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The President of the UAE Cup Coupe d'Europe des Chevaux Arabes (Gr1PA) 2000m 4yo+ Deauville, France DERYAN (FR) (5 h Mahabb x Haboob (Akbar)) Owner: YAS Horse Management Breeder: HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Trainer: Didier Guillemin Jockey: Ioritz Mendizabal
Given the circumstances of the restrictions on racing in Europe and the recent return to the sport in France, the first European Group 1 PA of 2020 was an eagerly anticipated event, despite there only being five runners, representing three owners. Usually held at ParisLongchamp on French Guineas day, following the review of the Covid19 ‘red zone’ in which the racecourse fell, the race and the other thoroughbred Group 1 races were transferred out of Paris to Deauville.
Ibn Gadir who has joined Didier Guillemin from Frederic Sanchez for 2020 was bustled along into an early pace-setting lead, tracked by the globetrotting Hajres with the remainder of the field in Indian file. Deryan, a distant third on his seasonal debut behind Sanchez’s Hayyan just over two weeks earlier in the Qatar Prix de l’Elevage (Gr2PA), was very keen, but was settled by Ioritz Mendizabal in fourth behind Melabi, with Shalaa in the rear.
THE ARABIAN RACEHORSE
