Allam (Premium Tap) wins

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

From BH.....

Premium Tap Wins in Saudi Arabia
by Steve Haskin


Premium Tap, who goes by the name Allam in Saudi Arabia, won his first start back since finishing a game second to Invasor in the Dubai World Cup (UAE-I). The son of Pleasant Tap captured the one-mile Almadinah Almonawarah Gov. Cup by 1 1/4 lengths on Sept. 14.
Premium Tap defeated Radae, covering the mile in 1:37. It was another 1 1/2 lengths back to third-place finisher Mneeb in the 13-horse field.

Purchased by King Abdullah bin Aziz and Sons after romping in the Clark Handicap (gr. II) at Churchill Downs last fall, Premium Tap was sent to Saudi Arabia, where he won the country’s most prestigious race, the group I Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup at Riyadh before his gutsy second to Invasor at Nad al Sheba. In the U.S., he also won the Woodward Stakes (gr. I) and was third in the Breeders’ Cup Classic Powered by Dodge (gr. I).

Following his racing career, which will include another try at the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup, and could include another try at the Dubai World Cup, Premium Tap will be retired to King Abdullah’s farm, where he will join several fellow countrymen, including Horse of the Year Alysheba, who, according to Premium Tap’s former assistant trainer Loretta Lusteg “looks fabulous.”

“Everything is high-end there, and they treat their horses wonderful,” said Lusteg, a longtime assistant to John Kimmel who had spent six weeks with Premoum Tap in Saudi Arabia.

Glad Loretta thinks they treat the horses so well, not so sure how they treat the poor, Jews, Catholics, or women though.

I'm going to call him Terrorist Mule. I hope they bring him back to the states so we can detain him and ship to Gitmo.

Hey Loretta, come back home, wearing your high heeled shoes, and your low neck sweater......

[letswastemoney]

http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept?langcode=hu&cp=8062

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Concept definition: *
A people permanently occupying a fixed territory bound together by common law, habits and custom into one body politic exercising, through the medium of an organized government, independent sovereignty and control over all persons and things within its boundaries, unless or until authority is ceded to a federation or union of other states.

[my miss storm cat]

UAE press release, no author listed...

Tap team target 2008 DWC

Dubai World Cup runner-up Premium Tap will attempt to go one better in March 2008, after connections revealed his plans for the season.

Previously in the care of Jon Kimmel, the American import was bought by Saudi Arabia King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz and his sons earlier this year, and is now trained by Saudi-based Julio Gardel, who trained Adil to finish third in the 2007 UAE Derby.

Following his win in the one-mile Almadinah Almonawarah Gov. Cup by 1 1/4 lengths on Sept. 14, Frank McGovern, general manager for the owners, said: “Premium Tap has done well over the summer and we were happy with his race which was a gentle re-introduction to racing in Riyadh.

“His main goals are the Crown Prince Cup in early December 2007, the King’s Cup late January 2008 (both in Saudi), and then the Dubai World Cup.

“As it is a long campaign we are keen to ensure that he is not ‘peaked’ too early,” he added.

[my miss storm cat]

Entered in The Crown Prince Cup on Friday night.....

[my miss storm cat]

UAE press release...

Premium Tap wins Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Cup

Keeping his record perfect in Saudi Arabia, Premium Tap on Friday won the first of three major objectives following his runner-up effort in the Dubai World Cup (Gr.1) as he conquered 17 rivals in the Crown Prince Cup at Al Janadriah racecourse.

Reunited with his old partner, American jockey Kent Desormeaux, Premium Tap once again defeated Brazilian-bred Impossible Ski in their third consecutive 1-2 finish.

Premium Tap races as Allam in Saudi Arabia, while Impossible Ski, who finished second in the Invasor Al Maktoum Challenge Round I (Gr.3) during the 2007 Dubai International Racing Carnival, is known as Radae.

Premium Tap’s margin in the 2,400-meter race was only a head, while Radae, who was ridden by John Velazquez, held second by a quarter-length from 2005 Argentine Horse of the Year Fire Wall, who won South America’s championship race, the Carlos Pellegrini (Gr.1), in 2004. Now racing as Sadeq Alweed, Fire Wall reigned as Saudi Arabia’s champion older horse and champion stayer in 2006.

Time for the race was 2:29.10 on the dirt track.

Trainer Julio Gardel, an Argentine native, took over conditioning Premium Tap from former trainer John Kimmel after the Dubai World Cup. Gardel said after Premium Tap won his first two races back on September 14 and November 2 at Al Janadriah that the main targets for the five-year-old son of Pleasant Tap would be the Crown Prince Cup, the King’s Cup and a return engagement in the Dubai World Cup.

Purchased by Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz and his sons after winning the 2006 Clark Handicap (Gr.1) at Churchill Downs in the United States, Premium Tap has done little wrong since then.

He won the 2007 King’s Cup, also known as the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup, in February in what was his first career try at the demanding distance of 2,400 meters. Then, he beat all but American Horse of the Year Invasor in the Dubai World Cup.

Premium Tap’s career record now stands at ten wins and six placings in 22 starts and his earnings have surpassed US$2.5 million. He has shown unusual versatility, winning from six furlongs to nearly 1 ½ miles.