Last weekend, Abyad AA (Nader Al Jamal x Al Amal AA by Halim Shah I) made his debut at the Sluzewiec Racetrack in Warsaw, Poland. In his first race, he ran 1,800 meters and was in a field of 12 competitors. He did not start well (as he did not know what to do ;-)), but improved considerably later on. The finish was particularly impressive, when he moved from the last position and placed third at one point. By the end of the race he placed 4th.
The winner was a horse with typical "race pedigree", the second and third are Polish bred horses from studs specializing in Arabian racehorse breeding. Abyad lost only 2.5 lengths to the winner, and defeated horses by Nougatin (by Dormane) and Akbars (by Nougatin)!
This is a great start for this colt and we look forward to seeing him race more! We wish to thank Marek Trela and the Janow Podlaski team for the great work they do with our young stallion.
Photos by Lidia & Wieslaw Pawlowski.