The Qatar Arabian World Cup was first run in 2008 and is the Purebred Arabian equivalent of the Thoroughbred Arc de Triomphe race at Parislongchamp on 6 October 2019. The use of World Cup in the title is very appropriate as it has attracted runners from all over the world. The top races for the…
4 October 2019, Paris, France ~ The Saint Cloud race course was the site of two of the exciting races that take place as part of the Arc de Triomphe weekend. Qatar Trophy Des Poulains Gr 1 PA The 4 October, 2000 metre Qatar Trophy Des Poulains Gr 1 PA (males) was handily won by…
3 October 2019, Paris, France ~ The Qatar Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe weekend is in full swing as the excitement will move from the Saint Cloud venue on 3 and 4 October to the ParisLongchamp race course. The second on the 9 race card at Parislongchamp on Saturday, 5 October, is the Qatar Arabian…
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…
President of the UAE Cup (UK Arabian Derby) Group 1PA 14 September 2019, Doncaster, UK ~ Hayyan has now won the President of the UAE Cup, (UK Arabian Derby) at Doncaster on 14 September 2019, adding to his win at the Qatar Derby (French Derby) at Chantilly in June. Bred by HH Sheikh Mansoor bin…
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…
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…
It was Quick and Rich and Easter Man down the stretch3 September 2019, Delaware, USA ~ It was a duel to the finish in the Delaware Park Arabian Classic Gr 1 on Monday, 2 September 2019, at Delaware Park. Six horses went to the post for the One And One Fourth Miles On The Dirt…
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,…
Arabian Racing in italy
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
27 June 2019, UK ~ A high-class list of entries was released by the Arabian Racing Organisation (ARO) today for the Qatar International Stakes (Gr1PA) to be run as part of the Qatar Goodwood Festival on 31 July 2019. They include ten individual Group 1 PA winners, and topping the list are the last two…
QREC will continue to sponsor the Festival up to 2024It has been announced that the contract of Qatar’s, represented by the Qatar Racing & Equestrian Club (QREC), sponsorship of the Qatar Goodwood Festival has been renewed. The renewal of the sponsorship was announced during a meeting held between QREC Chairman HE Issa bin Mohammed Al-Mohannadi…
21 June 2019, Pleasanton, California~ They were not the only horses in the race, but the two friendly barn rivals, Sand Victor and Dream Pearl, met for their first joint race of the season at Pleasanton, California on 21 June 2019. With a good break Sand Victor under Hugo Herrera took control of the race…
Abel and Elisabeth Borg with Horsereporter.com. When Abel and Elisabeth (Sissy) married in 1985 they each brought to the family three teenagers swelling the family ranks to eight. There were an equal number to sit around the dinner table, 3 girls and 3 boys, the youngest 12 the oldest 15 1/2. Further binding factors were…
21 June 2019, Newbury, UK ~ The Arabian Racing Organisation (ARO) announced an increase in international numbers on 2018 figures for the four PA Group races at the Dubai International Arabian Races (DIAR) card, when the first entry stage passed on 18 June. The 2019 fixture will be run on Sunday, 28 July at Newbury…
8 June 2019, Lexington, Kentucky ~ Byerley Racing’s RB Texas Hold Em pulled off the 7-1 upset to win the $100,000 President of the UAE Cup (Grade I), a 1 1/16-mile event for Arabians at evening racing at Churchill Downs on Saturday, 15 June 2019. RB Texas Hold Em, a 4-year-old son of TM Fred…
17 June 2019, Ghlin, Belgium ~ The Emirates Breeders Program IV, a 1500m race, was run at Ghlin, Belgium, on 16 June 2019, and was handily won by Conchita D.A. A conflicting race in the Netherlands detained several of the original entries which turned this race into all Belgium runners and helped to foster the…
Al Sawadi Beach Maiden Stakes17 June 2019, Windsor, UK ~ Trainer Said Al Badi had a great day at Royal Windsor for the Royal Cavalry of Oman, taking home the 1,2,3 spots on 17 June 2019 at the Royal Windsor Maiden Stakes. It was well fought between the Omani entries but Zeman under Ellie Mackenzie…
Klinkenberg scores on El Zarka17 June 2019, Wassenaar, The Netherlands ~ On Sunday, 16 June 2019, El Zarka D.A won the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s Wathba Stallions Cup 1 race held at the Duindigt racecourse in The Netherlands. El Zarka D.A was driven to a smart…
9 June 2019, Chelmsford City, UK ~ It was a memorable day for Isaac Buncle who rode Mawarid to win the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s Wathba Stallions Cup race held at the Chelmsford City racecourse in the UK on Saturday, 8 June 2019. Mawarid chased the…
8 June 2019, Stockholm, Sweden ~ Al Mounteze Monlau under Elione Chaves won the Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Listed Cup while Ulrika Holmquist brought smiles to the large band of home fans at the Gardet Park in Stockholm winning the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship on Thursday, 6 June 2019.…
16 Nominated for Gr 1 race on 15 June 7 June 2019, USA ~ Sixteen have been nominated for the $100,000 Grade 1 UAE President Cup Race that will go off at Churchill Downs on 15 June 2019 at the Louisville, Kentucky, USA racetrack. Some of the top performing race Arabians in the US will…
6 June 2019, Delaware Park, USA ~ RB Rich Lyke Me under Carol Cedeno handily won the Delaware Park MAIDENS on 5 June 2019. Eight horses went to the post for the five and one half Furlongs dirt race but RB Rich Lyke Me (Majd Al Arab x Rich Frynd by TH Richie) was clear…
Hungarian apprentice rider Vivien Mocsinka wins HH Sheikha Fatima bin Mubarak Apprentice race4 June 2019, Waregem Hippodrome, Belgium ~ Seven apprentice riders from many points in Europe gathered in Waregem for the 2019 edition of the HH Sheikha Fatima bin Mubarak Apprentice World Championship (IFHRA) on 2 June. The race of 2120m was fought out…