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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
Trainer Torrez Gets 1,2,3 June 2018, Delaware Park, USA ~ Trainer Erenesto Torrez had the 1,2, 3 for the Arabian Maiden Special, also an Arabian Racing Cup Breeder’s Bonus race, on 13 June, 2018, at Delaware Park, USA. Burn Em Joey (Burning Sand x Triumphs Silkie) under Carol Cedeno broke well and took the lead…
Arabian Racing Cup Breeder’s Bonus race awards $500 for 1, 2 & 3 finishFortaissa (TH Richie x Shippey Lane by Haffir El Rimel) won the Arabian Maiden at Delaware Park on 9 June 2018, also an Arabian Racing Cup Breeder’s Award race. Owner/breeders Dennis & Paulette Hughes will receive the $500 ARC Breeder’s Bonus. ARC…
Fresh entries for ARO’s trip to the midlands on Sunday, 10 June, 20181 June 2018, UK ~ Wolverhampton fields are ready for the 10 June 2018 race, with uniquely named races among the seven and some top runners in the fourth full-Arabian fixture, kindly sponsored by the Royal Cavalry of Oman. In a touching…
4 June 2018, USA ~ The start of racing at Delaware Park at the end of May brought two quick wins for Cre Run Farm. FiftyShadess of Bay 2013 (Dahess x DonnatellAA by Genuine Monarch) with Keiber Coa in the saddle finished a length ahead of Miss Paradise under Robert Paz followed by third in…
4 June 2018, Sao Paulo, Brazil ~ Zells Zenyatta stayed true to the favorite’s tag in winning the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s Grande Premio Wathba Stallions (Group 3) in the Year of Zayed race in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The imported Zells Zenyatta, trained by AGS Correa…
The first feeding came as morning touched the river 2 June 2018, Montauban, France ~ Haras Du Domaine De Monlau was begun in 1989 near Montauban, France, by Robert and Marie-Ange Bourdette. Escaping from the city life of Paris, they found the ideal horse farm property in this corner of southwest France dominated by an…
2 June, Toulouse, France ~ Toulouse, France again had top racing on Friday, 1 June 2018, where Deryan in the able hands of Alexandre Gavilan, tasted success in the Prix Norniz, a 1600 metre race for maidens. Deryan, a three-year-old colt by Mahabb out of Haboob, made it a sweet victory for HH Sheikh Mansoor’s…
Arabians can excel in many disciplines31 May 2018, Canada ~ *Empres++++// has been immortalized as a Breyer Model released this month, and he’s been invited as a guest horse to BreyerFest in July, 2018. A HARC nominated stallion, Empress was born in 1995 at Michalow State Stud in Poland. After racing in Poland as a…
The farm was pulsing with activity28 May 2018, Haras De Thouars, France ~ Recently we had the opportunity to visit one of the premier Arabian stud farms in France, the Haras de Thouars. Located north of Agen, about 115 kilometers north from Toulouse in the south of France, the Haras claims 130 hectares (321+ acres)…
Philip Collington lifts the Royal Cavalry of Oman Group 3 ARO Cup for second time 29 May 2018, Royal Windsor Racecourse, UK ~ The first Pattern race of the UK Arabian racing season, the Royal Cavalry of Oman ARO Cup Group 3 PA run over a mile, delivered a high quality field of nine Arabians…
Group 3 Arabian race on Monday, 28 May 201825 May 2018, Royal Windsor Racecourse ~ The first Pattern race of the UK Arabian racing season, the Royal Cavalry of Oman ARO Cup Group 3 PA run over a mile will deliver a quality field of 10 Arabians for the first race at Royal Windsor Racecourse…
Arabian Racing at Chepstow Racecourse on Sunday 27th May 201825 May 2018, UK ~ Entries look good for the first full meeting to be hosted by the Royal Cavalry, the Sultanate of Oman at Chepstow Racecourse on Sunday, 27 May 2018, run under the UK’s Arabian Racing Organisation (ARO) banner. Declared runners: [pdf-embedder url=”https://horsereporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ChepstowEntries-2105.pdf”] Racehorse…
23 May 2018, Hippodrome de Waregem, Belgium ~ In the Emirates Breeders Cup run on 20 May 2018, it was Jamas D.A. that won over the field of seven runners in the 1600 meter race. Bred in Belgian by Johan Verstrepen, Jamas D.A. (AF Albahar x Toyah D.A. by Altis del Sol) is owned by…
World Arabian Horse Racing Forum to be held in Romania in 201914 May 2018, Madrid, Spain ~ The Romanian capital of Bucharest was named as host for the 2019 edition of the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s World Arabian Horse Racing Forum (WAHRF). This was announced at…
13 May Headlines Arabians at Taunton12 May 2018, United Kingdom ~ Arabian racing returns to Taunton Racecourse for their second meeting of the Arabian Racing Organisation (ARO) season. While many people will think of Taunton as a jumps track, ARO will be racing on the flat over a six race card that features races from…
The Royal Calvary of Oman sponsors the Group 3 ARO Cup on Monday, 28 May11 May 2018, UK ~ The first Pattern race of the UK Arabian racing season, the ARO Cup Group 3 PA will take place at Royal Windsor Racecourse on Monday 28 May 2018. The prestigious £15,000 race, the first of nine…
Spain’s race course hosts first Arabian race6 May 2018, Madrid, Spain ~ While there were several other top races in the world on the same day, it was a memorable one for the UAE in the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival events, both on the endurance circuit…
4 May 2018, Sevilla, Spain ~ The action on the fourth day of the 9th edition of the World Arabian Horse Racing Forum will shift to racing in Sevilla and separately, the endurance circuit for the Year Of Zayed Race Day Program in Madrid. On Saturday, May 5 the Festival will be staging the Year Of…
Race meeting in Sevilla on Saturday, 5 May 4 May 2018, Madrid, Spain ~ Organized by the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival, the Forum witnessed panel debates on three additional subjects on Thursday, 3 May 2018, and then joined together in a grand dinner at the Castillo de…