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Alwajeeha (Dixieland Band), who
won the $500,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes (G1) on Saturday, probably will be retired. Owned by Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid al Maktoum’s Shadwell Stables, the three-year-old filly has won three of nine career starts and banked $486,927 in career earnings. “Sheikh Hamdan normally retires fillies after their three-year-old season,” said Neal McLaughlin, assistant and brother to Alwajeeha’s trainer, Kiaran McLaughlin. “He will probably do that with her; she has nothing left to prove.” i.e., she's done enough, in sheikh-speak |