“This particular race is huge, and we have won it now,”
said trainer Julian Smart.
The win was part of a remarkable racing week for
owner Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Thani of Qatar
and Smart. The Qatar International Stakes was run on a
Wednesday. On the preceding Sunday, they won two
stakes on the Dubai International Arabian Racing
QATAR INTERNATIONAL STAKES
he first time Ebraz was sent to England, he
finished second by a nose in the Group 1
Qatar International Stakes at Goodwood
Racecourse on a foggy and wet day in 2017.
Last year, back at Goodwood in the same race with
better conditions, but Ebraz finished second by 1 ½
lengths to the fine miler Muraaqib.
This year on July 31, Ebraz was sent yet again to
Goodwood for the $488,000 Qatar International Stakes.
This time, Ebraz (Amer x Massamarie by Tidjani) was
brilliant. Already rated as one of the finest runners in
recent years, Ebraz won the Qatar International Stakes
by 2 ¾ lengths.
EBRAZ (Amer x Massamarie by Tidjani) won the $488,000 Qatar
International Stakes at Goodwood Racecourse in England on July
- Ebraz is owned by Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Thani,
trained by Julian Smart, and ridden by Ernesto Valdez-Jiminez.
by Steve Andersen
AT GOODWOOD RACECOURSE
Debbie Burt photo
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