Taif Season 2023 Meeting 38 (Friday 1st Sep)

Taif Summer Racing

Welcome to King Khalid Racecourse, Taif

Meeting 38, Friday September 1st 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

Registration Director:

- Yousef AlBhaijani

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

- Abdul Hakeem AlMutawa

- Mohammed Alwahabi

Taif Summer Racing

RACE SCHEDULE

Meeting 38, Friday September 1st 2023

King Khalid Racecourse, Taif

Gates open: 2:30pm

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

TA’IF SEASON RACING CALENDAR 2023

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

JOCKEYS

Racing Preview

We are delighted to welcome you to the King Khalid Racecourse for the 38th meeting of the Ta’if Season. Today’s card features nine races. Kicking off the action is a 1200m maiden for locally-bred horses. Wigberto Ramos is having a terrific season, so his ride Hab Alnaseem might be an interesting one. Also worth watching is Salute Macho, who ran nicely on his debut last time out and could go better from stall one. Race two is a fillies’ maiden over 1200m. Speed Code, another in the hands of Wigberto Ramos, has been showing some promise, placing third last time out over 1600m. A good run for fourth over 1200m on debut last season suggests that she should still have the speed to go well here.

An Open race over 1200m follows. Jimmy Jerkens’ runner, last-time-out winner Honky Tonk Man, steps down in trip here but has one win and a place from two starts this season and should have no reason not to reproduce that form here. Ryan’s Party, a winner in the UK for Kevin Ryan, has also been going well this season and should be in contention.

Race four is a maiden over 1400m. Ghaith Alghaith has two interesting newcomers in the shape of Bakhtarh and Jazi Almohamadia, but experience may come into play, and Hamad Al Rasheed’s colt, Allah Albadee, has the greatest advantage in this area.

Our fifth race is over 1400m and is for horses who have won between one and two races. Despite an unfavourable draw of 10, top-rated Noble Mission filly Wahsh Almohamadia should be the one to beat, dropping back down to a trip over which she has won both of her two starts. Alasrah, a winner last time out over 1200m, looks to be her main challenger.

Race six, which is worth SAR125,000, is a 1600m contest for horses who have won between one and three races. Jimmy Jerkens plays a strong hand here, running two quality horses; the in-form Third Kingdom (second over this distance last time out) and Maybury, who was useful in the UK for William Jarvis and has since won two races at this trip in KSA. Jerkens could have a winner on his hands, but his runners will have to watch out for Expressionist, a classy winner for Charlie Appleby in the UK who won a 1600m race in KSA last season. The seventh race is an Arabian horses’ handicap over 1600m. With a field of just six similarly-rated runners, this is likely to a tight contest. Shalat Al Nakhail looks to have the most favourable conditions, drawn in stall two, and could improve on a good run over this distance last time, where she placed fourth.

Race eight, a 1600m Arabian fillies’ handicap, looks to be between promising debut winner Maitha Al Khalediah, whose sire Laith Al Khalediah continues to have great success, and the consistent Neearah, who has done well over 1600m in the past with four places from seven runs.

The finale, race nine, is a 2000m maiden. Adel Alfouraidi’s ride, Yazid Alkheir, is versatile in terms of trip, having placed over 1600m and 2400m. Battling on gamely for third place over 1600m last time out, that run suggested that a step back up in trip should suit and he could be the one to beat.

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