6th WAHRC ends on a positive note in Warsaw 31 May 2015, Warsaw, Poland ~ The HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s 6th World Arabian Horse Conference at the Ufficio Primo in Warsaw came to a close on Saturday, 30 May, with a lively Workshop during which a…
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Italy Named as Host for 7th World Arabian Racing Conference, 2016
Spectacular end to WAHRC event in Warsaw30 May 2015, Warsaw, Poland ~ The Wilonow Palace, a 17th century castle which survived the two World Wars stands as a reminder of Poland as it was in its glory. The castle was the backdrop for a spectacular show that highlighted both the castle as well as the…
Grade A Sheikh Zayed Cup Runs at Warsaw’s Sluzewiec Racecourse
30 May 2015, Warsaw, Poland ~ The meeting on Sunday, 31 May, meeting at the Sluzewiec racecourse in Warsaw, Poland, will be a special one as the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s three races will be part of the 9-race meeting. The Arabian Racing Festival meeting also…
IFHRA Unveils Racing Scholarship Fund
29 May 2015, Warsaw, Poland ~ The International Federation of Horse Racing Academies, IFHRA, at its General Assembly meeting held on Friday, 29 May 2015, at Marriott Hotel, Warsaw, Poland, unveiled an innovative IFHRA Racing Scholarship Fund (RSF) and also admitted 14 new members to the Federation. An amount of US $100,000 has been earmarked for the…
World Arabian Horse Racing Conference Explores Issues in Breeding
Role of handicappers and embryo transfer come under the scanner at WAHRC9 May 2015, Warsaw, Poland ~ The three sessions of deliberations on the opening day of the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s World Arabian Horse Conference at the Ufficio Primo in Warsaw on Thursday, 27 May…
Earn High School Letter with US Equestrian Athlete Lettering Program
Earn A Letter In Junior High or High School Program with USEF30 May 2015, Lexington, Kentucky ~ The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is expanding the Equestrian Athlete Lettering Program to include a component for junior high students in grades five through eight. Students in grades nine through 12 are eligible to participate in the…
French Trainer, Jean-Francois Bernard, Passes Away
Jean-Francois Bernard deeply mourned 28 May 2015, Warsaw, Poland ~ Jean-Francois Bernard, one of the top trainers of Purebred Arabian horses, passed away in France on Tuesday night 26 June. A minute’s silence was observed to pay tribute to the Frenchman by the packed hall at the Marriott Warsaw Ballroom during Wednesday night’s press conference…
Over 400 Open the HH Sheikh Mansoor Festival World Arabian Horse Racing Conference
6th World Arabian Horse Racing Conference opens in Warsaw28 May 2015, Warsaw, Poland ~ The 6th annual World Arabian Horse Racing Conference (WAHRC) was declared open by the UAE Ambassador to Poland, His Excellency Azim Mirza Al Rahma at the Ufficio Primo in Warsaw, Poland, on Thursday 28 May, 2015. Welcoming the 400 delegates from…
6th World Arabian Horse Racing Conference Begins in Warsaw, Poland
Over 400 delegates representing 80 countries will take part in the Warsaw WAHRC27 May 2015, Warsaw ~ One of the most important events in a packed calendar of the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival is the annual World Arabian Horse Racing Conference (WAHRC) during which many aspects…
FEI Meets with United Arab Emirates Delegation on Endurance issues
FEI and United Arab Emirates National Olympic Committee and National Federation Meet in Discussions in Lausanne27 May 2015, Lausanne (SUI) ~ On Tuesday, 26 May, an initial meeting between the FEI and representatives of the United Arab Emirates National Olympic Committee and National Federation was held at FEI Headquarters in Lausanne (SUI) to discuss the actions…
Dubai International Races Supports Arabian Racing in The Netherlands
26 May 2015, The Netherlands ~ The Dutch Arabian Racing Committee (DARC) is delighted to invite you to participate in the first races sponsored in The Netherlands by the Dubai International Arabian Races (DIAR) whose patron is His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum (UAE Minster of Finance and Deputy Ruler of Dubai). Three…
