ROYAL WINDSOR
CSI5* classes
WHEN riders have a taste of winning at Windsor, they often come back for more, and that was certainly true for Abdel Sai'd of Belgium, who lifted the prestigious King's Cup for the second time in five years of competition when he headed the Kingdom of Bahrain stakes with Arpege Du Ru.
Abdel made the crowd sit up with a startling pathfinding jump-off round on his familiar 13-year-old chestnut mare, which eight other combinations chased in vain.
As the class drew to an end, Frenchman Kevin Staut had only managed to get within 1.44sec with Beau De Laubry Z but a last-ditch bid from Harry Charles and Ann Thompson's powerful mare
