Toulouse, France: Scoubidou De Carrere stunned a fancied field to win the Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Flat Racing Festival’s Shaikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup (Group 2) race for Purebred Arabians here in Toulouse on Friday night.
Owned and trained by Guy Dell’Ova, the 4-year-old Scoubidou De Carrere under Francis Lopez finished two lengths ahead of Holland raider Periander while favourite and Group 1 winner Nayef Al Khalidiah was fourth behind French filly Al Ryma.
Though Badad (5th) and Raked (8th), both owned by Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister of the UAE and Minister of Presidential Affairs failed in the feature event, Dahwa won the second Group 2 race on the night as Shaikh Mansour finished with three winners.
Dahwa under Ioritz Mendizabal won the Prix de L’Elevage Group 2 race for fillies while earlier in the night Salaamah started with a win for jockey Mendizabal and owner Shaikh Mansour.
Musharab completed a great night for the yellow and green colours of Shaikh Mansour winning a 7-furlong race under Francois Xavier Bertras.
