Sea La Rosa wins Qatar Lillie Langtry Stakes at Goodwood

• Qatar Racing and Equestrian Membership-sponsored Qatar Goodwood Competition concluded yesterday

The Qatar Racing and Equestrian Membership (QREC)-sponsored Qatar Goodwood Competition got here to an finish yesterday after 5 days of motion in the UK.
The ultimate day of the pageant belonged to the Sunderland Holdings Inc-owned filly Sea La Rosa (Sea The Stars x Soha Rose), which gained the Group 2 Qatar Lillie Langtry Stakes.
Skilled by William Haggas, whose Group 1 Qatar Sussex Stakes winner Baaeed (Sea The Stars) stole the present earlier this week, Sea La Rosa proved a superb winner of the bizarrely-run, £300,000 contest below main jockey Tom Marquand.
Because the seven runners left the stalls, the eventual runner-up, City Artist (Cityscape) blitzed away from the sector and was quickly over 50m away from her pursuers. One of many extra prominently positioned of City Artist’s six rivals, Sea La Rosa steadily made floor on the chief and ultimately took the lead inside the ultimate 200m and went on to win by a size. City Artist proved resolute and claimed the runner-up spot, a neck forward of lightning-finisher Emily Dickinson (Dubawi), who was unsighted in via the early phases.
Now a twin black-type scorer, the well-bred Sea La Rosa has gained six of her 13 lifetime begins and stays entered in each the Group 1 Yorkshire Oaks and the Group 1 Irish St.Leger.
Bred by GB Partnership, the four-year-old is out of the Listed winner Soho Rose (Hernando). Soho Rose can also be the dam of the Group 3 Bahrain Trophy at Newmarket, Deauville Legend (Sea the Stars) and in addition the Group 3 Positioned Dean Avenue Doll (Oasis Dream).
Profitable jockey Marquand stated: “It was a troublesome one as a result of we all know City Artist stays very effectively and but you by no means know fairly how a lot a horse in entrance has left. This filly provides you nice confidence on the way in which spherical as a result of she travels so strongly and you already know she goes to grit it out. It was only a case of attempting to select her up on the proper time but not run her off her legs. When you will have one unfastened on the entrance finish it’s important to time it so your horse is catching it, however with not sufficient time for the others to make use of you as a second wave.”
The Qatar Good Competition was a roaring success. Excellence was there in each single element, whether or not when it comes to organisation, high quality racing and attendance of racegoers all through the 5 days.
Qatari excellence was not restricted to organisation and sponsorship. As traditional, it has been related to a victory on the best stage with the Khalifa bin Sheail al Kuwari-owned Woman princess touchdown the Gr1 PA Qatar Worldwide Stakes for the second straight yr for herself and the fourth yr in a row for Qatar, a feat re-confirming Qatar as a world’s pioneer in Arabian horse racing.
The QREC delegation was current all through the times of the pageant. The delegation included QREC Chairman Issa bin Mohamed al-Mohannadi, QREC Vice Chairman and Asian Equestrian Federation President Hamad bin Abdulrahman al-Attiya, QREC Board Member and Al Shaqab Government Director Khalifa bin Mohamed al-Attiyah, QREC Board Members Khalid bin Mohamed al-Ali and Ahmad bin Mohamed Alabdulmalik, QREC Racing Supervisor Abdulla Rashid al-Kubaisi and Director of QREC Chairman Workplace and Supervisor of QREC Advertising Division Hesham Mohamed al-Ali.
Additionally current on the ultimate day was Fahad bin Hamad al-Sulaiti, CEO of Schooling Above All Basis and he offered the trophies to the winners of the fourth and have race of the day, the Gr2 Qatar Lillie Langtry Stakes, offered by Schooling Above All.

 

Tom Marquand leads Sea La Rosa to Qatar Lilly Langtry Stakes victory at Qatar Good Competition yesterday. PICTURES: Zuzanna Lupa