The 2020 Stallion Guide will be Bigger and Better than Ever in a New A-4 Format !! *The top International Arabian racing stallions * Focus on two International breeder/farms (2019 Stallion Guide featured Cre-Run Farm and Shadwell Arabian Stallions). * International Arabian Racing Reference Guide – You DO want to be in this!! *Year-end US…
ARO Racing Season Ends With Championships Awarded
ARO patron HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum gained his 18th Owners ChampionshipThe Arabian Racing Organisation’s (ARO) 2019 racing season ended on September 24th at Lingfield Park having hosted 46 races, of which eight were PA Group contests. ARO patron HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum gained his 18th Owners Championship, with many…
US Team Finishes Sixth in FEI Young Riders & Juniors Endurance
US Team happy with performance in Italy19 September 2019, Lexington, Ky, USA ~ The U.S. Endurance Team had a great finish in the FEI Endurance World Championships for Young Riders & Juniors on Wednesday, 18 September 2019. The prestigious 120-kilometer competition was held at the San Rossore Racecourse in Pisa, Italy, during the Toscana Endurance…
Championship Racing with California Wathba Stallions Bonus Bonanza
Hayyan Best in St. Leger Day UK Derby
Hayyan Bids for Win in President of the UAE Cup
14 September 2019, Doncaster Racecourse, UK ~ The Arabian Racing Organisation (ARO) looks forward to the final top-level contest of the UK Arabian racing season, the 2019 President of the UAE Cup (UK Arabian Derby) Group 1 PA, which includes this year’s French Derby winner, Hayyan. The President of the UAE Cup is the oldest…
WMA Super Sport Wins Maiden at Retama Park
Full brothers take first and second7 September 2019 – Wednesday, 4 September 2019 at Retama Park racetrack in Texas showed off two full brothers coming in first and second in the Maiden Special Weight of Six Furlongs On The Dirt. Win time was 1:26:01 for the $5,500 prize money race. After taking the lead by…
Quick and Rich Duels for Win in the Delaware Park Arabian Classic Handicap (Gr. 1)
Tor Sluzewiec Arabian Race Day Wins the Crowd in Warsaw, Poland
2 September 2019, Warsaw, Poland ~ On 18 August 2019, the Arabian races at Sluzewiec in Warsaw, Poland, reported four top races. The Al Khalediah Poland Cup and the Europy race were both for four-year-old and older horses and the Bialki stakes for three year olds. Al KHALEDIAH Poland Cup The Al KHALEDIAH Poland Cup,…
ADIHEX Launches 17th Edition With Sustainable Hunting Focus
Osailan Wins Sardegna International at Chilivani, Italy
Lightning Bolt Takes Second Win at HH Sheikh Mansoor Festival in The Netherlands
27 August, 2019, Duindigt, The Netherlands ~ Italian lady jockey Chaira Careddu riding Afja’an made a spectacular debut in her amateur jockey racing career as she finished in a dead heat with Hungary’s Cintia Mayer on Jaahez in the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship race on Sunday, 25 August 2019 at the…
Dance With Me BW Winner of the Del Park Turf Classic
17 August 2019, DELAWARE PARK, USA ~ The 17 August 2019 Delaware Park Arabian Turf Classic Sponsored by Emirates Breeders saw DANCE WITH ME BW under Carol Cedeno win the $30,000 Arabian race. The four-year-old filly (GRILLA x SHALL WE DANCE BW, by LINE DANCER), is trained by Jerenesto Torrez and is owned by Rosebrook…
HH Sheikh Mansoor Festival Celebrates Hajre’s Win at Royal Windsor
13 August 2019, Royal Windsor, UK ~ The Arabian Racing Organisation (ARO) enjoyed a busy two days hosting the HH Sheikh Mansoor Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival at Royal Windsor racecourse on Sunday and Monday, 11 & 12 August 2019, with the highlight the win by Hajres in the HH Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan…
Hajres Wins HH Sheikh Mansoor Festival Group 1 at Windsor
12 August 2019, Windsor, UK ~ Hajres under Jean-Bernard Eyquem, won the Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup (Group 1) held at Royal Windsor racecourse on Sunday, 11 August 2019. This was the first Arabian race to be staged at the Windsor track under the Festival’s name. Hajres (Nizam (GB) x Tohfet Ennadhirine (TN))…
Van Den Bos-trained Akoya Wins Doha Cup Gr 1 at Deauville
10 August 2019, Deauville, France ~ Akoya guided by Théo Bachelot accelerated into a new gear to decisively win the QREC-sponsored Doha Cup (Gr1 PA) on Saturday 10 August 2019, at the beautiful Deauville track at the northern edge of France. Doha Cup (Gr1 PA) Owned by Landgoed Waterland and trained by the Dutch trainer…
$20M Saudi Cup to Run in February 2020
The prize for the winning horse will be US$10,000,000 8 August 2019, Saudi Arabia ~ The Thoroughbred racing world has a new richest race with the announcement of the creation of the $20m Saudi Cup to be run at King Abdulaziz Racetrack in Riyadh on 29 February 2020. Details of the contest were announced by…
EBRAZ Leads Home in the Qatar International Stakes (Gr1/PA) at Qatar Goodwood Festival
August 2019, Goodwood ~ On 31 July 2019, H.H Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Thani’s Ebraz won a thrilling renewal of the prestigious £400,000 G1 Qatar International Stakes for purebred Arabians. Ridden by Maxime Guyon, the Julian Smart-trained six-year-old finished with a flourish to win the mile event by two and three-quarter lengths. The H.H…
