“André wasn’t happy with him,” Harry Herbert, racing manager for Al Wukair’s owner, Al Shaqab Racing, said on Wednesday. “He didn’t think he was 100% so sadly he will miss the race. We still have [the French 2,000 Guineas winner] Brametot, who we own with the Augustin team, in the race to fly the flag, so to speak.
For the first time, Clare Balding will host an award, alongside Mr Laurent Feniou, managing director of Cartier UK. Attendees will include Franki Dettori and honoury guest Harry Herbert, Cartier racing consultant.
“I think it’s been an unbelievable start for Al Shaqab which is widely recognised in the racing industry,” Herbert observed.
The Hon Harry Herbert, 57, found fame after he set up, in 1992, Highclere Thoroughbred Racing, the company that bought Lake Coniston, a future European champion sprinter, for 22,000 guineas and sold him as a stallion...
