"Dubai Racing" reveals 4 nominees for the "Audience" award

British knight Holly Doyle, who won the International Knights Championship, is among the candidates.

From the source

The Dubai Racing Club announced, in a press release, the names of the four nominees for the “People's Choice” category, within the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Excellence in “Horse Racing”.

According to the statement, the list included the British knight Holly Doyle, the Irish trainer Tony Mullins, the legendary Japanese skilled "Almond Eye", and the horse "Messi", the hero of "the crown jewel of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan" for purebred Arabian horses.

The statement indicated that the public, who loves horse racing, will have to choose the best in this category, which was previously honored in the first edition in 2017, Knight Ki Chung Kaki, the star of Hong Kong racing, who won four consecutive races in one day, followed in 2018. "Lady Elly", and in 2019, the award went to the legendary Australian skilled "Winx", who has 32 successive victories over the Australian tracks.

The statement referred to the achievements of British knight Holly Doyle, who qualified her to compete in the "People's Choice" category, especially in the last season during which she succeeded in winning five races in one day at the "Windsor" track in England, and achieving her first title at the "Royal Ascot" festival. The ancient royal, in addition to entering history as the first jockey to win a race title in the category of "Group 1" in the "Heroes Day" festival at the end of the English season for the year 2020, and also crowned the "International Knights" championship that was held in Hong Kong, thus becoming the first knight to obtain this The high title, in addition to her participation in a race for "Braders Cup" in America, and her leadership of the horse "Deirdre" in the Bahrain International Race.

For his part, coach Tony Mullins made the stardom of the skilled "Princess Zoe" when he managed, within a short period of leadership, to achieve four consecutive victories, before pushing it to the real test of competing in the first category races through the "Prix de Cardin" race, which was held on the French "Longchamps" track. The prestigious festival within the "French Arc" festival, in a race during which it succeeded in grabbing the title and overcoming a group of the strongest horses that were nominated to snatch victory.

The statement pointed out that the retired Japanese skilled "Almond Ay" achieved, for the second time in her career, the "Japan Cup" last year, in addition to her achievements on the world horse racing arena, which achieved 11 victories out of its 15 participation in the racing world.

The "Dubai Racing Club" stated that the Arab horse "Messi" presented an exemplary story of hope and pursuit of challenges and challenges, as despite the "Corona" pandemic, "Messi", owned by "Fido Careersmakers", managed to achieve a number of victories in Belgium and Germany under The supervision of coach Timo Kirsmikers, before winning the title of the "jewel crown of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan", which was held in Abu Dhabi last year.

List of candidates

1- British knight Holly Doyle.

2- The Irish coach, Tony Mullins.

3- The Japanese skillful “Almond Eye”.

4- The horse "Messi" is the hero of "the crown jewel of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan."

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