REVIEW / ABU DHABI adiyat racing plus.com 33 ADIYAT RACING PLUS ISSUE 838 Thursday 21 st March 2024 RESULTS Race 1: Hm Jazi Race 2: AF Yeheeb Race 3: AF Rasam Race 4: Unlimited Race 5: Eye On The Prize Race 6: Winds Of Fortune Race 7: Heros De Lagarde Eye On The Prize Winds Of Fortune Bennett. “I knew this filly would run well as she won well here the other day and her stable has her in great order now. “She coped with the drop back in trip well and my filly is better over a bit further, so she was a bit flat out all the way. I knew if I kept at her she would keep finding and that was the case, she did it well in the end.” MALIN FINESSES RASAM TO VICTORY Swedish rider Malin Holmberg lost her whip but kept her head to cajole AF Rasam to the front in the dying strides of race three to land the 0-85 handicap at the expense of stablemate AF Ghayyar (Bennett). The head success ensured a 1-2 for trainer Ernst Oertel and owner Khalid Khalifa Al Nabooda and was Holmberg’s third winner in the UAE. “I didn’t need the whip in the end and thankfully my horse really wanted to win and beat our rival so I’m grateful he tried so hard,” said a delighted Holmberg. A swift return to the track and a drop to 1400m saw the Julio Olascoaga trainee Eye On The Prize and Jose Da Silva capture the 0-80 Thoroughbred handicap in the colours of HKK Racing. “I thought he was very impressive, he’s a totally different horse on turf and he dominated the race nicely,” said Olascoaga who witnessed his four-year-old sweep past Ra’s Al Hadd (Sandro Paiva/Ibrahim Al Hadhrami) in the straight to score by a snug length, with Chef De Partie another length-and-a-half in arrears in third (Richard Mullen/Mohammed Mardood). Allaia Tiar partnered his fifth winner of the season when steering AF Yeheeb to a hard-fought success in the 0-70 PA 1600m handicap for trainer Khalifa Al Neyadi, while the Doug Watson trainee, Winds Of Fortune, gained compensation for a narrow defeat at the Capital venue last month by blowing away his rivals in the 2200m 0-75 handicap under Pat Dobbs. AF Rasam (Red Cap)
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