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UK Season Review - Pedigree Focus BAYAN ATHBAH (GB) 2016 m AF Albahar x Keen Game (Bengali D'Albret) Athbah Stud
Bayan Athbah (GB)
Having extended her unbeaten run in Europe to three races, with a second PA Group success at Haydock, Bayan Athbah has shown herself to be the most exciting mare in training in the UK. She is also the highest rated at 100, though had she had an easier passage at Haydock, that figure would almost certainly be higher. She also recorded a very fast time of 1.17.65 when winning over 6 furlongs at Newbury, however the official timing system wasn’t functioning that day, so a hand time from the video was necessary, which cannot be
fully relied upon for accuracy. By AF Albahar, Bayan Athbah is a fiveyear-old daughter of Athbah Stud’s Keen Game, and has the potential to be the mare’s best progeny. Keen Game is by Bengali D’Albret, a dual winner of the Dubai International Stakes for HH Sheikh Hamdan, who initially seemed disappointing as a stallion, but is now coming to the fore as a broodmare sire, with the likes of Tashreefat (dam of Muraaqib).
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