Al Shaqab Racing’s Lusail proves a promising prospect
15 May 2021 - 8:04
Jockey Andrea Atzeni (centre) guides Al Shaqab Racing’s Lusail (IRE) to win the Constant Security ebfstallions.com Maiden Stakes at York, UK on Thursday. Pic: Racingfotos
The Peninsula
Al Shaqab Racing’s Lusail (IRE) (Mehmas x Diaminda) made a winning debut when he won the Constant Security ebfstallions.com Maiden Stakes, a 1,200 metrerace for two-year-olds at York, UK on Thursday.
Trained by Richard Hannon Jnr and ridden by Andrea Atzeni, Lusail showed his courage in the final stages as he pushed his way forward to challenge the leader, the Tim Easterby-trained and David Allan-ridden Mattice (GB) (Mattmu x Ice Mayden) and outpoint him by three-quarters of a length.
Published May 10, 2021, 9:15 AM
Reli de Leon, Philippine Racing Commission chairman, (center), awards the Presidential Gold Cup trophy to Wilbert Tan (left), owner of Pangalusian Island, in this file photo late last year. With them is Philracom executive director Andrew Rovie Buencamino. The event is De Leon’s first official function as Philracom chairman.
Philippine horse racing will be off and running starting May 13 under the leadership of recently-appointed Philippine Racing Commission chairman Aurelio ‘Reli’ de Leon following the green light given by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Sport of Kings to resume.
“It’s four days of races in Malvar, Batangas. May 16 will also be a stakes race day with P1 million prize for the first Maiden Stakes for three-year-old horses,” says De Leon, named to the post only last December after serving as one of the commissioners since July 2019 to become Philracom’s 12th chairman.