1 Octobre, Paris, France ~ A historic achievement! The 3-year-old French colt Ace Impact has become the first horse to complete the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (2400m), and the “new formula” Qatar Prix du Jockey-Club (won four months earlier). Ace Impact also maintained his unbeaten record. After being held up towards the rear,…
H.H. The Amir Sword won by 6-yr-old Abbes 18 February 2023, Al Rayyan Racecourse, Doha, Qatar ~ It was a sea of grey Arabians as the tide surged into the backstretch of the 2400m race with the group of Moshrif, Hoggar De L’Ardus and…
This is the third leg of the Purebred Arabian Triple Crown To be held on 18 February 2023 at Qatar Racing & Equestrian Club, Doha, Qatar HH THE AMIR SWORD (Gr1 PA) is the 8th and last race at 16:45pm (UTC/GMT+3hrs) Conditions: BY INVITATION ONLY For 4yo and up.
3 February 2023, Doha, Qatar ~ H.H. The Amir Sword Festival at Al Rayyan Racecourse, Doha, Qatar, has invited some of the top racing Arabians to compete in H.H. The Amir Sword Gr 1 on Saturday, 18 February. The highest rated in the group is the thrice winner in 2022 of $1,000,000 races, First Classs…
27 October, Al Rayyan Racecourse, Doha ~ Wathnan Racing winner Jabalah in the Umm Bab Cup The Wathnan Racing-owned Jabalah (Al Mamun Monlau x Kouthar) won large in the last race of the nine-race card when he landed the feature race, the Umm Bab Cup for trainer Alban de Mieulle with Soufiane Saadi in the…
2 October ParisLongchamp will feature the Qatar Arabian World Cup Gr 124 September 2022, Paris, France ~ The much anticipated QATAR ARABIAN WORLD CUP will be run as the third race on 2 October, 2022 at 15:25 at the famous ParisLongchamp racecourse, just before the Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe. Nineteen will line up…
Meydan will commence the 2022/2023 season on Friday, 4 November, with the first of 21 fixturesThe UAE’s flagship racecourse, 8 July 2022, UAE ~ Meydan, will commence its 2022/2023 season on Friday, 4 November with the first of 21 fixtures, Dubai Racing Cub has announced. $30.5million Dubai World Cup on Saturday, 25 March Events at…
Historic partnership renewed for 5 years France Galop and the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club (QREC) have confirmed an extension of their sponsorship agreement of the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe weekend that takes place each year around the first Sunday in October. The renewal of this important partnership for French racing covers a…
29 September 2021, Paris, France ~ Under the patronage of HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Qatar Racing & Racing Club (QREC)-sponsored 2021 edition of the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe is a historic one as it marks the 100th running of the world’s greatest horse race! This is an exceptional moment…
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…
3 October 2020, Qatar Arabian World Cup (Gr1PA) ~ 2000m ParisLongchamp, France 1. TAYF (FR) 2. Messi (BE) 3. Ebraz (GB) Dist: hd, 2 Time: 2.21.98
Exciting contenders in Qatar Arabian World Cup with EBRAZ seeking a repeat30 September 2020, Paris, France ~ Following the Qatar Goodwood Festival in late July and early August this year, and the Arc Trials and the Arc Trials at ParisLongchamp two weeks ago, the time has come for the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe…
Impact on Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe attendance24 September 2020, Pars, France ~ On 23 September, the French Government released a map that shows the different zones of the epidemic and announced that Paris and its immediate suburbs had been placed in the Reinforced Alert Zone (ZAR).According to Government announcements on Wednesday 23 September,…
30 July 2020, UK ~ For a fourth consecutive year, two of the world’s leading Arabian racehorses, Ebraz and Tayf, will go head to head in the Qatar International Stakes. They complete a field of nine declared runners for the £200,000 Group 1PA contest, to be run over a mile on 1 August, the final…
Prize fund of £200,000 down to sixth place24 June 2020, UK ~ The Arabian Racing Organisation (ARO) have confirmed that the Qatar International Stakes will go ahead as part of the Qatar Goodwood Festival 2020 on the rescheduled date of Saturday, 1 August. Held over a mile on the historic Sussex Downs, the Group 1…
22 February 2020, Doha, Qatar ~ HH The Amir Sword Festival 2020, the 32nd race meeting of the year at the Qatar Racing & Equestrian Club (QREC) at Al Rayyan is the most highly anticipated weekend of Doha’s race year. Saturday, 22 February’s eight races were topped with the $1M HH The Amir Sword, the…
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…
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…
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…