Dubai Duty Free Supports DIAR Racing at Newbury
25 May 2015, UK ~ The committee of the Dubai International Arabian Races (DIAR) is delighted to announce that Dubai Duty Free showcase day of UK Arabian racing by sponsoring a Gr.1 PA race at Newbury Racecourse on Sunday, 26 July 2015. Sponsors for the day are UAE based companies and organizations which seek not…
Netherlands Gives Second Wathba Cup Win to Bachair Qardabiyah
25 May 2015, Duindigt, The Netherlands ~ Bachair Qardabiyah stormed to her second successive win in the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s Wathba Stud Farm Cup race series at the Duindigt race course in The Netherlands on Sunday, 24 May. The four-year-old Dormane filly owned by Waleed Ben Zaied had kick…
Al Jakbar son, Al Murjaan, Wins in Stockholm
Shadwell Arabian Stallions’s first season sire AL JAKBAR sired his first winner on 6th May at Stockholm/Täby, in Sweden22 May 2015, Sweden ~ Four year old gelding Al Murjaan (Al Jakbar (FR) x Kaarine) won the Garizim memorial, 1600m race, on his Swedish debut on 6 May 2015. AL MURJAAN is owned and trained by…
Fareedha wins in Ghlin, Belgium
Gazel T wins Wathba Cup for fourth year in a row in Sweden21 May 2015, Sweden ~ Gazel T and the Wathba Stud Farm Cup seem inseparable when it comes to racing at the Jagersro race track in Sweden. The 7-year-old son of Prince d‘Orient registered his fourth successive win in as many years in the…
Qatar International Group 1 Stakes Entries Exceed Expectations
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…
Gates Open for 2015 Arapahoe Park Season on 22 May
Arapahoe Park, Colorado, races from 22 May until 16 August18 May 2015, Aurora, Colorado, USA ~ Horse racing in Colorado is in the midst of a renaissance. With Colorado’s live horse racing season in 2015 scheduled to begin on 22 May, Arapahoe Park is launching the theme of Where Horses Come First to reflect the growth…
Shadwell Arabian Stallions News
Shadwell is sad to announce the death of one of its best Arabian stallions, MONSIEUR AL MAURY. The seventeen year old son of Djelfor, from one of the outstanding Watrigant families that have produced many top class racehorses, MONSIEUR AL MAURY had shown that he could produce good, tough individuals for the racecourse. His best…
Australian Thompson Wins First Arabian Flat Race at Kentucky Horse Park
HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Apprentice World Championship, Kentucky, USA17 May 2015, Lexington, Kentucky, USA ~ The 2015 HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Apprentice World Championship race series got off to a brilliant start at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington on Sunday with 18-year-old Australian Ben Thompson hogging the limelight. After two days of…
The Kentucky HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Apprentice World Championship Post Draw
On Sunday 17 May, the Arabian apprentice jockey flat race will join the Steeplechase events at the Kentucky Horse Park 16 May 2015, Lexington, Kentucky, USA ~ Fifth Race Sponsored By HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival. Purse $25,000. For registered Racing Arabians, three-years-old and upward which have not won…
HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Apprentice World Championship Race Sunday in Kentucky
15 May 2015, Lexington, Kentucky, USA ~The HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival kick-starts the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Apprentice World Championship 2015 series with the first race on Sunday, 17 May, at the Kentucky Race Park in Lexington, Kentucky. After a successful launch in 2014 when…
Khalifa Mohammed Alattiya Appointed General Manager of Al Shaqab Racing
14 May, 2015, Qatar ~ Al Shaqab announced today that Khalifa Mohammed Alattiya has been appointed General Manager of Al Shaqab Racing. Al Shaqab started in 2011 with Arabian racing and achieved multiple Group 1 wins including the Kahayla Classic two years in a row. It has now evolved into one of the modern superpowers…
