HH Sheikh Abdullah Bin Khalifa Charm Spirit Wins Queen Elizabeth II

London, October 18 (QNA) - Charm Spirit triumphed, at Ascot, in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, sponsored by QIPCO, on Saturday, 18 October 2014. Owned by HH Sheikh Abdullah Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, this was his third consecutive Group 1 victory. The Queen Elizabeth II Stakes marks the climax of the European season for the top milers, and Charm Spirit's win marks him as the best 3-year-old European horse over this distance, in the absence of Kingman. He had a good run, never too far off the leader. When he went to make his move, he met with some interference, but in the end found the gap, and fought on to win from Night of Thunder; the winner of this year's Newmarket 2000 Guineas, which has proved to have been a particularly strong edition. Charm Spirit was ridden by Olivier Peslier, who this week signed a contract for HH Sheikh Abdullah Bin Khalifa Al Thani. "Its great, its wonderful!, declared Freddy Head. He is a fantastic horse! He is a real fighter. He has speed and stamina. Olivier Peslier rode a great race, even though he was forced to pull out when the others came to him. He was bounced around everywhere. He is a very, very good horse, a champion! He is definitely one of the best horses I have trained." (QNA)