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UK Season Review - Pedigree Focus ABBES (FR) 2018 c TM Fred Texas x Raqiyah (Amer) HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani - SCEA Haras du Victot
Abbes stamped his authority in the UAE President Cup – UK Arabian Derby with an easy win from fellow French challenger, Arion. By TM Fred Texas, he is a homebred colt for owner HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani, out of Raqiyah, who won a previous running of the UK stage of the UAE President Cup, when it was run in
Ascot in 2010, also ridden by Peslier. Abbes has twice been runner-up in this company and over this classic distance. Last autumn he was second in the Qatar Arabian Trophy des Poulains by a neck to Hadi De Carrere and then in June this year, he didn’t have the clearest of runs in the Qatar Derby des Pur-Sang Arabes des 4 Ans at Chantilly where he was beaten three lengths by Hoggar De L’Ardus.
THE ARABIAN RACEHORSE
