World Equestrian Events

Breeders’ Cup Returns to Santa Anita In November 2016

Breeders Cup, The Thoroughbred Global Showdown, Renews Racing Deal 29 June 2016, LONDON ~ Breeders Cup Ltd has renewed its global rights deal with Henry Birtles Associates (HBA) up to and including 2018. Breeders’ Cup, Thoroughbred racing’s end-of-season global showdown, returns to Santa Anita in Arcadia, California, on 4 – 5 November 2016, where the…

Euston Park by Longines Qualifies Winners

27 June 2016, Euston Park, UK ~ Endurance riders from 12 nations set-off on the second of four Euston Park Endurance Rides on 19 July 2016 presented by Longines and supported by Emirates Airlines. Competitors from the United Arab Emirates were victorious in the three open classes over 160km, 120km, and 80km but the headline…

Ziyadd Wears European Triple Crown

Majeed wins Sheikh Zayed Cup27 June, 2016, Duindigt, The Netherlands ~ Qatar raider Majeed under Gaetan Faucon won the Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup (Group 3) race in a thrilling finish while Ziyadd, owned by HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, emerged as the new European Triple Crown winner. Sheikh Zayed Bin…

Colorado HARC Arabian Race a Parade of Firsts

26 June 2016, Aurora, Colorado, USA ~ Jockey Justine Klaiber scored her first-ever win in the first career victory for Junia (Saddle Cloth Number One) in the first-ever race in the Heritage Arabian Racing Club series in the United States at Arapahoe Park on Sunday, 26 June. “I didn’t want to stop riding, and when…

Jockey Cindy Klinkenberg has Always Loved Taking Chances

12 June 2016, USA ~ Cindy Klinkenberg, congratulations on your win in the HH Sheika Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies Championship (IFAHR) in Australia on Warrawee Naaziq. Can you tell the readers of Horsereporter what has shaped your riding career? CK: When I was a young girl, aged 10, I started riding in a riding school.…

An Uptown Peformance by Uptown Dannys Boy in Colorado

20 June, Aurora, Colorado – Uptown Dannys Boy is making his mark at Arapahoe Park. In his first start at the Colorado track on 22 May, the 4-year-old gray colt broke a 15-year-old track record for five furlongs. Then on Saturday, 18 June, the colt by Burning Sand prevailed in an exciting stretch duel in…

Longines FEI World Endurance Championships 2016 Allocated to Slovakia

The 2016 World Championships will run from 15-18 September15 June 2016, Switzerland ~ The Longines FEI World Endurance Championships 2016 will be held in Samorin (SVK) following a decision at yesterday’s FEI Bureau monthly teleconference meeting. A unanimous proposal from the FEI Endurance Committee recommending the Slovakian venue received the support of the full Bureau.…

Awzaan Gallops Away with DIAR Premier Handicap at Chepstow

Al Saoudi son, Awzaan, unbeaten in third career start11 June 2016, Chepstow, UK ~ The Dubai International Arabian Races Premier Handicap Stakes run at Chepstow on 10 June went to Awzaan in the colors of the DIAR patron HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Trained by second season trainer James Owen and ridden by…

Thabit Strikes In Wathba Stud Farm Cup in La Teste

9 June 2016, La Teste, France ~ Thabit, a 4-year-old son of Munjiz owned by HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, scored a superb win in the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s Wathba Stud Farm Cup race held in La Teste, France, on Wednesday, 8 June.…

Newbury to Host Dubai International Arabian Races Flagship Event

Entries include many of the top Arabians racing today for the five international contests for the DIAR Flagship event9 June 2016, UK ~ The Arabian Racing Organisation has announced an exciting list of possible runners that include many of the top Arabians racing today for the five international contests on the Dubai International Arabian Races…

DIAR Premeir Handicap Returns to Chepstow

8 June 2016, UK ~The Arabian Racing Organization (ARO) announced that nine runners have been declared for the DIAR Premier Handicap Stakes to be run at Chepstow on Friday 10 June. It is the second of four UK preparatory races leading up to the Arabian Racing Organization’s (ARO) season highlight, Dubai International Arabian Races, staged…

Six Declared for the First of Four UK DIAR Prep Races

8 June 2016, UK ~ Six runners were declared this morning for the Shadwell Arabian Stallions International Stakes to be run at Newbury on Thursday, 9 June. They are headed by recent course winner Aghsaan, rookie trainer Phil Collington’s first Pattern triumph when winning the ARO Cup (Gr3PA) last month. Collington is hoping to follow…

DIAR Races Head to Holland

8 June 2016, UK ~ A total of 65 horses are entered in the DIAR races scheduled for Sunday 12th June at Duindigt Racecourse in Holland. The DIAR program, run under the patronage of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, sponsors 4 Arabian races in Holland. Dubai International Arabian Races Stakes (Listed PA) Shadwell…

Wathba Stud Farm Cup, Hereford, Won by Callymay

Callymay win keeps Thomas, Walker on top 8 June 2016, Hereford, UK ~ Delyth Thomas’s Callymay stole the thunder in the eight-race Wathba Stud Farm Cup meeting held in Hereford on Sunday, 5 June under the umbrella of the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival. Callymay made it…

Hagman-Eriksson does the Swedish double in Stockholm

7 June 2016, Stockholm, Sweden ~ The Swedish National Day ended on a perfect note for Maria Hagman-Eriksson as the owner-trainer completed a double, winning the two prestigious Purebred Arabian horse races at Gardet on Monday, 6 June 2016, in Stockholm. Hagman-Eriksson’s Toutatix under Dayverson De Barros scored a stunning victory in the Sheikh Zayed…

62 runners for ARO 8-race Wathba Meeting in Hereford

3 June 2016, Hereford, UK ~ Sixty two Purebred Arabian runners have been declared for the eight-race Wathba Stud Farm Cup meeting under the umbrella of the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival under the Arabian Racing Organization (ARO), on Sunday, 5 June 2016. This is the second…

Morocco Named Host of 2017 World Arabian Horse Racing Conference

HH Sheikh Mansoor Festival awarded ISO 9001-2015 certificate 30 May 2016, Rome, Italy ~ A glittering dinner Gala held at the famous Pincio Park with the backdrop of Rome concluded activities of the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s World Arabian Horse Racing Conference (WAHRC), 2016. The Conference flag…

IFHRA Panel Meets in Rome

Focus on weight control, injured jockeys27 May 2016, Rome, Italy ~ Over 38 representatives from 30 different countries attended the fifth General Assembly meeting of the International Federation of Horse Racing Academies, (IFHRA), which was held on 27 2016, at the Rome Cavalieri Waldorf Astoria Hotels and Resorts, in Rome, Italy. The meeting, held on the…