All eyes on Paddys Day in Grade 1 Zayed Cup

new york — Once again the HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival will be creating history and this time it will be on the historic Monmouth Park Racetrack on Monday which is also Labour Day.

The HH Sheikh Mansour Festival’s $50,000 Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup Diamond Jewel (G1) and the HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Apprentice World Championship race are part of Monday’s race meeting. The Festival will add Monmouth Park to that list and that too on Labour Day which will enable thousands of fans to catch a glimpse of the racing abilities of Arabian horses.

And making it an even more exciting day is the field for the third and final leg of the 2017 Triple Jewel as the $50,000 Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup Diamond Jewel (G1) has attracted some of the best Arabians racing in the US including Paddys Day, a 6-year-old son of Burning Sand out of the Virgule Al Maury mare Ak Loretta.

Placed in 28 of his 32 career starts with 21 wins Paddys Day comes out of the Grade 1 Delaware Classic Handicap at Delaware Park on Aug.19 where he fell a half-length short behind Easter Man. Owned by Quarter Moon Ranch LLC and trained by Scott Powell, Paddys Day will get five points for racing on Monday and that will fetch the champion its third consecutive Triple Jewel which includes a $ 150,000 bonus for earning the highest points after three Sheikh Zayed Cup races in US in 2017.