“Al-Maraq” wins the “Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes” at the conclusion of “Royal Ascot”

The colt “Al-Murayraq”, with the “Shadwell” logo and under the supervision of trainer William Haggas, was crowned champion of the “Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes” race reserved for purebred hybrid horses of the first category “Group 1” for a distance of 1200 meters on grass, and he ran today, Saturday, in the main race at the conclusion of the prestigious British “Royal Ascot” Festival, which began its 314th edition last Tuesday, in an event that included 35 of the strongest races. It is considered the jewel of grass track racing on the international scene.

Al-Maraq gave the “blue and white” logo for which the “Shadwell” team is famous, the first victory in 24 years, when his stablemate “Malhoub” won the title of the 2002 edition, and he came at that time under the supervision of the same coach, William Haggas.

Jockey Tom Marquand succeeded in leading “Al-Maraq” to stay close to the leading horses during the first stages of the race, before unleashing his abilities in the final stages, overtaking his competitors to the lead, and crossing the finish line in first place with a time of one minute, 11 seconds and 82 hundredths of a second, a difference of “nose” from the Japanese speed racing champion, the horse “Satono Reef”, under the supervision of coach Noriyuki Hori, who was led by jockey Ryan Moore to come in second place, while third place went. For the Australian colt “Jolestar”, under the supervision of trainer Chris Walker and led by jockey James McDonald.