QAISER Wins First Class Prix Achille Fould

Paris, May 30 (QNA) - Owned by HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa Al-Thani, QAISER (FR) (Charm Spirit x Holly Polly) continued his winning streak, when winning the Prix Achille Fould, a Class 1 race over 2400 metres for 3-year-olds at Bordeaux - Le Bouscat, France. With Olivier Peslier in the saddle, QAISER went quickly to the lead and settled in second position throughout. At the 1,000-metre mark, he moved closer to the leader MERVEILLO (GB) (Archipenko x Merville) and was still travelling very comfortably. Once in the home straight, QAISER showed a nice turn of foot and kept challenging the leader until he took the lead in the final stages to win by half a length. RAINBAND (USA) (Medaglia Doro x Fitful Skies) managed to snatch the runner-up place for trainer Henri-Alex Pantall and jockey Soufiane Saadi while the long-time leader MERVEILLO finished further 1-lengths behind him in third for trainer C. Ferland and jockey Maxime Guyon. This was the third win in a row for this progressive son of Charm Spirit who will now be aimed at a Listed race. "He is a smart horse", said Antoine de Watrigant, QAISER's trainer, "once he gets in front, he starts to relax. He has more strength now. He is more mature and I think he is a good colt. His work rider has done a very good job with him and it starts to pay off. He will run in the Derby du Languedoc (Listed), at Toulouse on June 24th, then he will have a break in the summer. I think he will race in some Group races before the end of the year." (QNA)