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Osborne And O’Meara Horses Split Bahrain Turf Series Bonus

Two horses, trained by Jamie Osborne and David O'Meara respectively, have each won £25,000 after the end of the Bahrain Turf Series.

The second of edition of the £50,000 Bahrain Turf Series Bonus was divided between Pot B winner Gary Allsopp Partnership's Inigo Jones (GB) (New Approach {Ire}) for Osborne, and Pot A winner Nomadic Empire (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), who races for Al Mohamediya Racing. In total, £303,800 of the £600,000 Bahrain Turf Series was secured by European-trained horses, who won five of the 10-race series. Lucander (Ire) (Footstepsinthesand {GB}), trained by George Baker, scooped £116,044 in prize-money throughout the Bahraini season for owners Nigel Jones and Paul Bowden. A quintet of horses were disqualified from the series due to the presence of harpagoside, a prohibited substance: The Covex Kid (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) (twice), What A Welcome (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}), Fighter Pilot (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), and Mobaadel (Speightstown), and the Turf Series results and prize-money distribution were amended accordingly.

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British-trained Horses Lead the Way in the Bahrain Turf Series

George Baker and David O'Meara celebrated valuable, big-race success with a victory apiece on the opening day of the 2022-23 Bahrain Turf Series. Locally trained horses won nine of the 10 races in last season's Bahrain Turf Series, but the opening race of this season, the Al Muharraq Cup, went the way of Lucander (Ire) (Footstepsinthesand {GB}) with Pat Cosgrove aboard.

Now trained by Baker, Lucander was last seen when finishing eight in the Cambridgeshire H. at Newmarket for Ralph Beckett. Making his first start for connections, the gelding stormed clear of his rivals to win by 5 1/2 lengths with What A Welcome (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) in second and Arctic Emperor (GB) (Territories {Ire}) in third.

In the second Bahrain Turf Series race of the day, the £60,000 Al Manama Cup, the O'Meara-trained Nomadic Empire (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) was a popular winner for local owner Al Mohamediya Racing. Their retained rider Neil Callan, who won two Bahrain Turf Series races last season, and his mount got the better of Instinctive Move (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) in the end. This was O'Meara's first runner in Bahrain since Lord Glitters (Fr) (Whipper)'s memorable triumph in the 2021 G3 Bahrain International Trophy.

Hosted by the Bahrain Turf Club, the Bahrain Turf Series runs through Mar. 18, 2023.

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Hugely Popular Group 1 Winner Lord Glitters Retired

Lord Glitters (Fr) (Whipper–Lady Glitters {Fr}, by Homme de Loi {Ire}), one of the most popular horses in training, has bowed out from racing and been retired, according to his trainer David O'Meara.

The Group 1-winning grey amassed £2.2 million in prize-money throughout a glittering career on the track. He won 11 of his 46 starts and netted connections another massive payday when bagging the G2 Singspiel S. at Meydan back in February.

From the same family as French Group 3 winner Petit Chevalier (Fr) (High Chaparral {Ire}), Lord Glitters carried the colours of the late Geoff Turnbull and his wife Sandra and the undoubted highlight of his career came when he won the G1 Queen Anne S. at Royal Ascot in 2019.

He also won the G1 Jebel Hatta in Dubai last year, the Balmoral H. at Ascot and the G3 Strensall S. at York.

O'Meara said, “Obviously, if he was still going, we'd go back to Bahrain, as he had each of the past few winters abroad, but we feel he's had enough. He's had a lot of racing on his old body and it now looks like it is time to pack up.

“He had a good winter. He won the Bahrain Trophy and the Singspiel again and I don't want him to decline–I want him to finish off having a good year and this seems to be the right time now.”

The trainer added, “He's had a good career. He's won a lot of prize-money and won a lot of big races and has been brilliant for us and a huge flag-bearer for the yard.

“I know he has been campaigned a lot abroad, but to win almost two-and-a-quarter million in prize money is very good for a horse based in England.”

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Bahrain International Trophy Defence For Lord Glitters

Group 1 winner Lord Glitters (Fr) (Whipper), who won the 2021 edition of the G3 Bahrain International Trophy, will be back to defend his title in November, according to trainer David O'Meara. Successful in the 2021 G1 Jebel Hatta besides his Bahraini exploits, the charismatic grey added the G2 Singspiel S. back at Meydan this February and was most recently fifth in the G3 Brigadier Gerard S. at Sandown on May 26.

O'Meara said, “This time of year is tough for him [Lord Glitters] at his age. He has to give away weight everywhere he goes due to his winter exploits. He won a [G1] Queen Anne [S.] at Royal Ascot when he was in his pomp. I guess we're looking at the [G3] Strensall S. [on Aug. 20] or the [G2] York S. [on July 23] as options for him. He's not getting any younger and there will come a point when his body starts to tell us that he has had enough. Can we do another winter? He's been busy enough the last few but hopefully if we can, the Bahrain International Trophy is number one on the agenda if he's fit and well and is telling us he has the appetite for it.”

He added of his experience in Bahrain last November, “We enjoyed our trip over there. Chris Dixon came over with me and I found it a nice and relaxed atmosphere and it was easy to get around. It was a very pleasant venue to visit. We'll try and send a team over for the Bahrain Turf Series if we can. We've got owners who are making noises about wanting to have runners out there this winter, so it would be great to have a few to send out and have an excuse for a winter holiday.”

“It continues to be an incredibly exciting time for horse racing in Bahrain,” said Rashid Equestrian & Horse Racing Club Executive Director Shaikh Salman bin Rashed al Khalifa. “We have been blown away with the amount of quality trainers, jockeys and horses who have come to race in Bahrain since the first Bahrain International Trophy in 2019. It was fantastic to see dual Group 1 winner Lord Glitters fight out a thrilling finish with four-time Group 1 winner Barney Roy in last year's G3 Bahrain International Trophy and then have so many top trainers competing in the first ever Bahrain Turf Series. We look forward to welcoming trainers, jockeys, and owners back in the Kingdom of Bahrain this winter.”

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