4 November 2017, Abu Dhabi ~ The 1600m Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup Prep race was the highlight of a six race card at the Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club’s first meeting of the season on Saturday evening. The contest was dominated by horses trained by Eric Lemartinel for HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed…
World Equestrian Events
TH Richie Awarded AJC Racing Hall of Fame Award 2017
The Arabian Jockey Club honors TH RichieRacing Hall of Fame Award given to: “The HORSE shall have made a significant contribution to Arabian racing in the United States through the horses own performance and the performance of its progeny”. Requirements: Mares will have had to race for 3 years with at least 3 Stakes wins,…
Cheik Roque Will Compete at Abu Dhabi Jewel Crown
31 October 2017, UK ~ Cheik Roque, trained by Phil Collington in Newmarket, UK, for Athbah Stud, will head to the HH Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Jewel Crown (Gr1 PA). With a prize fund of €1.2 million Euros, it is the world’s richest Arabian horse race and will be run on Friday, 10…
Belgium Championships Celebrate Wins by Storm Troupour and Pamills Lipse
1 November 2017 ~ The Arabian Horse Racing Club of Belgium (AHRCB) celebrated it’s closing race on 30 October 2017, at the Hippodrome de Wallonie-Ghlin and saw the US-bred Storm Troupour emerge triumphant over the 11 starters, while Pamills Lipse gained Sweden’s win in the HARC Championship. The AHRCB horses came from five countries (England, Germany,…
Wibwilcca Receives Arabian Jockey Club Hall of Fame Award 2017
AJC Racing Hall of FameIMG_2468 from Pamela Burton on Vimeo.
Michelle Morgan, Arabian Racing Cup Chief Steward, presents the Hall of Fame Award to Jon & Krista Henningsgard, owners of Polish mare Wibwilcca (Wilkolak x Wibracja by Elef – 1994)
AJC Racing Hall of Fame Award at Lonestar Park, Texas on 27 October 2017.
Kathy Smoke Awarded Arabian Jockey Club Tent of Honor 2017
2017 Arabian Jockey Club Tent of Honor AwardsThe Arabian Jockey Club’s Racing Tent of Honor Award-2017 “The PERSON nominated shall meet the criteria of length of service to the breed, courage to do what is best for the horse, be above reproach, devote to the horse and community and provide service in the areas of leadership,…
Royal Polo Club Kicks off Season at Ghantoot Racing & Polo Club
Pink Polo launches exciting 2017-2018 season at the Royal Polo Club with free entry on 3 November 31 October 2017, UAE ~ Polo enthusiasts will once again be treated to the very best sporting action at Ghantoot Racing & Polo Club on 3 November 2017. Now in its eighth year, the highlight of the Pink…
The UK Arab Horse Society Honors Sambist as Leading Racing Sire
Sambist Wins Leading Sire trophy for the 12th time29 October 2017, UK ~ Each year the Arab Horse Society (AHS) honors the Leading Race Horse and the Leading Premium Racing Sire. Anne Brown writes: “I am thrilled that my stallion Sambist (deceased in 2014) has won the 2017 Leading Sire trophy for the 12th time. The…
Uptown Sandy Girl Wins Filly’s Texas Lone Star Stakes
Jon R. Henningsgard’s Uptown Sandy Girl led to the wire28 October 2017, GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas – Jon R. Henningsgard’s Uptown Sandy Girl gave no quarter in the filly division of the $20,000 Texas Lone Star Juvenile Stakes on Friday night, 27 October 2017, at Lone Star Park. Trained by Ken Danyluk and ridden by Francisco…
Belgian Arabian Racing Entices Entries From Iran, Sweden, Romania, Russia
HARC race broadcast live on Equidia25 October 2017, Belgium ~ The Hippodrome Wallonie at Ghlin will be the location for two great Arabian races on 30 October, 2017. The Arabian Horse Racing Club of Belgium (AHRCB) Closing race has 11 starters in a race over 1500m for the prize money of €10,000, and an equal…
Algeria’s Apprentice Abdelkader Boulosba Qualifies for Final
Germany’s Melina Ehm became the first woman jockey to race in Algiers18 October 2017, Algiers, Algeria ~ Algeria’s Abdelkader Boulosba became the final Apprentice jockey to qualify for this year’s HH Sheikha Fatima Apprentice World Apprentice Championship (IFAHR) series final which will be held in Abu Dhabi on 10 November 2017. In Monday’s leg of…
