18 September 2021, Wolverhampton, Uk ~ The Arabian Racing Organisation (ARO) welcomed AJS Hajaj into the winner’s enclosure at Wolverhampton with his win on 18 September 2021 providing his owner Mohammed bin Hamad Khalifa Al Attiyah with his first UK winner with an Arabian. The three-year-old colt was having only his second start and won…
9 September 2021, Dublin IRE ~ Most Irish racing enthusiasts’ eyes will be fixed on Leopardstown and the Curragh this weekend for the Irish Champions Weekend, but not all. The well-known Blackrock Racing Syndicate will have the first ever Irish owned runner in the UAE President’s Cup – UK Arabian Derby run at Doncaster, UK,…
9 September 2021, Doncaster, UK ~ The Arabian Racing Organisation (ARO) was delighted to receive nine declarations for the UAE President Cup (UK Arabian Derby) to be run at Doncaster on Saturday, 11 September 2021, as part of the Cazoo St Leger Festival. Despite the challenges of Covid19 and Brexit, the Doncaster event has attracted…
19 August 2021, UK ~ Shadwell Estates homebred filly Mazyoonah secured a second Wathba Stallions Cup of the season with win at Chepstow over a mile today. Trained by James Owen and ridden by Adam Farragher, the six-year-old mare finished half a length ahead of Awtaar, with Al-Tabari a further length and a quarter behind…
UAE PRESIDENT CUP (UK ARABIAN DERBY) at Doncaster on 11 September 202112 August 2021, UK ~ The Arabian Racing Organisation (ARO) has received fifteen entries for the UAE President Cup (UK Arabian Derby) to be run at Doncaster on St Leger Day on Saturday September 11th as part of the Cazoo St Leger Festival. The…
5 August 2021, USA ~ The Arabian Racing Association of California is back at Golden Gate Fields on 13 August with two Arabian Stakes Races. Located along the shoreline of San Francisco Bay, the one-mile (1,609 m) Tapeta synthetic track has provided the backdrop for a large share of the history of horse racing since…
Takes with him many wonderful memories after contract not renewed4 August 2021, From the National, ABU DHABI ~ Eric Lemartinel has said he leaves President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed’s Al Asayl Stables with many “great memories” after his contract was not renewed for the new season. Lemartinel saddled 185 winners for Al Asayl over six…
23 July 2021 ~ The Tevis Cup currently registers 140 riders ready to start. Any further entries/changes will need to be made at Robie Park on Friday. The ride is held in El Dorado and Placer County, California, starting at 5:15 a.m. at Robie Equestrian Park (39°14′20″N 120°10′39″W) near the town of Truckee, across the…
Can horses fly? Well yes, they can if they’re Olympic athletes!15 July 2021, Tokyo (JPN), And in a piece of history-making, 36 of them flew into Japan last night – the first full cargo load of horses ever to land in Haneda, the waterfront airport that serves the greater Tokyo area and which is now…
14 July 2021, UK ~ Sean Levey and Zayin Zyperion broke a three-year absence from the winners’ enclosure for owner-breeder Paul Simmons when they secured the Wathba Stallions Cup at Lingfield Park by a short head on 14 July 2021. One of five runners in the race for trainer Pete Hammersley, the six-year-old son of…
AA Rich Whiskey brings in the trophy for Race 1 of the 3 races in the California Wathba Stallions Cup Series12 July 2021, California, USA ~ The first of the three races in the series, run on Saturday, 10 July 2021, at the Pleasanton race track, saw six horses go to Post as favorite, Scorched,…
10 July 2021, Lausanne (SUI) ~ Before the action even begins, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are already unforgettable. Running a year later than scheduled and with multiple challenges along the way, the best of the best are now putting in their final preparations ahead of the Opening Ceremony on 23 July 2021. It has…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 6 July 2021, California ~ The Arabian Racing Association of California (ARAC) welcomes the return of the Wathba Stallions Cup Race Series The first of the three races in the series will be run on Saturday, 10 July 2021, and will see seven starters with top racing pedigrees line up for…
28 July Qatar Goodwood Festival5 July 2021, UK ~ The Arabian Racing Organisation will welcome the world’s best Arabians among the 21 horses entered in the Qatar International Stakes (Gr1PA), following the first entry stage which closed today, 5 July. The £400,000 mile contest is the most valuable race in UK Arabian racing and the…
The 2021 Arabian meet at Delaware Park is over2 July 2021, Delaware Park, USA ~ Horse racing is one of the world’s oldest and greatest sports and has provided many of us with some of our best lifetime memories. Arabian racing was established at Delaware Park in 1984 through the efforts of several passionate leaders…
1 July 2021, ARO Racing, UK ~ It was a case of youth over experience with a pair of three-year-old fillies from Shadwell Estates being the first two home in the Emirates Breeders International Sprint Stakes over six furlongs at Newbury this evening. Muneer, who had won on her debut in a Lingfield maiden,…
