Sunday November 17, 2013, Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club ~ One constant so far this season has been Champion Trainer Ernst Oertel claiming at least one winner at every meeting he has saddled runners and he maintained that record at Abu Dhabi this evening with a double ridden by Champion Jockey, Tadhg O’Shea. Pride of place undoubtedly…
Al Bloushi wins FEI Wathba Endurance Challenge astride Devlin Park Picasso
November 16, 2013, Abu Dhabi ~ Rashid Ahmed Al Bloushi, astride Devlin Park Picasso, landed the 120km FEI Wathba Endurance Challenge for the Union Stables which have been established under the directives of HH Sheikh Manoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs. Sheikh Rashid bin Dalmook Jumaa Al Maktoum…
O’Shea Hits Triple Form at Sharjah
Saturday November 16, 2013, Sharjha, UAE ~ Champion Jockey Tadhg O’Shea was the man to follow at Sharjah’s third meeting of the season on Saturday afternoon, winning half of the six races. He and Champion Trainer, Ernst Oertel, maintaining his own good form, made a victorious start to proceedings, combining with Fatat Al Arab in the…
Al Jaber claims the Wathba Stud Cup Endurance Ride
November 15, 2013, Abu Dhabi ~ UAE top rider Ahmed Mohammed Al Jaber partnered Omani Quandra to glory in the opening Wathba Stud Cup for Private Owners, a CEN 100km Wathba Challenge Endurance Ride at the Emirates International Village on Friday. The winner covered the distance in three hours, 35 minutes and 49 seconds at…
Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club Highlights wins by La Hoor and Harran
November 14, 2013, Doha ~ Qatar Racing & Equestrian Club runs Barzan Cup & Qatar Guineas Day La Hoor (Burning Sand x Pettra), owned and trained by Hassan Ali Hassan Al Matwi with Marvin Suerland up took command of the race and once the handsome black bay colt shifted into gear on the backstretch there was…
FEI Strategic Planning Committee on Endurance Racing States Objectives
November 14, 2013, SUI ~ FEI Endurance Committee to present information at the FEI General Assembly in Montreux (SUI) starting November 7. The FEI Strategy Committee on Endurance Racing has been established to formulate initiatives to reduce instances of horse injury and doping within the discipline of endurance racing. In the document for the Committee’s agenda, some of…
Omani Salima Al Taleei takes Championship in Abu Dhabi final
November 12, 2013, Abu Dhabi Press Release ~ Top Omani professional lady jockey Salima Al Taleei brought Kareem W’Rsan home to become the new lady champion jockey of the world in the final of the HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship (IFAHR) at the Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club here on Sunday night. “It’s unbelievable,” said an…
Abu Dhabi Season Launches Sunday With Dh150,000 HH Sheikh Zayed Cup
November 9, 2013, Abu Dhabi ~ Sunday November 10 Features Sheikha Fatima Ladies World Championship Abu Dhabi’s opening meeting of the season offers something for everyone on Sunday November 10 with the Dh150,000 ($41,000) HH Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup as well as the HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak EARS apprentice race and…
EARS Conference Aims to Strengthen Education for Jockeys and Racing Industry
November 9, 2013, Abu Dhabi ~ Following a welcome by Mubarak Al Muhairi, Director general Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority and Susanna Santesson, President, EARS – European Association of Racing Schools, the opening session of the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak EARS Conference for Training and Education began a two- day session at the…
Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club Race Card November 10
November 7, 2013, Abu Dhabi ~ Sunday’s six races have been drawn…and include the four races of the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nayhan Festival: the Wathba Stud Farm Cup the Racecourse, Newbury (For Local Owners), the Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup, HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak EARS Apprentice Jockey Race, and…
Abu Dhabi Gears up For Top Notch Arabian racing Sunday
November 7, 2013, Abu Dhabi ~ At a press conference under the headline, “One World, 5 Continents” held at the Mangrove Hotel Jannah, the details were revealed of Sunday’s racing (November 10) and Championships at the Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club. Top on the list will be the HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship IFAHR,…
HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship IFAHR final in Abu Dhabi
November 6, 2013 , Abu Dhabi ~ Top international lady jockeys from around the globe launch their claims in the final leg of the HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship (IFAHR) as Abu Dhabi new season races get underway at the Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club on Sunday evening November 10. The opening event of…
Britain Withdraws From FEI WORLD EQUESTRIAN GAMES™ 2018 Bid Process
November 1,2013, FEI news ~ The British Equestrian Federation (BEF) has confirmed to the FEI that it is withdrawing from the bid process for the FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2018 and will not now be putting in a formal bid. The FEI had received four formal Expressions of Interest by the 30 September deadline, one from…
Senna OA wins Wathba Stud Farm Cup V in The Netherlands
November 4, 2013, Netherlands ~ The Daniel Klomp-trained Senna OA won the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s Wathba Stud Farm Cup V held in Duindigt, The Netherlands on Sunday, November 3, 2013. Ridden by Roy van Eck, Senna OA (Marwan x Saffiah) finished ahead of Pandora under Angelina Batist…
Notes from the rail – the Breeders’ Cup
Notes from the rail – November 3, 2013 The Breeders’ Cup has been referred to as “the World Series of Racing”, and the “Super Bowl of Horseflesh”. It is true that if you want to see everyone you have ever met in racing, it’s a good chance they will be at the Breeders’ Cup with…
HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship Jockeys to Compete
