Abdullah bin Fahad Al Attiyah’s representative Ch’Ezza (FR) (AF Albahar x Cherazade) won the President of the UAE Cup Coupe de France des Chevaux Arabes (Gr1 PA) beating Wathnan Racing’s representative Abbes (TM Fred Texas), trained by Alban de Mieulle and ridden by Mickael Barzalona, by a neck at ParisLongchamp, France.
After being held-up in mid-division along the rails, the Francois Rohaut-trained and Christophe Soumillon-ridden Ch’Ezza showed courage to go to the lead and land the spoils. The third place went to Al Riffaa (Al Mourtajez), who was further two lengths behind, representing Mohamed bin Fahad Al Attiyah. In common with Ch’Ezza, he is trained by Francois Rohaut and was ridden by Oisin Murphy on the occasion.
Ch’Ezza was recording his first Gr1 PA win. He won the first three races of his 2022 campaign, but he surrendered his unbeaten record in the French Arabian Breeders’ Challenge Classic Gr1 PA at the end of October at Toulouse, where the classy Moshriff was the only one to beat him.
Source: Qatar News Agency