Achievements
Winners in All Four Countries
Winners in Libya, the UAE, France and the UK — 11 wins and AED 1,554,510 in prize money in the UAE, 8 wins in France, 4 in the UK, and a string that has raced at Royal Ascot, Deauville and the Dubai Racing Carnival.
Wins in the UAE
From 53 runs — a 20.8% strike rate, with ten of the wins in the 2025–26 season.
Wins in France
Including Laith in the Prix Alsace Lait at Strasbourg in September 2026.
Wins in the UK
Including Miss Yechance in the Group 3 World Trophy at Newbury in September 2026.
Placings in France and the UK
Seconds, thirds and fourths behind those twelve European wins.
UAE placings
Three seconds, five thirds and three fourths behind those wins.
UAE prize money
AED 1,554,510 in total — AED 1,453,750 in 2025–26 and AED 100,760 in 2024–25.
On the Racecourse
Every start under the Al Leith silks, season by season.
EBF Restricted Maiden Stakes
Won, on debut. Miss Yechance — our £32,000 Goffs UK Premiere Yearling Sale purchase — made her first racecourse appearance at Redcar and duly won, giving Al Leith Racing its first winner in Britain.
EBF Restricted Novice Stakes
Won. Four weeks after taking on the country's best juvenile fillies in the Group 2 Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot, Miss Yechance returned to Yorkshire and landed the five-furlong contest under Callum Rodriguez — sent off the 4/6 favourite and winning by a length and a quarter in 59.12 seconds.
DP World Express Handicap
Won, at 18/1. The highlight of our first Meydan winter — weeks after finishing second in the Lincoln Aviator Stakes on the dirt, Miss Yechance struck on the turf at the Dubai Racing Carnival, an English-trained filly winning under the Meydan floodlights.
Next Mile Stakes
Second. Miss Yechance rounded off her Dubai winter with another fine run on the Meydan dirt, her second runner-up finish of the campaign — a season in which Al Leith Racing sat among the top five in the UAE Owners Championship.
Palace of Holyroodhouse Handicap
Ran. A year on from the Queen Mary, Miss Yechance carried the Al Leith silks at the Royal meeting for the second successive season, lining up in the Palace of Holyroodhouse Handicap at British racing's showpiece week.
Buccellati Handicap
Third. Miss Yechance, now trained by K R Burke, ran with credit on her latest start to finish third in the Buccellati Handicap at Glorious Goodwood.
UAE President's Cup (Purebred Arabians) — Won
Won. Burak retained the UAE President's Cup for Purebred Arabians at Casablanca-Anfa — a second successive title for the Al Leith Arabian, ridden by Mohcine Lafram for trainer Ali Mohamed.
Dubai International Airport World Trophy (Group 3) — Won
Won. Miss Yechance became a Group winner at Newbury, taking the Group 3 Dubai International Airport World Trophy over five furlongs under Jack Nicholls for trainer Karl Burke.
Prix Alsace Lait (Prix du Rhin) — Won
Won. Laith took the Prix Alsace Lait (Prix du Rhin) over 1,400m on the turf at Strasbourg, ridden by Aurélien Lemaitre for trainer Jérôme Reynier — a winner for Al Leith Racing in France.
The Horses Behind the Record
Miss Yechance (IRE)
Trainer: K R Burke (England)
- 12 runs: 3 wins, 2 seconds and 1 third.
- Wins at Redcar (2025), in the EBF Restricted Novice Stakes at Catterick (2025) and at the Meydan Dubai Racing Carnival (2026).
Al Leith Thunder (USA)
Trainer: Musabbeh Al Mheiri (Dubai)
- Unbeaten: one run, one win, on the Meydan dirt.
- UAE rating 95.
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