November 10, 2013, Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club 20:30 h HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship IFAHR Australia, Austria, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Korea, Netherlands, Oman, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland, and USA will be represented by winning jockeys at end of year Ladies World Championship IFAHR finals in Abu Dhabi. Jockey Profiles: [gview file=”https://horsereporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/ladiesabu_dhabi_sheet_small.pdf”…
Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club to hold opening races November 10
November 1o, 2013 Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club – Entries in Apprentice Jockey race 18.30 h HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak EARS Apprentice Race Fifteen jockeys, thirteen countries represented – Jockey profiles: [gview file=”https://horsereporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Apprentice_Jockey_sheet_small.pdf” save=”1″]
HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak EARS Conference Agenda
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So Big Is Better has the Best Ever Day at Breeders’ Cup Grade 1
Photos and Text: Pamela Burton November 1, 2013, California ~ Owner Mark Powell could only say “Yes!” repeatedly and with great emphasis after his win with So Big is Better at the President of the United Arab Emirates Arabian Stakes Invitational, the last race of the day on the first day of the Breeders’ Cup weekend at…
UAE President’s Cup Gr 1 Invitee list for Santa Anita November 1
October 23, 2013, California ~ The $150,000 prize money, UAE President’s Cup Gr 1 stakes, will be run for the first time on the undercard of the 30th Breeders’ Cup World Championships on November 1 at Santa Anita Park in California. According to Kathy Smoke, USA Arabian Jockey Club President, 13 invitations were extended for…
One World, Five Continents
Athlete del Sol Shines as Sheikh Zayed Cup returns to Baden Baden
October 21, 2013, Baden Baden, Germany ~ Athlete del Sol got off the mark as the six-year-old son of Dormane (x La Volee) held on strongly to land the Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup Gr2 at the Baden Baden Racecourse, Sunday, October 20. Trained in Netherlands by Karine van den Bos and ridden…
Arqana October Arabian Sale at Saint Cloud France – in photos
Top class field for Wathba Stud Farm Cup in Belgium
October 13, 2013, Belgium ~ The Arabian Horse Racing Club of Belgium (AHRCB) has declared 14 runners to battle it to the wire in the Euro 5,000 Wathba Stud Farm Cup race to be held at the Ghlin Racecourse, Belgium, on October 14. The lightly raced Madji, trained by Mrs. Regine Weissmeier looks good to…
FEI holds Second Endurance Strategic Planning Group in October
October 10, 2013, Lausanne ~ The FEI Endurance Strategic Planning Group (ESPG) held its second meeting in early October continuing the process of strategic planning to meet the needs of the FEI’s second biggest discipline and address the challenges for an ongoing clean and responsible sport. The Group, chaired by Andrew Finding, CEO of the…
UAE’s Al Ain racecourse now debuts January 31, 2014
October 12, 2013, Dubai ~ Al Ain’s Al Nakheel race track, which is set to become the fifth racecourse in the UAE during the 2013-2014 UAE racing season, will host its much-anticipated first race meeting next year, according to a revised schedule announced by the Emirates Racing Authority (ERA) on Tuesday. The new track at…
NC Casey Jones wins Fresno Wathba Stud Farm Cup
October 10, California ~ NC CASEY JONES ridden by Chris Russell make a steady run at the leaders and pulled away to win by 1 1/2 lengths in the second race at the California Big Fresno Fair Race Meet on October 5. NC Casey Jones ( Makzan x Shes The Most) ran his first race…
UAE Starts Racing Season November 1
October 10, 2013, Abu Dhabi ~ The dates for the UAE’s 2013-2014 racing season have been approved by His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister of the UAE, Minister of Presidential Affairs and Chairman of the Emirates Racing Authority (ERA). The new season’s inaugural day of racing will be held at…
Sawaya Elected IFAHR Ladies Racing chairman
October 9, 2013, Paris ~ Lara Sawaya, director of the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival, has been elected chairman of the Ladies Racing at the International Federation of the Arabian Horse Racing Authority (IFAHR), it was announced during the general meeting of the world Arabian racing body…
Mushrae Tops Quality Field at Qatar Arabian World Cup
Sunday 6th October, Paris ~ Qatar Arabian World Cup Sponsored by Qatar Pretroleum International In a race led by Boum de Ghazal up until the start of the home straight, Mushrae was biding his time in the middle of the pack, then broke away in the false home straight and slipped onto the trail of…
USA Completions at Pan Am Endurance Championship Uruguay
October 6, 2013 ~ 2013 Pan American Endurance Championship Junior/Young Rider & Seniors September 27, 2013 Trinidad, Uruguay by EMMETT ROSS, Chef d’ Equipe A trio of our committed up-and-coming international endurance riders, including two young riders, McCamey Kimbler and Mallory Capps, and one senior rider, Mae Chase-Dunn, made a huge commitment with family support to…
Top Cards 92nd Qatar Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe weekend
October 5, 2013, Paris ~This weekend, October 5, 6, 2013, is the 92nd running of the Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe and the weekend promises a tremendous line-up of racing. Held at Longchamps race course outside of Paris, the Prix is the the richest turf race in the world and and many of racing’s principal…
Top Price of €240,000 Paid for No Problem Al Maury
October 3, 2013, Saint Cloud, France ~PURE BRED ARABIAN SALE The Purebred Arabian Sale is the first rendezvous of the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe weekend, which is the stage for the most prestigious races dedicated to both thoroughbred and pure bred Arabians. The 2013 edition of the sale posted a turnover of €1,535,000 (including private…