4 August 2018, Austria ~ The ECAHO European Championships Sports Arabians held from 26-29 July 2018, at Wiener Neustadt, Austria, was a quality and quantity success. The four-day competition showed the best of purebred Arabians from 8 ECAHO member countries from Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland Switzerland and Sweden. Classes included three International Championships…
Qatar International Stakes (Gr1 PA) at the Qatar Goodwood Festival 2018 1 August 2018, Goodwood Racecourse ~ French trainer Francois Rohaut hailed Muraaqib (Munjiz) as the best Arabian miler in the world after his stable star completed a magnificent seven Group 1 PA wins by storming to victory in the Qatar International Stakes at the…
Hippodrome Wellington at Ostend features Arabian racing 30 July 2018, Ostend, Belgium ~ Aoun ridden by Ro Montenegro squeezed out Dynamites under Jean Baptiste Hamel for a close win in the €30,000 President of the UAE Cup held on 30 July, 2018. The Group III race was held under threatening skies and then held up…
29 July 2018, Newbury, UK ~ French superstar jockey Olivier Peslier took the Dubai International Arabian Races at Newbury on Sunday, 29th July by storm with a fabulous 115-1 four-timer, including the three Group 1 PA prizes. The 45-year-old veteran lit up a grey and rainy day at the Berkshire track with a riding masterclass…
Arabian Racing moves to Goodwood30 July 2018, UK ~ The Goodwood Qatar International Stakes, a Group 1 PA one mile race to be run on 1 August 2018, promises a top quality renewal. The ten entrants together have been awarded wins in 11 Group One PA’s and 23 pattern races, and a few are standouts…
26 July 2018, Pisa, Italy ~ The Toscana Endurance Lifestyle FEI Meydan European Endurance Young Rider/Junior Championship was held on 27 July 2018, at Pisa San Rossore, Italy. All top three competitors arrived within 6 seconds of each other. CH-EU-YJ-E 120 km Continental/Regional Championships, Young Riders and Juniors Costa Codina Raquel and Tunez Cost…
Sunday 29 July, Racing and Entertainment in Store26 July 2018, UK ~ The Dubai International Arabian Races promises spectacular entertainment both on and off the track when the world’s most prestigious day’s racing dedicated to Purebred Arabians returns to Newbury Racecourse under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum Deputy Ruler…
Group 1 Dubai World Cup boasts a $7.2 million purse to the winnerOn 30 March 2019, the Dubai World Cup meeting is set to enhance its status as the world’s richest day of horse racing. Total purses for the card, which will feature six Group 1 and three Group 2 fixtures, will increase from US…
Festival includes a CEI2* 120 km ride and a CEI1* 81 km ride24 July 2018, Italy ~ The His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Italy Endurance Festival will take place as part of the Toscana Endurance Lifestyle 2018, supported and sponsored by Meydan, at San Rossore Racecourse in Pisa, Italy, on 27 July…
Prix Burkeguy-Wathba Stallions Cup23 July 2018, La Teste de Buch, France ~ Al Shamoos pushed to the lead in a close finish in the Prix Burkeguy-Wathba Stallions Cup race for Purebred Arabians on Sunday, 22 July 2018, at the La Teste Buch racecourse in France. Jockey Delphine Santiago drove home the 4-year-old Al Shamos (No…
22 July 2018, Sacramento, California ~ Southerland under jockey Pedro Flores made a determined effort in the 6 Furlong Sacramento Arabian race for 3yrs+ on Saturday, 21 July 2018. The 7-year-old gelding by Aim South out of Novelynn by Patriot Missle jumped well, but the inside rail was soon crowded with traffic. Heading around the…
29 July 2018 is the flagship event at Newbury Racecourse, UKIn 2018, DIAR is renewing the Preparation Races for our flagship event at Newbury (UK) on 29th July. The horses that finish 1 st , 2 nd or 3 rd in a Preparation Race and win one of the bonus races at Newbury on 29th…
Endurance Nominated Entries for 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games 17 July 2018, UK ~ The British Equestrian Federation (BEF) confirmed the nominated combinations selected by EnduranceGB, which have been submitted to the FEI, for this year’s World Equestrian Games in Tryon, North Carolina (USA), 11-23 September 2018. The nominated combinations are (in alphabetical…
The first international gallop event for Pure Bred Arabian horses in the history of racing in Romania15 July 2018, Romania ~ Incredible success for the first international race-meeting in Romania. After a timid demonstration race of pure Arabians last fall, I convinced Lara Sawaya, director of the HH Sh Mansoor Festival, to support racing in…
13 July 2018, Lexington, Kentucky, USA ~ US Equestrian has announced four athlete-and-horse combinations for the U.S. Endurance Squad for the FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) Tryon 2018, which takes place 11-23 September 2018 in Mill Spring, North Carolina, USA. Following the 2016-2018 selection period, the US Equestrian Board of Directors approved the following combinations…
12 July 2018 – DIAR at Newbury, 29th July International Stakes ~ The last of the Dubai International Arabian Races prep races took place at Newbury Racecourse on Thursday, 12 July in the 29th July International Stakes with a 1mile 2f race for four-year-olds and upwards. This race concluded a tremendous campaign that beganin Italy…
