The horse “Upstart Crew” owned by Linda Reeves, supervised by James Owen and led by jockey Tegan Padgett, was crowned champion of the Al Wathba Stallions Cup race, which was held on Friday 09/06/2023 at the Bath Racecourse in the British capital, London, and its prize money amounted to 4 thousand pounds sterling, sponsored by the fifteenth edition. For the racing festival of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan
The holding of the festival races comes as an encouragement from His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President of the State, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Presidential Court, with the aim of supporting owners and breeders in most countries of the world, to breed and acquire purebred Arabian horses, and shed light on their races.
The race for horses of four years of age and over, “parity”, was classified (zero to 60) for a distance of 1600 meters with 10 horses, and it was strong and full of excitement and suspense, especially in the final stages between the lead trio, which ended with the lead of the champion “Upstart Crowe” by 0.75 length. About “Mayfair” by owner and trainer James Owen, and captained by Rehey Bates.
