Hafedhk Allah Heads JCSA Almaseef Cup Line Up
Image: Hafedhk Allah (KSA) wins at King Khalid Racecourse on July 24, 2026.
Credit: Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia / Ibrahim Almuzini
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RECENT TRIAL WINNER ONE OF THREE FOR PRINCE FAISAL BIN KHALED BIN ABDULAZIZ
Thursday August 13, 2026 – Prince Faisal bin Khaled bin Abdulaziz holds a strong hand in the feature SAR150,000 JCSA Almaseef Cup at King Khalid Racecourse in Taif on Saturday with three runners including last month’s trial winner Hafedhk Allah (KSA).
The Fahad Saad-trained eight-year-old had performed with credit under Hollie Doyle in a round of the International Jockeys’ Challenge on The Saudi Cup weekend and won on his only start since with a two-and-a-half-length strike in the Almaseef Cup Prep on July 24.
The mount of Ahmed Alazhari will be joined in the 2000m event by stablemate and hat-trick seeking Tawee Alsahil (KSA) under Carlos Henrique, with the Red Stable also represented by top-rated Yemken (KSA) who will be having his first start since November last year.
A full field of 18 have been declared for what is the final race on the card and they include four runners for the White Stable of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz with Rayan Altoairsh’s mount Wakeed (KSA) the top pick on the figures, although he hasn’t raced since landing the domestic Group 3 Ministry of Justice Cup in November 2024.
The preceding event is the SAR150,000 Shubra Cup over 1200m in which Red Stable again is strongly represented with three of the 18 including the recent Taif University Cup Prep winner Jahdoon (KSA), and Makthorh (KSA) who has his first outing since his narrow second in a round of February’s International Jockeys’ Challenge.
Another major player is last summer’s Sprint Championship Fillies Open winner Kawafill (KSA) who has been rested since her four-length success in the King Abdulaziz Racetrack Champion in Riyadh at the turn of the year,
Trainer Abdullah Alsidrani, owner Sheikh Abdullah Homoud Almalek Alsabah and jockey, Muhammad Aldaham also team up with the trial winner of this race in Falah Zain (KSA), with the four-year-old having since finished third to Jahdoon on August 1.
One of the most exciting horses to race this weekend is the Abdulrahman Alfehaid-trained Cacofonix (IRE) who will carry the White Stable colours in race five, an Open over 1400m, with the French import having shown a high level of form in two Riyadh runs – finishing second to Zefzaf (USA) in December and then fifth to the same rival in the 1351 Turf Sprint Qualifier.
Friday’s feature is the SAR150,000 Taif Flower Festival Cup over 2000m with the White Stable’s Mustahsan (KSA) looking to continue a winning run after scoring twice in Riyadh in January. The same connections also field a key player in the SAR150,000 1600m Um Alqura University Cup with course-and-distance winner Nowafaa (KSA).
Al Khansaa (USA) was the trial winner for this and goes again along with the runner-up Dance Desire (GB), who represents the Alsidrani and Sheikh Abdullah Homoud Almalek Alsabah combination, and the mare was progressive last season rounding up with victory in the domestic G3 Japan’s Cup.
The same trainer-owner combination are also responsible for recent runaway winner and Japan’s Cup second Gharamy (IRE) along with last year’s third in this, Pretty Flag (IRE).
Race eight on Friday is the SAR150,000 over 1600m in which the Red and White Stables field three apiece with the star name perhaps the former’s Tahzeem (KSA) who has his first Taif outing and was a winner on Saudi Cup night in the Asian Racing Federation Cup Local Handicap.
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