Shannon Queen clinches Zayed Cup

warsaw — Shannon Queen won the Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan-Nagroda Europy-Group 3 race while jockeys Hungarian Csenge Sutak and home favourite Ireneusz Wojcik won their respective races in HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak World Championship Ladies and Apprentices races at the Sluzewiec racecourse in Warsaw on Sunday.

A small but quality field started in the 2600-metre Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan-Nagroda Europy- Group 3, one of the three races held under the umbrella of the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival.

Shannon Queen ridden by Alexander Reznikov finished a little over a length ahead Shahad Athbah under Sergey Vasyutov while just a head behind was Mogadiusz ridden by Szeczepan Mazur.

Shannon Queen took 3 minutes 22.4 seconds for the 2600 metre distance to win this covered Group 3 Sheikh Zayed Cup race.

Prior to this featured race of the HH Sheikh Mansoor Festival, lady jockeys and Apprentice jockeys from around the globe made yet another bid to win and qualify for the November finals of the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak World Championships.

The HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship race turned out to be the most exciting event of the meeting as Csenge Sutak pipped UK’s Joanna Mason by half a length.