Johnston hope Masham fails to fire in Al Rayyan

Masham Star: finished tenth under PJ McDonaldCredit: John Grossick

The Mark Johnston-trained Masham Star failed to fire when finishing down the field in the $100,000 Al Rayyan Stakes, the feature race of night one of Doha's two-day Qatar Derby meeting that went the way of local hope Pazeer.

He is trained by Ibrahim Al Malki, whose Perfect Storm dead-heated for second with Norway's Trouble Of Course.

Al Malki, understandably, was all smiles, but connections of Masham Star were more downbeat after his tenth-placed finish.

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James BurnLambourn correspondent

Published on 28 December 2016inReports

Last updated 17:19, 28 December 2016

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