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Third Edition Of The Bahrain Turf Series Begins On Friday

The third year of the 10-race Bahrain Turf Series begins at the Rashid Equestrian & Horseracing Club on Friday.

In November, Sir Alex Ferguson scored a memorable win with Spirit Dancer (GB) (Frankel {GB}) in the $1-million G2 Bahrain International Trophy. A pair of owners who also have backgrounds in football, Michael Owen and Harry Redknapp, have runners in one of the first races of the Bahrain Turf Series, the Al Muharraq Cup By Texel Air over 2000 metres on the grass. Trainer Phil McEntee sends out the gelding Moktasaab (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) for Redknapp, while Hugo Palmer will saddle Box To Box (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) in the same race on Owen's behalf.

Running from December to February, the series provides opportunities for internationally trained runners (rated 85-100) to compete against local Bahrain based horses across 10 races. Each race is worth $80,000 with bonus prizes for the horses accumulating most points in the two divisions, sprint and middle distance. For more information on the series, please visit the Bahrain Turf Club website.

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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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Bahrain Turf Series Draws UK Raiders

The inaugural £550,000 10-race Bahrain Turf Series begins in the Kingdom of Bahrain on Dec. 10, and several UK trainers are sending runners to compete. Consisting of 10 £50,000 handicaps, the series will last through Feb. 18, 2022.

Based in Lambourn is trainer Jamie Osborne, who will ship in the pair of Brains (Ire) (Dandy Man {Ire}) and Peerless (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}). His daughter Saffie will help manage the horses with Osborne's assistant trainer Jimmy McCarthy.

Jamie Osborne said, “Brains will run at the first meeting on Dec. 10 in the 2000m race. He's been in good form and has won three of his last five races, so he goes there at the top of his game. He will be competing from the bottom of the handicap which gives us a bit of room to manoeuvre and I think he's going to be pretty competitive.

“Peerless was bought specifically with the Bahrain Turf Series in mind. He's bang on the 85 mark, so he will be right at the bottom of the handicap. He'll run in the six-furlong races, and is a horse that is more of a five-furlong horse in Britain, but given the configuration of the track in Bahrain, hopefully six furlongs will be his optimum trip.”

Osborne added, “We were keen to get some horses to go. I've been everywhere in the Middle East except Bahrain, so I'm very much looking forward to seeing it.”

Some of the other trainers sending horses are: Derby-winning trainer Michael Bell with Ace Rothstein (More Than Ready) and five-time winner Natural Path (Ire) (Toronado {Ire}), while Charlie Hills is represented by King's Knight (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) after running seventh with Pogo (Ire) (Zebedee {GB}) in the G3 Bahrain International Trophy last month.

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