Sharaf Alhariri Buys Into Saudi Cup Hopeful Banishing

[Wandering Eyes]

A major percentage of multiple graded winner Banishing (Ghostzapper) was purchased by Sharaf Alhariri and he will run in Saturday's $20-million G1 Saudi Cup in Alhariri's silks, according to agent Ron Anderson.

Connections said in a statement, “We are pleased to announce the purchase of the horse Banishing for Mr. Sharaf Alhariri. Mr. Alhariri, who won the Saudi Cup 2024 with Senor Buscador, continues to make strategic moves in the racing world with this exciting new addition to his stable.

“Banishing will be ridden by Saudi champion jockey Adel Alfouraidi, marking a promising new partnership that blends top-tier equine talent with exceptional riding skill.

“We look forward to seeing this team in action and wish them every success in the upcoming racing season.”

Bred by Godolphin and an $80,000 graduate of the Fasig-Tipton July Horses of Racing Age Sale, the chestnut gelding enjoyed a busy season in 2025, running 12 times and winning or placing in 10 of them. A winner of the GIII Oaklawn Mile Stakes and placed in the GI Churchill Downs Stakes earlier in the year, after his sale, he won the GII Charles Town Classic Stakes for Lawrence Roman and co-owner/trainer David Jacobson. He enters Saudi Cup contention with a sixth-place run in the GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes in January for Jacobson.

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