Bhupat Seemar targets third season of success on trot after flying start to trainer life

Thrust into the Zabeel Stables hot seat in 2021-2022, Bhupat Seemar made an immediate impact by winning the UAE championship title in his first season as a trainer.

He took second spot behind Doug Watson the following season but for the second time in his career topped the money list.

In the US, UK, France and Ireland, the trainer’s championship is won by the highest prize money earning trainer which would have given Seemar the title both seasons. However, in the UAE it’s decided by the number of winners.

Seemar’s accomplishments don’t come as a surprise, though, as he spent 19 years as assistant to his uncle Satish Seemar, a six-time champion and the longest serving and all-time leading trainer in the UAE with 893 winners.

With two fantastic seasons behind him, Bhupat Seemar, 45, believes another is on the way.

“I've been really privileged to be here. I've been put in this position by the team before me. We've got some good clientele, some good horses. We had an exceptionally amazing first year,” Seemar told The National.

“We didn’t win the championship by one winner in our first year. We won it by six winners. We were also the leading money-earner in two seasons. That's what my clients' horses are for. There are some nice new clients, and of course looking to a good season.”

The first season was a dream come true for Seemar. Winning the trainer’s title and then the $2 million Group 1 Dubai Golden Shaheen with Switzerland on the Dubai World Cup night came as the "cherry on top".

“It was just amazing to have a horse like Switzerland,” he said. “I know what we did different was that during the race to we let him gather his own pace and let him get into his own rhythm and stride and then use his turn of foot to finish the