Arabian Racing Organization Awards Royal Cavalry of Oman for Outstanding Achievement in Arabian Racing 4 December 2017 ~ The Horserace Writers and Photographer’s Association (HWPA) Annual Derby Awards Luncheon on 4 December 2017, honoured the Royal Cavalry of Oman for their support and long-term commitment to Arabian racing with the Outstanding Achievement in Arabian Racing…
1 October 2017, Chantilly Race Course, France ~ Already race day in France and the €One Million Qatar Arabian World Cup is scheduled for 15:20, right before the €5 Million Prix De l’Arc De Triomphe for Thoroughbreds. Qatar Arabian World Cup Groupe 1 PA, 2,000 Metres running clock-wise (right). 4 years and up Horse, Age, (Sire),…
23 February, 2016, Doha, Qatar ~ The draw ceremony for the two big races of HH The Emir’s Sword Festival, HH The Emir’s Sword (GR1PA) and The Thoroughbred version, HH The Emir’s Trophy, was held on Wednesday, 22 February, at Doha’s St. Regis Hotel. With owners, trainers and other connections present, the ceremony was hosted…
2 February 2017, Doha, Qatar ~ On 2 February at the Qatar Racing & Equestrian Center, Julian Smart’s Gazwan (Amer x Arc De Ciel) stayed unbeaten in Qatar this season with a comfortable win in the 2000m run and in the process fired a warning shot to his rivals three weeks before HH The Emir’s…
Prestigious Thoroughbred Horse racing Leaders to Expand International Presence with Presenting Sponsor Titles at the 2017 Breeders’ Cup World Championships and The H.H Emir’s Sword Festival 25 January 2017, LONDON ~ Breeders’ Cup, one of Thoroughbred horse racing’s most prestigious international events, and Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club, announced a new partnership. The first of…
29 December 2016, Qatar Racing & Equestrian Club, Qatar Derby ~ Umm Qarn’s Tayf (Amer x Djelmila) had built his momentum with some credible performances in Europe and then landed a mile-long run last month on his return to Qatar. In the 2000m Qatar Derby (Gr2PA – 4 yo) Tayf pulled off a close victory…
Outstanding Achievement in Arabian Racing Award 5 December 2016, UK ~ HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum has been honored for his support and long term commitment to Arabian racing with the Outstanding Achievement in Arabian Racing Award at the Horserace Writers and Photographer’s Association Annual Derby Awards Luncheon. The event took place at…
30 July 2016, Goodwood, UK ~ Al Shaqab’s Al Mourtajez stamped his authority as the World’s Top Arabian with an imperious performance in the Qatar International Stakes (Group 1 PA) at Goodwood in the UK,on 30 July. Demolishing a high quality field under jockey Julien Augé, the 6-year-old outdistanced his competitors to win by eight…
27 February 2016, Doha, Qatar ~ The HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Thani-owned Gazwan won the Emir’s Sword, at $1M it is the richest Arabian race run in Qatar. Scoring his second victory in as many starts at the Saturday 27 February race, Gazwan (Amer x Arc De Ciel) was guided by top jockey Richard Mullen and…
21 May 2015, UK ~ A total of 60 nominations have been received for the £400,000 Group 1 Qatar International Stakes for Purebred Arabians, (formally listed as the Harwood International) the first leg of the inaugural Doha Triple Crown, which will be run on the final day of the Qatar Goodwood Festival on Saturday, 1…
23 April 2015, Qatar Racing & Equestrian Club, Doha ~ Making his 100th win for the season, jockey Harry Bentley took Roman Legend home to win the Al Gharafa Cup at the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club (QREC) on Thursday, 23 April. In one of the two Arabian races for the evening, the Hassan Ali Hassan…
Arabian Racing Organization has change in sponsor plans12 April, 2015, UK ~ The Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club (QREC) has recently undergone a change in senior personnel. Unfortunately the new management has decided to discontinue a proportion of their overseas sponsorship commitments. Regretfully, this includes all UK sponsorship, with the exception of the Group 1 at Goodwood…
1 April 2015, Doha, Qatar ~ H.H Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Thani’s Qassy (Mared Al Sahra x The Write Stuff) posted a thrilling victory over Shaklan in the Rodat Al Maida Cup, a Pure Arabian Conditions race run over 1800m, which featured the eight-event card at the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club on 1 April.…
26 March 2015, Doha, Qatar ~ H.H Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Thani’s Al Atique (Amer x Somra) posted a pillar to post victory in the Yousef Al Romaihi Cup, a Pure Arabian contest for four years old and older, run over 2400 metres, which featured the eight-event card at the Racing and Equestrian Club Thursday March…