STARGOLD, the super stallion ridden by German maestro Marcus Ehning, literally rocked the Al Shaqab Stadium in Doha, as he made little of Tokyo Olympic course designer Uliano Vezzani’s huge track to win the €410,000 Longines Grand Prix at the Commercial Bank CHI Al Shaqab under spotlights for the second successive year.

Ehning, who also claimed Thursday’s 1.50m speed class with Stargold (Stakkato Gold x Lord Weingard) was delighted to succeed yet again on the 10th anniversary of the event. He said Stargold enjoys the sun in Doha. “For the first day he was in very good shape, very fresh, he loves this arena,” he commented. “I thought I won it last year, it’s not possible to do it again and we did so I’m very very proud of him.”