DUBAI // Dariya led home a 1-2 for owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed and trainer Majoud Al Jahiouri when recording a comfortable victory from Thakif in the featured Mazrat Al Rawayah prep at Meydan Racecourse tonight.
The 1,600m contest was the only Purebred Arabian contest on the card and produced a great result for owner and trainer with local jockey Ahmed Ajtebi in the saddle. He said: "My horse is a genuine Group 1 performer taking a big drop in class and he won well in a decent contest. I was always going nicely and he quickened well.
"We run Areem on Sunday in the National Day Cup and he should go close also as he has been working very well."
The best of the thoroughbred races was a 1,600m conditions race and Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid provided the first three home with retained jockey Dane O'Neill (riding his first winner at Meydan) leading the way from Barbecue Eddie, trained by Doug Watson.
"I was a bit worried turning for home as he had a lot of ground to make up but he finished strongly and made it just in time," Watson said. "Maktoum Challenge I, Super Saturday and the Godolphin Mile are the obvious Carnival races for him and he has been a great servant to the yard."
He was chased home by the same owner's Tamaathul and Haatheq, both trained by Ali Rashid Al Raihe, who then saddled a 1-2 in the concluding 2,000m handicap with Pat Cosgrave steering Zain Shamardal home.
Cosgrave said: "He has travelled very strongly throughout, then quickened nicely and battling when he had to."
It was a second 1-2 for champion trainer Al Raihe, who had earlier achieved the same feat in the 1,200m maiden when Royston Ffrench steered Desert Of Dreams to victory from Latkhaf.
In doing so, the homebred son of Exceed and Excel became the first juvenile (two year old) to win at Meydan, admittedly from very few runners. Ffrench said: "We were very pleased with his first local run at Jebel Ali and very hopeful of at least going close. There should be options for him now at the Carnival."
Ghanas was very impressive winning his second 1,200m handicap of the season under Tadhg O'Shea who said: "We had the worst draw in 14 but he is so quick I was able to get across and to the front."
Furnace was a first winner of the season for trainer Erwan Charpy when winning a 1,400m handicap under Sam Hitchcott.
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Terror attacks in Paris, November 13, 2015
- At 9.16pm, three suicide attackers killed one person outside the Atade de France during a foootball match between France and Germany
- At 9.25pm, three attackers opened fire on restaurants and cafes over 20 minutes, killing 39 people
- Shortly after 9.40pm, three other attackers launched a three-hour raid on the Bataclan, in which 1,500 people had gathered to watch a rock concert. In total, 90 people were killed
- Salah Abdeslam, the only survivor of the terrorists, did not directly participate in the attacks, thought to be due to a technical glitch in his suicide vest
- He fled to Belgium and was involved in attacks on Brussels in March 2016. He is serving a life sentence in France
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A foster couple or family must:
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- not be younger than 25 years old
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British aristocrat Lord Carnarvon, who funded the expedition to find the Tutankhamun tomb, died in a Cairo hotel four months after the crypt was opened.
He had been in poor health for many years after a car crash, and a mosquito bite made worse by a shaving cut led to blood poisoning and pneumonia.
Reports at the time said Lord Carnarvon suffered from “pain as the inflammation affected the nasal passages and eyes”.
Decades later, scientists contended he had died of aspergillosis after inhaling spores of the fungus aspergillus in the tomb, which can lie dormant for months. The fact several others who entered were also found dead withiin a short time led to the myth of the curse.
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What is Financial Fair Play?
Introduced in 2011 by Uefa, European football’s governing body, it demands that clubs live within their means. Chiefly, spend within their income and not make substantial losses.
What the rules dictate?
The second phase of its implementation limits losses to €30 million (Dh136m) over three seasons. Extra expenditure is permitted for investment in sustainable areas (youth academies, stadium development, etc). Money provided by owners is not viewed as income. Revenue from “related parties” to those owners is assessed by Uefa's “financial control body” to be sure it is a fair value, or in line with market prices.
What are the penalties?
There are a number of punishments, including fines, a loss of prize money or having to reduce squad size for European competition – as happened to PSG in 2014. There is even the threat of a competition ban, which could in theory lead to PSG’s suspension from the Uefa Champions League.
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