer Racing season. Today’s nine-race programme contains a mixture of maidens and handicaps over a variety of distances and culminates in a JCSA Award race. Kicking off the action is a maiden over 1200m. With a favourable draw and a fillies’ weight allowance, Mohammed Alrasheed’s Bidawah could be in for a better result than her last effort on racecourse debut where she finished ninth of a field of 15. Now with race experience, she should be able to improve. Race two, again over 1200m, is for horses who have won between one and three races. Bassam Almousa’s First Line, a colt by New Line, looks to be a likely candidate now that he drops back down in distance from an unsuitable 1400m at the end of last season. Twice a winner last season over 1200m, and tending to go well fresh, New Line could take advantage of his inside draw. The third race is a locally-bred horses’ handicap over 1200m. Sabah Salman Alshammri’s filly Khanajer looks to be nicely primed to take another step forward for this, having won and placed on her final two starts of last season. Now a year older, she could see some improvement this season and should be competitive here. Next is a maiden over 1400m. Previously with Charlie Appleby in the UK, King’s Guard – a son of Oasis Dream – ran several nice races for trainer Abdullah Almonif last season. Now a four-year-old, he should find another year’s age and experience to his advantage and can outclass his rivals here, with the innermost draw to help his chances. Race five is another maiden, this time over 1600m. A placed horse for William Haggas in the UK earlier this year, Aesthetic, a daughter of Lope De Vega, debuts for Fahad Alabdmonim and, if continuing and improving on her UK form from a few months ago, should start her KSA career in good style. The sixth race is a locally-bred horses’ handicap over 1600m for those rated up to 70. Camilo Ospina takes the ride on Alfasem, starting from stall nine, who could have a winning claim with both a visor and tongue strap on this time. A respectable sixth last time over this distance, he could go better this time.An Arabian horses’ handicap follows, over 1600m and for horses rated between 70 and 90. Malzaman, a four-year-old son of Hilal Alzaman, looked useful over this distance last season and, with a decent run for sixth place when reappearing this year, he could be the one to beat now that he is race-fit. The penultimate race is an Arabian fillies’ maiden over 1600m. Abdallah Naseeb’s charge, Shalat Al Nakhail, seems to have been improving lately and, now with an inside draw and blinkers to help her, she could build on her two decent starts this year to get her head in front.

Wrapping up the day’s racing is a valuable JCSA Award over 1400m, worth SAR130,000. Of the quality line-up, Wajaab should certainly enter considerations, having won well over 1600m last season. A mediocre run over 2000m when returning to action suggested that this colt is better over shorter trips, so this could be ideal.

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