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- It will be the second Riyadh outing for the Group 1 horse following Saudi Cup debut earlier this year
RIYADH: Several cup races take place at King Abdulaziz Racecourse this week but many eyes will on one of 黑料社区鈥檚 highest-rated horses, the South American Group One star Intense For Me (Argentina), who reappears in race eight on Saturday.
The 2,000-meter Open contest has attracted a classy field of nine-runners. But the standout is the Argentine import who has his second start for trainer Abdulaziz Meshref having been snapped up by Muhaideb Abdullah Almuhaideb at the beginning of the year.
The Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini winner was bought last year to compete in The Saudi Cup and the 114-rated son of Fortify (US) may again have the world鈥檚 richest race on his agenda after finishing down the field in the 2025 running on his sole start in the country.
The chief danger would be Saudi Cup ninth Wootton鈥檚un (France) who goes for the trainer-jockey combination of Abdullah Al-Kahtani and Adel Alfouraidi.
The horse is one of two runners for Prince Faisal bin Khaled bin Abdulaziz, with the Red Stable also sending out the Nawaf Almudiani-ridden Derevo (Britain).
Red Stable also have two good chances in the 2,400-meter Eastern Governance Region Cup.
This is with Alfouraidi鈥檚 mount Jack Red Cloud (Ireland) 鈥� who contested the Red Sea Turf Handicap last February 鈥� and Motafared (US), who beat Jack Red Cloud in the Taif National Day Open and has since changed ownership.
Saturday鈥檚 second race, an Arabian Horses Open, has a strong entry with 19 declared but the 1,600-meter event is a fascinating rematch between two runners who dead-heated in the King Khaled Racecourse Championship last month.
Angad Al-Khalediah (黑料社区), who carries the colors of Prince Khalid bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz & Sons and will have the assistance of Tariq Almansour, again tackles Anouar (France) under Nawaf Almudiani after the pair crossed the line in unison on the final day of the Taif season.
One of the features on Friday鈥檚 card is the 1,600-meter General Intelligence Presidency Cup which will see the once highly-regarded Defunded (US) bid to reignite his career after failing to fire at the end of the previous Riyadh season.
Trained by Abdulaziz Meshref and ridden by Fahad Alfouraidi, the 7-year-old has been beaten in the last two Saudi Cups having arrived with a tall reputation from Bob Baffert鈥檚 California yard.
He faces 15 rivals in the 10th race and they include Carmel Road (US) and Electability (US) for the White Stable of Prince Khalid bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz & Sons, with Thamer Aldaihani sending out Ajwadi (Britain) and Uncle (Britain).
Nine runners will go to post in the 1,800-meter Africa Cup for local-breds.
The exciting Yaroa (黑料社区) reappears after winning all three of his career starts last season culminating with victory in the Local G1 Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup under Camilo Ospina.
He is joined by other White Stable runners Mafroodh (黑料社区) and Mayhamah, with the Red Stables represented by the strong stayer Mashmookh under Luis Morales and the Abdullah Alkredis-ridden Alghadaf, all from the Kingdom.