REVIEW / AL AIN adiyat racing plus.com 37 ADIYAT RACING PLUS ISSUE 838 Thursday 21 st March 2024 RESULTS Race 1: Raad Albrooq Race 2: Salb Race 3: Maanar Race 4: Aljamri Race 5: AF Mukhrej Race 6: N Kiam Race 7: AA Lahab Race 8: Alhebi Race 9: AF Nafith Aljamri Maanar The first two placegetters were clear of Murhib Al Wathba (Oscar Chavez/JeanClaude Pecout) who kept on in third almost seven lengths adrift. HITCHCOTT OOZES CONFIDENCE ABOARD ALJAMRI A confidence-laden ride from Hitchcott aboard Al Asayl’s Aljamri in the 1800m open maiden produced a perfect precursor to stablemate AA Lahab’s heroics in the feature event. The winner was coasting throughout with Hitchcott only pressing the buttons a furlong from home. The response was immediate as the five-year-old quickly went clear posting a three-and-a-quarter length success from AF Tasha’alal (Tadgh O’Shea/Ernst Oertel) and Mutamaasik (Mullen/O’Brien). MAANAR STRIKES FOR MOBIAN AND LEMARTINEL Those relying only on commentary for the 1800m filly and mare restricted maiden were left scratching their heads in determining the winner as racecourse commentator Pat Comerford called home a 1-2 for the strikingly similarly pronounced and spelt duo Maanar and Manar (Beasley/Al Hadhrami). Luckily, the winner is owned by YAS Racing and the runner-up by Royal Cavalry Oman so that extra detail – much needed in this scenario – came to the rescue. Trained by Eric Lemartinel, Maanar improved on her debut third to score by a comfortable sixand-a-half lengths under Mobian. Mobian brought up a double of his own when partnering the Musabbeh Al Mheiritrained Alhebi to success in the penultimate 1400m 0-80 rated handicap. The winner survived a late scare from RB Kings Bay (Qais Al Busaidi/Helal Alalawi) to hold on by a diminishing short head. MUKHREJ DENIES MOREEB IN THRILLER AF Al Moreeb (Pinheiro/Qaiss Aboud) is a regular customer at Al Ain having competed in each of the last five meetings at the course securing a minimum third place finish on all occasions and he was denied a victory once again as AF Mukhrej agonizingly beat him on the post by a nose in the 1800m 0-75 rated handicap. It was a long stretch tussle between the two, but the Oertel trainee got his head down when it mattered most to score under apprentice Marcelino Rodrigues. The jockey-trainer duo of Pinheiro and Aboud had to wait till the last race for some compensation as AF Nafith found plenty to land the 1000m 0-75 rated handicap from Oertel’s AF Qadeh (O’Shea) and stablemate JAP Malawih (Mullen).
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