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Doha: The 2022 renewal of Qatar Goodwood Festival came to an end yesterday evening.
The five-day event, sponsored by the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club (QREC), started on Tuesday and, as ever since the initial edition sponsored by QREC in 2015, has been a success in the full sense of the word.
Excellence was there in every single detail, whether in terms of organisation, quality racing and attendance of racegoers throughout the five days.
The presence of QREC delegation before and throughout the days of the Festival underlined the commitment of the QREC management to the success of the annual Festival.
The delegation included QREC Chairman Issa bin Mohammed Al Mohannadi, QREC Vice-Chairman and Asian Equestrian Federation President Hamad bin Abdulrahman Al Attiya, QREC board member and Al Shaqab Executive Director Khalifa bin Mohammed Al Attiyah, QREC board Members Khalid bin Mohammed Al Ali and Ahmad bin Mohammed Alabdulmalik, QREC Racing Manager Abdulla Rashid Al Kubaisi and the Director of QREC Chairman Office and Manager of QREC Marketing Department Hesham Mohammed Al Ali.
Also present on the final day was the CEO of Education Above All Foundation Fahad bin Hamad Al Sulaiti who presented the trophies to the winners of the fourth and feature race of the day, the Gr2 Qatar Lillie Langtry Stakes, presented by Education Above All.
Fahad bin Hamad Al Sulaiti, CEO of Education Above All, with the connection of Sea La Rosa after the Sunderland Holdings Inc-owned filly won the Qatar Lilly Langtry Stakes at the Goodwood Racecourse, yesterday.
Qatari excellence was not limited to organisation and sponsorship.
As usual, it has been associated with a victory on the highest level with the Khalifa bin Sheail Al Kuwari-owned Lady Princess landing the Gr1 PA Qatar International Stakes for the second straight year for herself and the fourth year in a row for Qatar; a feat re-confirming Qatar as a world's pioneer in Arabian horse racing.
Sea La Rosa shines on final day
The final day of the five-day Qatar Goodwood Festival belonged to the Sunderland Holdings Inc-owned filly Sea La Rosa (Sea The Stars x Soha Rose), winner of the Gr.2 Qatar Lillie Langtry Stakes.
Trained by William Haggas, whose Gr.1 Qatar Sussex Stakes winner Baaeed (Sea The Stars) stole the show earlier this week, Sea La Rosa proved an excellent winner of the bizarrely-run, £300,000 contest under leading jockey Tom Marquand.
As the seven runners left the stalls, the eventual runner-up, Urban Artist (Cityscape) blitzed clear of the field and was soon over 50m clear of her pursuers. One of the more prominently placed of Urban Artist's six rivals, Sea La Rosa steadily made ground on the leader and eventually took the lead inside the final 200m and went on to win by a length. Urban Artist proved resolute and claimed the runner-up spot, a neck ahead of lightning-finisher Emily Dickinson (Dubawi), who was unsighted in through the early stages.
Now a dual black-type scorer, the well-bred Sea La Rosa has won six of her thirteen lifetime starts and remains entered in both the Gr.1 Yorkshire Oaks and the Gr.1 Irish St.Leger.
Bred by GB Partnership, the four-year-old is out of the Listed winner Soho Rose (Hernando).
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