Breeders’ Cup re-elects four board members, three new ones 11 July 2018, USA ~ Voting members of the Breeders’ Cup have re-elected four board members and selected three new board members, the Breeders’ Cup said Thursday. The re-elected directors were Barbara Banke, the owner of Stonestreet Stables; William S. Farish of his family’s Lane’s End…
9 July 2018, Duindigt, Holland ~ The final races of the 2018 Dubai International Arabian Races European series took place at Duindigt, Holland, on Sunday, 8 July 2018. Three Arabian races, including two Listed PA races, attracted a total of twenty-nine runners, trained in seven different countries: Holland, Belgium, France, Germany, Sweden, Great-Britain and Poland.…
Prix de Bournazel Wathba Stallions Cup at Pompadour, France 9 July 2018, Pompadour, France ~ Yaraa owned by Yas Horse Racing Management belonging to HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs won the Wathba Stallions Cup on Sunday, 8 July 2018 in Pompadour, France. Ridden by…
7 July 2018, Newbury, UK ~ It was 1-2-3 for the three year old fillies in the winner’s enclosure following the fiercely contested Dubai International Arabian Races at Newbury, UK, on 5 July 2018, for the 7 Furlong race entitled 29th July International Stakes. Video Even as debutantes Ensiab (Kerbella x Parsa) under Ellie Mackenzie…
Oak Tree At Pleasanton Arabian STAKES5 July 2018, Pleasanton, California ~ The Arabian Stake Race for 7 July 2018, has attracted seven top Arabians for the $12,000 purse. For Three-Year-Olds and up, the second race on the card is six furlongs and scheduled for 2:15pm (PST). PP Horse Stable A/S Med Jockey Wgt Trainer 1…
The flagship event is on 29 July at Newbury race course4 July 2018, France ~ The Dubai International Arabian Races (DIAR) sponsored three of the nine races at the La Teste de Buch race course in France on 3 July 2018. Al Ryma Monlau faced off in the first race of the day to win…
Ameer Al Arab became the first winner of an international Purebred Arabian race in Romania1 July 2018, Ploiești, Romania ~ Ameer Al Arab, the 5-year-old son of Nizam, under jockey Atanasov Valentin, won the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s Wathba Stallions Cup at the Hipodromul Ploiesti on…
Bucharest will stage the 2019 World Arabian Horse Racing Forum (WAHRF)30 June 2018, Ploiești, Romania ~ Romania is the latest country to play host to the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s Wathba Stallions Cup at the Hipodromul Ploiesti on Sunday, 1July 2018. Ploiești is a city and…
1 August is the first stage of the $1,000,000 Bonus Doha Triple Crown28 June, 2018 ~ The prestigious Qatar International Stakes (GR 1 PA) that will be run at the Qatar Goodwood Festival on Wednesday, 1 August 2018, promises an exciting renewal both in quality and quantity in terms of entries in the early closing…
DIAR International Day at Newbury 29 July28 June 2018, Newbury, UK ~ On 26 June 2018, Shomoos Athbah under Tadhg O’Shea took the lead in the last furlong to win the 29th July International Stakes at Newbury Racecourse, one of the DIAR Prep series races. In the select field of six fillies lined up for…
HH Sheikh Mansoor Festival’s Wathba Stallions Cup in Belgium26 June 2018, Ghlin, Belgium ~ Belgium’s Sara Vermeersch was again in the winning circle, this time on home turf in the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s Wathba Stallions Cup at the Hippodrome de Wallonie in Ghlin, Belgium, on…
Top 4-year-olds contend the Arabian Derby Group 1 at Chantilly 17 June 201819 June 2018, Chantilly Racecourse, Chantilly, France ~ Christophe Soumillon guided Rodess Du Loup to his first Group 1PA victory in the Qatar Derby for four-year-olds at Chantilly Race Course in France on 17 June 2018. Second in and trying to close on…
RB Wild Card (Akim Du Ducor x Abra Caadrabra by Burning Sand) won his first race on the Delaware Park track on 18 June 2018. He has now won 2 of 6 starts in 2018. Ridden to win by Antonio Quiles, trained by Wallace Nielson, owned by Rita Deleon. 6 furlongs - win time: 1:19:66
18 June 2018, Chepstow, UK ~ The opening race of the meeting at Chepstow on Friday, 15 June 2018, saw Medhaaf Athba win the handicap race for four-year olds and up. This was the second of the UK Dubai International Preparation Race Series that leads to the Rotana Hotels and Resorts Premier Handicap Stakes for…
18 June 2018, Pleasanton, California ~ As Arabians once again take center stage in California racing, Sand Victor showed his talent by winning the first Arabian race of the season at Oak Tree at Pleasanton, California on Sunday, 17 June, 2018. In a race for 3 yr-olds and up of five furlongs, Sand Victor (Burning…
Arabian Allowance attracts seven runners15 June 2018, Pleasanton, California ~ The California Racing Fair Circuit is now open at Oak Tree at Pleasanton, California, and the first Arabian race will be held on Sunday, 17 June 2018, at the Alameda County Fairgrounds, Pleasanton, California, USA Sponsored by the Diablo Valley Arabian Association, the Arabian race…
Bro Park Racecourse, Stockholm, Sweden will host three DIAR races on 18 June 14 June 2018, Newbury, UK ~ A field of eight took their place on 14 July 2018, for the DIAR at Newbury, 29th July International Stakes, a prep race for Dubai International Race Day. The first UK leg, a 6 furlong race,…