30 June 2021, UK ARO Racing ~ The veteran 2019 winner Kao Kat MHF returns to Newbury on Thursday 1st July to defend his excellent record in sprints at Newbury. One of 12 declared horses for the six-furlong Emirates Breeders International Sprint Stakes, stablemate Storm Troupour, who was second on that occasion, has also been…
Hollie Doyle partnered with the James Owen trained Farhaa 22 June 2021, Newbury, UK ~ It was a first win on an Arabian for Hollie Doyle, when she partnered the James Owen trained Farhaa to a near four length victory in thearabianracehorse.com International Conditions Stakes at Newbury this evening. It was a one-two-three for Shadwell…
IHWT to monitor all horses with EMR technology 9 June 2021, Kildare, Ireland ~ A new partnership has been created to help promote and innovate better equine welfare practices in Ireland. The Irish Horse Welfare Trust (IHWT), Ireland’s oldest and largest dedicated equine charity, has partnered with the revolutionary horse welfare technology business Kildare-based Equine…
Emirates Breeders Handicap Stakes 0-905 June 2021, ARO, Doncaster, UK ~ Jadaayil put the lack of a recent run well behind her when drawing two lengths clear of the field in the Emirates Breeders (0-90) Handicap Stakes (in association with ARO) at Doncaster ton 5 June 2021. Shadwell Estates had a strong hand going into…
“I’m in this sport now 11 years and this is my first World Championship and I’m so proud of it!”22 May 2021, Longines FEI Endurance World Championships 2021, Pisa, Italy ~ UAE riders claimed individual gold and silver at the Longines FEI Endurance World Championships 2021 in San Rossore, Pisa (ITA) today, 22 May. The…
In this time of ultra caution, a fever in one of the US horses was enough to force a withdrawal of all the team horses stabled together21 May 2021, Pisa, Italy ~ The United States of America has withdrawn its full team of horses from the FEI Endurance World Championship in Pisa (ITA) after one…
Quarantine requirements are lifted with immediate effect21 May 2021, BEF Advisory, UK ~ While there continue to be infrequent outbreaks of EHV-1 with both respiratory and neurological signs in Europe and the UK, British Equestrian’s Equine Infectious Disease Advisory Group (EIDAG) has concluded that the prevalence of EHV-associated disease has returned to its typical background…
Paddys Day has now won this race a total of three times in his career 18 May 2021, Aurora, CO., USA ~ The $100,000 UAE President Cup (G1) – America’s richest Arabian race of the year – rounded out a spectacular day of stakes racing on Pimlico’s Preakness Day card on Saturday, 15 May 2021,…
15 May 2021, Pimlico Race Track, USA ~ Paddys Day defended his title in the UAE President Cup Stakes Grade 1 at the Preakness at Pimlico, as the 10-year-old won this 1 1/16 mile, $100,000 race for the third time. Sporting the same number as his age and coming from the 10 position, Paddys Day settled…
Medina Spirit Cleared to run with Conditions14 May, 2021, USA – Wondering how to watch the second leg of the American Triple Crown? NBCSports.com. What is the Preakness Stakes? The Preakness Stakes is the second leg of the American Triple Crown of horse racing. Like the Kentucky Derby, it’s a Grade I Thoroughbred stakes races.…
2016 World Champion, Spain’s Jaume Punti Dachs, and his wife Maria Alvarez Ponton will ride on 22 May 202114 May 2021, The line-up for the Longines FEI Endurance World Championship in Pisa, Italy has been confirmed, with competitors from 32 countries and five continents ready to challenge for the 2021 individual and team world titles…
The Wathba Stallions Cup series promotes the breeders of Arabian racehorses 3 May 2021, UK ~ In a successful return to Turf, Bin Al Reeh won the Wathbastallions.com (0-70) Handicap at Bath in the second race of the new Arabian Racing Organisation (ARO) season. The Pete Hammersley trained seven-year-old had been campaigned entirely on the…
Shadwell takes home first three 28 April 2021, UK ~ On 28 April 2021, the British Arabian Racing Organisation (ARO) season got underway with a thrilling photo finish to the Wathba Stallions Cup Maiden Stakes at Wolverhampton. Stablemates Farasah and Aldaana were separated by just a head at the line with Alsimsaam six and a…
26 April 2021, UK ~ The Arabian Racing Organisation (ARO) welcomes the first of five Wathba Stallions Cup races which start the new season on Wednesday April 28th at Wolverhampton. The seven-furlong maiden race has attracted ten runners and is part of the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Racing Festival, a supporter of UK…
They will discuss benefits of sharing equestrian Information, schedules, travel regulations, quarantine measures, and more26 April 2021, Gulf Countries ~ The leaders of three major GCC horseracing jurisdictions are set to begin a dialogue aimed at the development of a coordinated regional racing offering. The racing clubs in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and…
USEF Competition COVID Protocols Update Apr 14, 2021, USA ~ US Equestrian is pleased to announce that beginning 3 May 2021, licensees of USEF competitions are permitted to welcome a limited number of spectators back to their competitions. Dr. Mark Hart, USEF Chief Medical Officer stated, “In the spirit of moving our sport forward and…