TAIF: Top-class Thundersquall (GB) is set to have his first outing since running in The Saudi Cup last February when facing a full field of 17 rivals in the $40,000 Alshafa Cup at King Khalid Racecourse on Saturday.
British jockey Danny Tudhope guided the Prince Saud bin Salman bin Abdulaziz-owned 7-year-old to 11th place behind Forever Young (JPN).
But the son of Dubawi will be reunited with Saudi Arabia star Adel Alfouraidi in this weekend’s 2,000-meter feature after they teamed up to land the Listed King Abdulaziz Racetrack Champion in January.
The outing will be Thundersquall’s first in Taif since a course-and-distance handicap success in September of 2024.
Faal Khair (US) leads the opposite for the White Stable of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz. That contender made a successful return to action in the Alshafa Cup Prep this month, and he bids for a hat trick of wins having also scored in Riyadh in the UK Cup on his final outing of last season.