HARC in Profile Features Teresa Gavin
L.B Farrah is currently UK HARC Champion mare17 October 2017, UK ~ The Heritage Arabian Racing Club (HARC), now in it’s second year, has highlighted to the Arabian horse racing fraternity the ability of the pure Arabian racehorse to hold its own, and on occasion come home the winner against the bigger or faster specialist…
Apprentice Gutierrez Rides Kontrat de Ghazal to Victory at Tarbes
Spain’s Gutierrez on Kontrat De Ghazal wins in photo-finish15 October 2017, Pau, France ~ Spanish apprentice Alejandra Gutierrez rode to win this 1500 meter race on Kontrat De Ghazal (Dormane x Kaoe de Ghazal), a four-yr-old trained by D. Guillemin and owned by the Haras de Ghazal Earl D’Al Pices from Negrepelisse, France. Gutierrez spent…
French Success for Endurance in Capitals Challenge In Fontainbleau, France
HH Sheikh Mansoor Festival Sponsors Endurance in Capitals Challenge outside of Paris 16 October 2017, Paris, France ~ Arthur Desprez riding 8-year-old Verseau D’Aurabelle led a clean sweep of the French riders in the CEI Two-star 120-km HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Cup held on Saturday, 14 October 2017 in the forest of Fontainebleau…
Karin Van den Bos Saddles Winner for HH Sheikh Mansoor
16 October 2017, Duindigt, The Netherlands ~ Loid Bekaert, the 16-year-old Apprentice jockey from Belgium, already booked for a berth in the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Apprentice World Championship final after winning in Berlin in July, scored a win in the Festival’s Wathba Stallions Cup at Duindigt on Sunday, 15 October 2017. One of…
Third Try the Charm for Gazwan in Qatar Arabian World Cup 2017
HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Thani’s Gazwan Wins in QAWC 11 October 2017, USA ~ HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Thani’s Gazwan (Amer), guided by jockey, Maxime Guyon, brought home the 2017 edition of the Qatar Arabian World Cup (Gr1), hoping to follow the path of the great Al Mourtajez (Dahess), twice winner…
European HARC Championship Runs Nations Cup on 30 October
10 October 2017, Belgium ~ The Heritage Arabian Racing Club (HARC) has announced the forthcoming European HARC Championship taking place in Ghlin, Belgium, on 30 October 2017. Run for the second year, this popular Championship will have entries from Russia, Romania, Italy, Great Britain, Sweden and for the first time, Iran, totaling 12 runners to…
Delaware Park Arabian Racing News USA
8 October 2017, Delaware Park ~ On 5 October 2017,Thess Is Awesome with Scott Spieth guiding, owned the 1 1/16 mile race, finishing almost 2 lengths ahead of Mystical MHF, with Kao Maloan SWA in 3rd. Final time was 1:56.8 in a field of seven for three-year-olds + on dirt. Two days later, on 7…
Morocco Embraces Boudheib Initiative Endurance
7 October 2017, Ifrane, Morocco ~ Morocco was the latest country to take advantage of the inspiration of the International Boudheib Initiative for an FEI endurance event in the Atlas mountains of Morocco. The weekend of 6 -7 October 2017 saw the latest International Boudheib Initiative (BI) -sponsored endurance event take place in the cedar…
Storm Troupour Ends Macallan’s Run at Jagersro Sprint
Wathba Stallions Sprint Cup (Group 3) in Malmo, Sweden8 October 2017, Malmo, Sweden ~ The HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s Wathba Stallions Sprint Cup, the last of the five races of the Festival in Scandinavia, was run on Thursday, 5 October 2017, at the Jagersro Racecourse near…
Michael Roberts Tastes Success With Help of ARO UK
4 September 2017, UK ~ Following the final fixture of the 2017 UK season, the Arabian Racing Organisation (ARO) offers their warmest congratulations to ARO Judge, Michael Roberts, on taking up his appointment as a Judge for the British Horseracing Authority. Roberts started his career with ARO three seasons ago, initially in a support capacity,…
On to New York
4 September 2017, USA Labor Day – Steve & I were staying in New York City, the real New York, as some say. We were guests of the HH Sheikh Mansoor Festival at the St. Regis hotel. We enjoyed the many subtle amenities, including our own pot of coffee in the morning in this most…
UAE’s Faisal Al-Rahmani Elected IFAHR Chairman in Paris
