Akeed Mofeed Sold to Hong Kong

Far East Movement - Akeed Mofeed will continue his Racing career in Hong Kong.

Leading three-year-old Akeed Mofeed has been sold to race in the Far East by owner-breeder Jaber Abdullah; the Irish Derby fourth has been bought by a patron of trainer Richard Gibson according to At The Races and will now do his racing in Hong Kong.

Akeed Mofeed was at one time a lot of people’s (including me) idea of a Classic contender. Trained by John Oxx, he impressed when winning by five lengths at Leopardstown last September but was then undone by unsuitable ground when second to Aidan O’Brien’s David Livingston Gp2 Beresford Stakes at The Curragh.

A number of small injuries delayed his Classic campaign by a few months before he finally returned to the track in the Irish Derby where he looked in need of a run as he trailed in behind Camelot.

Earlier this month he looked back to somewhere near his best though when he scooted home by five lengths in a Cork Listed race, that’s probably the last we’ll see of him on these shores though.

The ATR website quotes Abdullah’s Racing Manager Bruce Raymond as saying "We've sold him to race in Hong Kong. He's been bought by trainer Richard Gibson for one of his owners… It was a good offer and Jaber has the mare… Akeed Mofeed was home bred, he's got a lot of horses and this is the time to sell…I think he'll be a very good horse in Hong Kong at a mile and a mile and a quarter. He's got a lot of speed and fast ground will suit him out there."

It’s a shame we won’t get to see Akeed Mofeed achieve his true potential domestically but hopefully he’ll live up to what he looked like achieving at two in pastures new.