Seraphin keeps his title in the President's Cup Prep
Seraphin du Paon makes a great start to the year with a victory in the HH President of the UAE Cup Prep at Abu Dhabi.
Article by Amith Passela from www.thenational.ae
ABU DHABI // Seraphin Du Paon gave notice that he will again be the horse to beat in the President's Cup with a comfortable victory at Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club Sunday night.
Even though the defending champion's winning margin was only half a length from Timadit Al Mels, Mirco Demuro, the six year old's jockey, dropped his hands in the final 50 metres when he realised the race was in the bag.
The first two home were 10 lengths clear of the rest of the field in the 2,200-metre Prep race.
"He is our horse for the big races, and I was pretty pleased with his first race," said Ernst Oertel, Seraphin's trainer. "The President's Cup, obviously, is his next race, but the plan is to give him a race or two more than he ran last season."
Seraphin Du Paon ran only three times last season. His first was the corresponding Prep race, and he went on to complete the big race double, claiming the President's Cup and the Kahayla Classic.
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