Paddys Day favorite in Pleasanton showdown 1 July 2016, Oak Tree Racing, Pleasanton, California ~ Paddys Day, winner of the 2015 Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup Triple Jewel series and the winner of the first race in the 2016 Series, the Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup – Amethyst Jewel at the…
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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…
ARO Kicks off First Leg of Doha Triple Crown at Goodwood Festival
15 June 2016, UK ~ A top rated list of entries was released by the Arabian Racing Organization (ARO) for the first leg of the Doha Triple Crown, the Qatar International Stakes (Gr1PA), to be run as part of the Qatar Goodwood Festival on Saturday, 30 July. Entries are topped by 2016 highest rates Arabian…
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.…
Longines Ladies Award Honors Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal
14 June 2016, UK Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal was awarded the prestigious Longines Ladies Award in London’s Natural History Museum on 13 June 2016. The Princess Royal, FEI President from 1986-1994 and now an FEI Honorary President, joined global horse sport industry leaders on the eve of Royal Ascot, Britain’s most valuable race…
DIAR Successful Return to Holland Promotes Arabian Races at Duindigt
13 June 2016, UK ~The Dubai International Arabian Races (DIAR) run under the patronage of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, returned for a second year to support four Arabian races at Duindigt Racecourse (Holland) on Sunday, 12 June. The races were organized by and run in association with the Dutch Arabian Racing Committee…
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…
Prize Money Increase Reinforces Focus on Best Condition at Euston Park Endurance Events
10 June, 2016, London, UK ~ Organizers of the Endurance Rides being hosted at Euston Park, Suffolk, this summer have confirmed an increased prize money pot to £54,500 for each of the final three rides – all of which will be awarded to horses on the basis of their condition after finishing the ride. With the support of…
Endurance Returns to the Glorious Setting of Euston Park
Endurance Returned to Euston Park for the first time since the 2012 World Championships sponsored by Emirates Airline 9 June 2016, Euston Park, UK ~ The 3 star 160km ride on 28 May 2016, attracted 10 riders, the majority from the UAE, two from the UK and a Dutch rider. In the end it was…
W’rsan Team Outstanding Success in Austrian Sport Horse Championship
Wrsan Riding Team travels to Austrian International Arabian Sport Horse Championships and comes home with Gold9 June 2016, Austria ~ From 27-29 May 2016 Arabian Sport Horses came together to compete for top honors at the ECAHO Lower Austria and Austrian International Arabian Sport Horse Championships 2016, at the at the Equestrian complex at Wiener…
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…
HH Sheikh Mansoor Festival Races Feature on Swedish National Day
5-time Wathba Cup winner Gazel T takes on unbeaten Macallan in Sheikh Zayed Cup5 June 2016, Stockholm, Sweden ~ On Swedish National Day Monday, the 6th of June, Gardet, Sweden, will feature a special race meeting with two top Purebred Arabian horse races staged under the umbrella of the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan…
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…
Emirates Race Day Heads to Rome Capanelle Race course on 29 May
Sunday’s HH Sheikh Mansoor Festival races set to boost Arabian racing in Italy 28 May 2016, Rome, Italy ~ The HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival shows up in force to boost the Purebred Arabian racing scene in Italy when three of its major race series will be…
Message of Peace Carried as UAE Flag Flutters in the Vatican Galleries
Envoys lead Arabian horse fraternity on historic visit27 May 2016, Rome, Italy ~ In an extraordinary evening, the UAE flag was flown for the first time as an emblem of peace as 300-plus delegates of the World Arabian Horse Racing Conference (WAHRC) visited the Vatican Galleries as special guests on Wednesday evening, 25 May 2016. It…
Rome Hosts Global Arabian Horse Racing Conference Start on 26 May
Over 500 from 81 countries to attend 7th edition of World Arabian Horse Racing Conference 26 May 2016, Rome, Italy ~ The focus will once again be on Purebred Arabian racing when the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival stages the 7th edition of the three-day World Arabian…
Royal Cavalry of Oman Increases UK Arabian Racing Sponsorship for 2016
17 May 2016, UK, The Arabian Racing Organization (ARO) is honored with the Royal Cavalry of Oman’s decision to add to their sponsorship of Purebred Arabian racing in the UK for the 2016 season. The 20 races under sponsorship include two full meetings at Chelmsford City Racecourse on 1 July and 25 September, whilst they…
Saif Ahmed Al Mazroui Lands Windsor Spoils for UAE in Royal Windsor Endurance
14 May 2016, UK ~ UAE rider Saif Ahmed Al Mazroui claimed top spot in the Royal Windsor Endurance ride on Friday, 13 May, when his 12 year-old gelding, Ramaah was the runaway winner of the CEI2* event over 120km of Windsor Great Park in England. Abdulsamad Mohammed riding Derrom Galiem from Bahrain finished second while…
World Arabian Racing Conference Italy 2016 Program
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Thomas saddles three winners in UK Wathba Stud Farm Cup races
8 May 2016, Hereford, United Kingdom ~ Local trainer Delyth Thomas stole the limelight in the first of four Wathba Stud Farm Cup race meetings to be held under the umbrella of the Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival at Hereford in 2016. Thomas saddled three of the winners…