IN FOCUS / MICHAEL COSTA adiyat racing plus.com 22 ADIYAT RACING PLUS ISSUE 838 Thursday 21 st March 2024 NAME: MICHAEL COSTA AGE: 36 NATIONALITY: AUSTRALIAN Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi! Total Wins 50 Strike Rate 22.2% First UAE winner: Mouheeb (1200m Jebel Ali, Oct 29, 2022) Last UAE winner: Lahfaty (1400m Jebel Ali, March 16, 2024) Biggest win: Mouheeb (G3 Al Shindagha Sprint, 2023) UAE RECORD AUSTRALIAN RECORD Total Wins: 293 Strike Rate: 20% First winner: Ultimate Gaze (March 16, 2013) Last winner: The Catch (June 1, 2022) Biggest win: Phobetor (G2 Heineken Missile Stakes, 2021) The impact Michael Costa has had in the two years since his appointment as Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s resident trainer at Jebel Ali Stables has been enormous with his yellow brigade firing on all cylinders at venues across the UAE. A slender two-win lead keeps the Australian at the summit of the UAE Trainers’ Championship leaderboard and with the season running quickly out of ground, he is now encumbered with the responsibility of holding on even as his challengers close in sharply. AR+ delves into the figures that maketh the man! 132 26% 36 26.5% RUNNERS PLACED HORSES TOTAL WINS STRIKE RATE THIS SEASON Trainer to Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
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