Al-Jehani hunting Royal Ascot success with Beshtani
Qatari trainer has made a promising start at his new Newmarket base.
Overseas entries may be down at Royal Ascot this year, but Hamad Al-Jehani will add some international flavour when Epsom runner-up Beshtani becomes one of his first runners at the meeting. The 35-year-old is a leading trainer in his native Qatar, winning the Qatar Guineas with Lil’ Frank and also landing the Qatar Derby for owners Wathnan Racing with Jeff Koons in December. He has recently made the switch to Newmarket to oversee some of Wathnan’s growing UK string, operating out of the lower yard of Tom Clover’s Kremlin House Stable.Beshtani could get the chance to go one better than that Epsom near-miss when he lines up in the Royal Hunt Cup at the Royal meeting, where the four-year-old could be joined by stablemate Make Me King, who also has the option of the Buckingham Palace Stakes. “Hamad has obviously made a very good start and Beshtani running as he did at Epsom was a very good training performance,” said Richard Brown, Wathnan’s racing adviser.
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