TAIF: Racing returns to King Khalid Racecourse this weekend with recent comeback winner Falah Zain (Saudi Arabia) set for a crack at the SR150,000 ($40,000) prize in Saturday’s feature Alhada Cup Local Bred Horses Open.
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Trained by in the in-form Thamer Al-Daihani and ridden by Muhammad Aldaham for Kuwaiti owner Sheikh Abdullah Hamoud Almalek Alsabah, the colt landed the trial for this on the first weekend of racing last month — and now faces 11 rivals in the final event restricted to three-year-olds over 1,400m.
Saudi Cup weekend form will be on display as the Ahmed Alshaia-trained Karimi, the mount of Abdulaziz Alfouraidi, bids to advertise the form of his runaway win in the Sarawat Cup.
However, he was only eighth in the trial two weeks ago behind Zain, and also has to reverse form with the runner-up, Fallat Kheir (Saudi Arabia) for jockey Abdullah Alfairouz, trainer Ahmed Mohamoud and the powerful white stable of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Sons.
