Sheikh Faisal Bin Hamad Bin Jassim Al Thani’s SURRA MAN RAA (War Chant x Miss Trinidad) went one better than his last outing to register his first victory of the season. Ibrahim Saeed Ibrahim Al Malki’s ward, fifth in the last year’s edition of the race, held on well even as Al Jeryan Stud’s Al Lusail, the favourite to top the 2000m AL RAYYAN BREEDERS CUP (4yo & older Local Thoroughbreds), ran out of real estate at the post. Surra Man Raa won by a mere short head.