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Trainer Petrochinscki does a double in the GP Paulo Jamil Saliba – Wathba Stallions Cup For Fillies
At the Grand Prix Paulo Jamil Saliba 2024 – Wathba Stallions Cup for Fillies, held on Saturday, May 11, at Hippodrome Cidade Jardim, trainer Estanislau Petrochinski wins first and second place with RG Kalifa and RG Era.
The five-year-old chestnut mare, RG Kalifa (Cáceres CSM x Caldas CSM by Pavel Rach) dominated the race from the start and won with a 5 and ¾ length advantage over her stablemate, RG Era (RG Karat x RG Kasta by *Sarmata), in the race held over 1,400 meters on turf with eight animals in the competition; and repeated her brilliant performance in the previous race, Prêmio Especial Maria Helena Vida – Wathba Stallions Cup for Colts & Fillies, on April 20.
At the start of the final straight, the battle for second place was fought between Olympicka Rach (Bismarck Rach x Olympia Rach by *Aicyng AHRA) on the outside and RG Era on the inside who opened up the advantage and maintained it to easily cross into second place.
With a huge smile, trainer Estanislau Petrochinscki declared: “I am very happy with this double achievement. RG Kalifa is a very beautiful mare who is in her best moment and is better than the others. She has a particularity: a few races ago she came to fight for victory and stopped, slowing down completely; That’s when jockey Jeffecleone Bispo realized that she can’t receive any whipping, if she gets it, she stops. After that, the result was different, and the victories came.”
After following the training sessions and watching RG Kalifa’s races ridden by other jockeys, Bispo noticed that even though she was in front, when she received whiplash, she slowed down and stopped. “When I started training her, I proposed to Petrochinski to run with her without using the whip so that she wouldn’t get hit and he accepted. In the first race, I just used the whip to show her and she responded well and we won.“
“In this race, before the final 400 meters, I looked over my shoulder and saw that we were well ahead and Kalifa really wanted to run. I just managed it and once again she demonstrated her full potential and we won easily. I’m really happy to win the first two Wathba Stallions Cup races and hope for more wins to come.”
RG Kalifa and RG Era are bred and owned by Cláudio Roberto Guimarães Ribas from the State of Paraná.
The owner of Rach Stud, Ricardo Jamil Saliba, can also share the victory of the two mares as they are granddaughters of stallions bred by him.
“RG Kalifa is one of the most beautiful mares that have ever raced at the São Paulo Jockey Club and perhaps the granddaughter most similar to Pavel Rach, son of Armagnac who is also the father of Ekspresjon Rach, grandfather of RG Era”, commented Saliba.
Olympicka Rach, Florida Rach, Serafina Rach and Vivina Rach, four daughters of Bismarck Rach (*Sarmata x Barcelona Endurance by Pepton) finished in third, fourth, fifth and sixth place respectively.
Almir José Ribeiro, Racing Director of the Arabian Horse Breeders Brazilian Association, emotionally highlighted the importance of this Grand Prix: “It was another race in honor of our ambassador of Arabian horse racing in Brazil, Paulo Jamil Saliba, whose life story intertwines with that of the Arabian horse. He was one of the most important and relevant people in the return of racing since 2013 due to his great love for the horse.”
“Our deep and sincere thanks to HH Sh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President and Deputy Prime Minister of the UAE, Minister of the Presidential Court and Chairman of the Emirates Racing Authority for his visionary insight into the future of Arabian horse racing in the world and especially the dedication and affection that Lara Sawaya, Executive Director of the Festival, has for Brazil and for the breeders of the Brazilian Arabian horse.”
The GP Paulo Jamil Saliba – Wathba Stallions Cup for Fillies was organized by the Arabian Horse Breeders Brazilian Association in partnership with the Jockey Club of São Paulo.
The HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Horse Racing Festival is sustained by the Abu Dhabi Department of Culture & Tourism coordinated by Abu Dhabi Sports Council, with The National Library & Archives as the official partner, Mubadala as the official partner & sponsored by Al Masaood Automobiles Nissan, Areej Alameerat, Omeir Travels Agency, YAS Sports TV, Viola Communications, the UAE’s General Women’s Union, Emirates Arabian Horse Society, Emirates International Endurance Village and Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club.
Saliba Family
1 RG KALIFA (Cáceres CSM x Caldas CSM by Pavel Rach)
J: Jeffecleone Bispo
T: Estanislau Petrochinski
O/B: Claudio Roberto Guimarães
2 RG ERA (RG Karat x RG Kasta by *Sarmata)
J: Wellinton Ariel
T: Estanislau Petrochinski
O/B: Cláudio Roberto Guimarães Ribas
3 OLYMPICKA RACH (Bismarck Rach x Olympia Rach by *Aicyng AHRA)
J: Ruberlei Viana
T: Lucas Quintana
O: Agropecuária Ilha da Chapada Ltda.
B: Rach Stud Agropecuária Ltda.
4 FLÓRIDA RACH (Bismarck Rach x Fiorella Rach by *Polonez)
J: Rudinick Viana
T: Lucas Quintana
O: Agropecuária Ilha da Chapada Ltda.
B: Rach Stud Agropecuária Ltda.
5 SERAFINA RACH (Bismarck Rach x Seresta VE by Feitizzo Rach)
J: André Rodrigues Oliveira
T: Lucas Quintana
O: Rodrigo Storani Saliba
B: Rach Stud Agropecuária Ltda.
6 VIVINA RACH (Bismarck Rach x Vaneska Rach by Mister Eros HX)
J: Jeane Alves
T: Lucas Quintana
O: Ricardo Jamil Saliba
B: Rach Stud Agropecuária Ltda.
7 HOLANDA RACH (Rhondo Rach x Helvina Rach by Eksort Rach)
J: Idevaldo Silva
T: Lucas Quintana
O: Rodrigo Storani Saliba
B: Rach Stud Agropecuária Ltda.
8 OMARA RACH (Rhondo Rach x Obsession Rach by Voltaire Rach)
J: Luís Henriques
T: Lucas Quintana
O: Ricardo Jamil Saliba
B: Rach Stud Agropecuária Ltda.
