The Covex Kid

A pair of Bahrain-based horses won the third and fourth Bahrain Turf Series races--the Al Riffa Cup and Al Dana Cup--in Riyadh on Friday. Dark Shadow (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), in the hands of Hector Crouch, produced a sharp turn of foot over 1200 metres to fend off a challenger in the closing stages of the Al Riffa Cup and returned to the winner's enclosure in the familiar colours of Al Mohamediya Racing. "It all went pretty smoothly for me," said Crouch. "We were drawn high and he's a horse...