Photos and Results from Newbury, UK, DIAR Races
DIAR day at Newbury, UK, with results and photos30 July 2019, Newbury, UK ~ 28 July 2019 was a sunny and warm racing day at the Newbury racetrack with a crowd estimated at 20,000 enjoying the free entry, many side contests including best dressed, drawings for prizes including a car…and of course, the horse racing.…
Bayan Maintains Lead to Win Shadwell Arabian Stallions Hatta Intenational Gr 1
28 July 2019DIAR Day, Newbury, UK ~ Fifth Race, Shadwell Arabian Stallions Hatta International Stakes Group 1. Bayan took an early lead and was challenged in the back stretch, first by Al Shamoos then by 2nd and 3rd R’Ezala and Vivabaina. Al Shamoos finished fourth. Win time: 2:19:75 for 1 mile 2 F 1. Bayan…
Gazwan Takes Over in Final Furlong to Win Shadwell Dubai International Stakes GR 1
Kair Al Cham Wins DIAR UAE Embassy in London at Newbury
UAE Embassy in London International Stakes, Newbury, 28 July Results of the 1 mile 2 furlong race: 1. Kair Al Cham (Dahess) trained by Thomas Fourcy, jockey Jean-Bernard Eyquem for Al Shaqab racing. 2. Saleh (Munjiz) owned by Royal Cavalry of Oman 3. Afjan’an (Amer), owned by Maria Hagman-Eriksson
Qatar Goodwood Festival Will Challenge Top Runners
Five Group 1 Winners to duel at Goodwood 29 July 2019, Goodwood, UK ~ The Arabian Racing Organization is looking at an exciting field of eight runners that have been declared for the Qatar International Stakes (Gr1PA), to be run as part of the Qatar Goodwood Festival on 31 July 2019. They lineup includes five…
Dubai International Arabian Races Will Feature Champion Horses and Champion Jockeys
Newbury hosts the day of Arabian Races on Sunday, 28 July 26 July 2019, Newbury, UK ~The Arabian Racing Organisation (ARO) was delighted with the declarations received for the forthcoming Dubai International Arabian Races (DIAR), to be held at Newbury racecourse this Sunday, 28 July 2019. DIAR promotes Purebred Arabian racing worldwide from the grass-roots…
2020 Dubai World Cup Carnival Program Announced
Dubai World Cup day will be staged three weeks after the DWC Carnival on March 28DUBAI (July 24, 2019)—The 2020 Dubai World Cup Carnival program has been announced by Dubai Racing Club and will take place at Meydan Racecourse over 10 weeks, including nine consecutive Thursday evenings, January 2—February 27, before culminating with the Super…
Abu Dhabi Launches Four Competitions at ADIHEX 2019
The Search is on for the Best Inventors, Artists, Poets and Photographers22 July 2019, Abu Dhabi ~ The Higher Organizing Committee of the Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition (ADIHEX) has announced the launch of a series of competitions in hunting and falconry innovations, poetry, art and photography that will take place during the…
Dubai International Arabian Races (DIAR) Entries Announced
18 July 2019, UK ~ The Arabian Racing Organization (ARO) was delighted with entries received for the Dubai International Arabian Races (DIAR) card following the close of entries for the handicaps on 17 July 2019, and the supplementary stage for the international contests this afternoon. This followed the recent announcement of an increase in international…
Meet Arabian Race Horse Owner, Trainer Rita Deleon
16 July 2019, USA ~ Rita Cunningham was born and raised on a 5,000 acre wheat and cattle ranch on the Eastern Montana plains, and grew up loving the country life and everything connected to riding a horse. She and her brother rode everywhere on horseback, and sometimes to the schoolhouse with no indoor plumbing…
World Arabian Horse Racing Forum Bucharest, Romania 2019
One of the highlights of the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival is the annual World Arabian Horse Racing Forum which was staged this year in Bucharest, Romania, from 2-6 July 2019. There were three days of panel-based discussions held on topics such as Jockey Performances & Accidents…
The Horse Knows Best or How To Train a Race Horse
16 July 2019, USA ~ David and Tracy Kaden love their Arabian horses. Their ranch is on the West Texas, New Mexico border and the two have competed in endurance, trained their Anglo-Arabian to be a jumper, then in 2013 took up cowboy mounted shooting, each winning their divisions. After an intro into Extreme Cowboy…
Skeedaddle Wins Wathba Bonus Bonanza at Pleasanton
July 8 2019, Pleasanton, California, USA ~ Pleasanton California hosted two Arabian races, the Wathba Stallion Bonus Bonanza with $11,500 and the Emigrant Stakes with $8,000 in prize money on 6 July 2019. The first and second place horses in the Wathba Stallion Bonus Bonanza might not have made it to the track except for…
Abu Dhabi to Host World Arabian Horse Racing Forum 2020
7 July 2019, Bucharest, Romania ~ One of the highlights of the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival is the annual World Arabian Horse Racing Forum which was staged this year in Bucharest, Romania, from 2-6 July 2019. At the conclusion of the Bucharest Forum, the organizers of…
Bucharest to Host 10th Edition Of World Arabian Racing Forum
30 June 2019, World Arabian Horse Racing Forum, Bucharest, Romania ~ One of the most important events in the packed calendar of the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival is the annual World Arabian Horse Racing Forum and this year’s edition runs from 2-7 July 2019 in Bucharest,…