A double day for Wathnan Racing and Alban de Mieulle

QATAR 2022/23 SEASON REVIEW

Wathnan Racing and trainer Alban de Mieulle had good cause to celebrate with Sealine and Abbes winning the two most valuable races on the card at the Late Sheikh Jassim Bin Mohammed Al Thani Trophy meeting.

Recording his 13th career win in the Late Sheikh Jassim Bin Mohammed Al Thani Trophy for local purebred Arabians, Sealine showed his class to defy advancing years in the capable hands of Ronan Thomas. Thomas settled the eight-year-old just off the pace on the rail and, though briefly trapped behind a wall of horses, the pair made the most of the gap to stay on well, winning with a bit in hand from AJS Saaeq and Ezzat Nafs.

ABBES: A HORSE FOR THE AL RAYYAN COURSE

In the Qatar National Day Trophy (Gr2PA) Abbes maintained his good run of form at Al Rayyan where he has either won or finished second in all his six starts at the track.

With the pace set by stablemate Bin Al Tair, Abbes was settled towards the rear, with Jabalah just behind. The field compressed turning for home, forcing Thomas to bring Abbes wide, whilst Jabalah was able to work his way through on the rail. By the 200m marker Abbes was clear and soon extended his lead to 5l, leaving Jabalah to win the battle with Arion for second.

IN THE NIGHT: MAKES IT FOUR WINS IN A ROW AND NINE CAREER WINS

The Al Safliya Cup, a Qatari Group 3, saw trainer-owner Ibrahim Saeed Al Malki’s In The Night keep his unbeaten record for this season intact, bringing his total career wins to nine.

Partnered as usual by Tomas Lukasek, the five-year-old raced prominently throughout, taking the lead 800m from home. King Pacha and Usak gamely gave chase, but were unable to reel in the son of Shamardal.