Remarkable achievements by Godolphin horses at Belmont Park

Essential Quality wins the Belmont Stakes

The "Essential Quality" pony with the "Godolphin" logo grabs the title of "Belmont Stakes".

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The "Essential Quality" pony with the "Godolphin" logo and under the supervision of coach Brad Cox, regained his brilliance in the jewel of American racing, by winning the 153rd edition of the Belmont Stakes, dedicated to purebred hybrid horses "Group 1" for a distance of 2,400 sand meters, and it took place at dawn yesterday, on a track Belmont Park, which is the final round of the US "Triple Crown" races for the current season.

The three-year-old Essential Quality raised his score to the sixth victory in his seven-race career, especially since the Belmont Stakes title came as compensation for the fourth place he finished last month in the Kentucky Derby, the second round of the Crown. trio.”

The Godolphin horses continued their brilliance and won the achievements at the Belmont Park track, with the two “Al-Thiqa” and “Summer Romance” horses, under the supervision of coach Charlie Appleby, in the first and second places in the “Just Game Stakes” race for “Group 1” horses for a distance of 1600 meters.

Jockey Louis Saez managed to maintain the capabilities of Essential Quality during the early stages of the Belmont Stakes and stay close to the constellation of lead, before the pony showed a strong impulse from the outside at the last turn, catch up with the leaders when entering the straight line, and catch the The lead in the last 400 metres, and the finish line finished first with a time of two minutes 27 seconds and 11 milliseconds, a difference of length and a half from the American horse "Hot Rod Charlie" under the supervision of coach Doug O'Neill, who led the jockey Flavio Pratt to the second place, to go to third place A difference of 11.4 lengths for the horse "Rombor" under the supervision of coach Michael McCarthy and led by jockey John Velozkiews.

Godolphin President in America Jimmy Bell commented on Essential Quality's achievement, saying in a press statement: "(Essential Quality) took the Champions Test, providing the same high performance that led him last season to crown the best American horse at the age of two years."

He explained: "The foal succeeded in making its way successfully in three-year-old races, adding to its balance a victory in a classic race over a distance of 2,400 sand meters, by winning the Belmont Stakes title, in a new achievement and a golden imprint in his career, which includes six victories."

He concluded: "What a wonderful achievement by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, this is the summary of the productions and races of His Highness, and we are honored to be part of it, and it is wonderful to be in this theater to represent His Highness, it is a day Great for Team Godolphin in America.”

Al-Thiqa grabs the title of “Just Game Stakes”

The Godolphin horses continued their brilliance at the Belmont Park track, after a remarkable performance by the skilled "Confidence" led by jockey Mike Smith, who led her to record high speeds in the last meters of the "Just Game Stakes", and overtake her colleague "Summer Romance" led by The jockey Louis Saez, to gift together the blue emblem the first and second places in the ancient American race.

Godolphin’s two fillies faced the challenge of 12 elite horses over a distance of 1600 metres, before “The Trust” managed to win the “Just Game Stakes” title, and crossed the finish line in first place in a time of one minute 33 seconds and 90 parts of a second, three quarters of the length from Her colleague "Summer Romance", while the third place went to the American mare "Daddy as a Legend", under the supervision of coach George Waffer, and led by the jockey Manuel Franco.

The "Just Game Stakes" represented the third confrontation of this season, which brings together the two "Godolphin" fillies, after they exchanged victory early this year in two of the "Group 2" races hosted by Meydan Racecourse in Dubai.

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