30 September 2017, Paris, France ~ The UAE nominee Faisal Al-Rahmani has unanimously won the chairmanship of the International Federation of Arabian Horse Racing Authorities, IFAHR, during the General Assembly elections held in Paris on Saturday, 30 September 2017. Faisal Al-Rahmani, a passionate owner-breeder of Purebred Arabian horses, replaces Qatari Sami Jassim Al Boenain as…
LB Farrah Claims Second HARC Championship at Huntingdon
HARC Championship caps successful season finale at Huntingdon, UK 27 September 2017, Huntingdon race course, UK ~ The UK Arabian racing Season Finale saw LB Farrah and Teresa Gavin claim their second Heritage Arabian Racing Club (HARC) UK Championship on 23 September 2017, with a run over two miles in the HARC Handicap Conditions race…
Shahm wins Prix Nedjari-Wathba Stallions Cup
Mahabb son scores another success for HH Sheikh Mansoor in France26 September 2017, Bordeaux, France ~ Shahm, owned by Yas Horse Racing Management, the racing arm of HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, won the Prix Nedjari-Wathba Stallions Cup at the Bordeaux-Le Bouscat in France on Tuesday, 26 September 2017. The 4-year-old Mahabb son…
Women of the Future Sport Award Sponsored by HH Sheikh Mansoor Festival
Jockey Fuller among five shortlisted26 September 2017, London, UK ~ Briton’s Amateur Flat and National Hunt jockey, Page Fuller, 22, has been shortlisted to receive the coveted Women of the Future Sport Award sponsored by the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival. Nominated to receive the award in…
Ricardo Chiappe Takes Last Call MHF and RB Kindle to Delaware Wins
Last Call MHF (Kaolino x Always and Forever) took her second win of the season with Ricardo Chiappe in the saddle in the Delaware Allowance for three-year-olds + on 23 September 2017. Miss Paradise under Eddie Zambrana kept pace with the five-yr-old Kaolino filly but was beaten by a nose at the finish. Risky Red…
UAE Takes Gold in Verona FEI Young Riders and Juniors Championship
UAE Silver, Spain Bronze24 September 2017, Verona, Italy ~ UAE’s teenage Saeed Al Muhairi aboard 8-year-old Rabdan was crowned world champion at the FEI Meydan World Endurance Championships for Young Riders and Juniors 2017, a 120 km ride held at the scenic Parco Giardino Sigurtà in Verona, Italy, on 23 September 2017. UAE rider Ghanim…
Ebraz Wins Qatar Prix Dragon at Chantilly
Preparing for the Qatar Arabian World Cup 1 October20 September 2017, Chantilly, France ~ Ebraz under jockey Cristian Demuro won the run-up race to the Qatar Arabian World Cup, the Qatar Arc Trial 17, (Qatar Cup – Prix Dragon) by over 5 lengths at the Chantilly racecourse in France on 10 September 2017. The 2000…
Nafee Dominates in President of the UAE Cup at St Leger Day
President of the UAE Cup (UK Arabian Derby) Group 1 PA at Doncaster18 September 2017, UK ~ The Royal Cavalry of Oman’s homebred colt, Nafees, dominated the final stages of the Group 1 President of the UAE Cup (UK Arabian Derby) run at Doncaster on 16 September 2017. Drawing clear in the hands of Tadhg…
Hat-Trick for Collington at UK Wathba Stallions Fixture
Chelmsford City has full card of 7 final Wathba Stallions Stakes18 September 2017, UK ~ Trainer Philip Collington recorded his first hat-trick of the 2017 season with wins for Alwaleed, Saleemah and Hau Kola at the final Wathba Stallions sponsored UK fixture at Chelmsford City on Saturday, 16 September 2017. Also recording a treble was…
Djehlbi Wins Wathba Stallions Cup in Warwick, Australia
18 September 2017, Warwick, Queensland ~ Djehlbi, one of Australia’s top Purebred Arabian horses, once again showed his mettle when he made a winning comeback in the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s Wathba Stallions Cup at the Warwick race track in Queensland on the Saturday, 16 September…
Ajman Ruler, Cabinet Minister Visit HH Sheikh Mansoor Pavillion at ADIHEX
15 September 2017, Abu Dhabi, UAE ~ The 15th edition of the Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition *ADIHEX welcomed His Highness Sheikh Humaid Bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Supreme Council member of the UAE and Ruler of Ajman, and Dr. Thani Bin Ahmed Al-Zeyoudi, UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment. The two visited…