Dubai International Arabian Races Begins Season in Rome
The Arabian races were the Premio Dubai International Arabian Races 2015, €25,000 – WAHO for 4YOs + – 1,900m, and the Premio MADJANI Shadwell Arabian Stallions, €25,000 for 3 YOs – 1500m14 May 2015, Rome Italy ~ The 11th edition of Dubai International Arabian Race Day began on Sunday, 10 May, at the Capannelle Racecourse in the…
HH Sheikh Mansoor’s Mabrooka scores on debut in Prix Djelfour
14 May 2015, Bordeaux, France ~ Mabrooka, a three-year-old filly owned by HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, made a winning debut with over her fancied rivals in the Prix Djelfour (Conditions) race held in Bordeaux, France, on Monday, 11 May. Trained by Didier Guillemin for…
Prada T Wins Group 1PA at Longchamp
10 May 2015, Longchamp ~ Four Year Old Filly, Prada T (Djendel x Pascha Z by Chndaka) from Holland won the first Group 1PA of the French Season at the Coupe D’Europe Des Chevaux Arabes at Longchamp on 10 May. It was a fantastic and well deserved result for owner, breeder and trainer Gerard Zoetelief. 2000m Results:…
Preakness Stakes a Favorite for Familiar Face Bob Baffert
Hall of Fame Trainer Seeks 5th Win with American Pharoah, Dortmund13 May 2015, Baltimore, Maryland ~ Though he’ll be on a mission to win Saturday’s 140th running of the Preakness Stakes with either Kentucky Derby winner American Pharoah or Derby third-place finisher Dortmund, Bob Baffert won’t be all business when he arrives at Pimlico Race Course…
Baffert Looks to Preakness with American Pharoah and Dortmund
11 May 2015, Baltimore, Maryland ~ Five-time Preakness-winning trainer Bob Baffert was back at Churchill Downs Monday morning to get his first live look in a week at Zayat Stables’ Kentucky Derby (G1) winner American Pharoah and Kaleem Shah’s third-place finisher Dortmund. “I was happy with both of them. It looks like they have kept the…
Fairytale success for ladies in HH Sheikh Mansoor Festival races
Japan’s Kinomae wins Ladies Championship race in Lingfield Park9 May 2015, Lingfield Park, UK ~ It was a fairytale success for three ladies in the two HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival races run at the Lingfield Park racecourse in the United Kingdom on Saturday, 9 May. The Festival’s HH…
FEI Tribunal Dismisses UAE Request to Lift Suspension
7 May 2015, Lausanne (SUI) ~ The FEI Tribunal has dismissed a request from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) National Federation for an interim lifting of its suspension from the FEI. The Tribunal’s decision means that the suspension remains in force pending the final outcome of the formal appeal by the UAE National Federation against the…
Heather Reynolds wins Biltmore 100 on JG Bold King
2 May 2015, Asheville, North Carolina ~ The Biltmore Equestrian Center was the site of another 2 days of FEI endurance events on the first two days in May. Heather Reynolds won the 100-mile ride on JG Bold King, a horse she describes a “quirky”. Reynolds had originally helped place the horse, raised by Jan Worthington and…
2015 Dream of Riding Tevis Entry Chosen
Chantelle Du Plessis gets a ticket to ride in the Tevis Trail 20154 May 2015, California, USA – Dreaming of Tevis Essay Contest ~ We are pleased to announce the winner of the 2015 Dreaming of Tevis Essay Contest. First, we would like to acknowledge and thank all of the young riders who took the…
Pointing to the Preakness – May 16
American Pharoah, Firing Line and Kaleem Shah’s Dortmund are being pointed to the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown at Pimlico on May 16. All are scheduled to remain at Churchill Downs until flying to Baltimore on Wednesday, May 134 May 2015, Louisville, Kentucky ~ Arnold Zetcher’s Firing Line seemed to enjoy the peace and quiet…
HH Sheikh Mansoor Festival takes part in Arab Travel Market, Dubai
Preparations ongoing for Arabian Racing Conference in Poland4 April 2015, Abu Dhabi ~ The HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival is participating in the four-day Arab Travel Market (ATM) which runs 4-7 April at the Dubai International Conference and Exhibition Centre (DICEC). One of the largest shows in…