10 December 2014, Baku (AZE) ~ The 14th FEI President will be elected this Sunday 14 December by the FEI General Assembly which gets underway this week in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. The five Presidential candidates (listed in order of receipt of the candidacy files by the FEI) are Pierre Genecand (SUI), Ulf Helgstrand (DEN), John…
World Equestrian Events
2015 White Turf St. Moritz Race Dates and Highlights
New sporting discipline and exciting highlights10 December 2014, St. Moritz ~ Race days are on Sundays, 8th, 15th, and 22nd February 2015 on the frozen lake of St. Moritz. The traditional International horse races on ice, founded in 1907, are part of the exclusive circle of the Top Events of Switzerland. In terms of lifestyle, ambiance and flair, the…
IOC President Bach pays Tribute to FEI President HRH Princess Haya
9 December 2014, Lausanne (SUI) ~ IOC President Thomas Bach today paid tribute to HRH Princess Haya at the 127th IOC Session in Monaco, presenting the FEI President with the Trophy of the International Olympic Committee. The unique trophy is in recognition of Princess Haya’s exemplary commitment to sport, its values and the Olympic Movement during…
Thakif Triumphs in Abu Dhabi’s National Day Cup Group 1
Thakif Denies Areem in Purebred Arabian Abu Dhabi National Day Cup for Al Jahouri ***7 December 2014, Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club ~ It was Abu Dhabi’s National Day Cup meeting on Sunday evening with Areem seeking a third consecutive victory in the Purebred Arabian version. However, new names were to be engraved on each trophy; Areem…
Dutch and Swiss Equestrian Federations Regret the FEI WEG Inquiry Decision
The Dutch and the Swiss Federations regret the decision of the FEI in the “Marmoog-case”7 December 2014, Bern ~ Les Fédérations Hollandaise et Suisse regrettent la décision de la FEI dans le “cas Marmoog”. The Royal Dutch Equestrian Federation and the Swiss Equestrian Federation have taken into consideration the statement given by the FEI on…
Abdulla Ghanim Al Marri lands National Day Cup in Abu Dhabi
Top 11 riders drive away with 4WD vehicles in prestigious event6 December 2014, Emirates International Endurance Village ~ A brilliant performance in the final 16-km stage by UAE teenager Al Marri on his ten-year-old Arabian stallion Quran El Ulm helped him score a narrow win to lift the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian…
Abu Dhabi National Day Endurance Cup
Eleven 4WD vehicles on offer in National Day Endurance Cup5 December 2014, Abu Dhabi ~ It is the National Day Cup 120-km endurance Cup on Saturday 6 December, and almost every top rider in the UAE and many from around the world will be part of the starting line-up at 6am at the Emirates International Endurance Village…
Al Bashtoon wins Al Britha Cup in Doha
3 December 2014, Qatar Racing & Equestrian Club ~ H.H Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Thani’s Al Bashtoon (Munjiz x Feline Du Cassou) came up with a stunning gallop to win the Al Britha Cup, a Pure Arabian Advanced Plate, run over 1800 metres, the highlight of the Wednesday races on the sand track of the…
Bigg N Rich Wins on Meydan’s New Dirt Surface
Doug Watson Tops Trainers’ Championship After Winning Meydan Treble4 December 2014, Dubai ~ Trainer Doug Watson has returned to his natural habitat in the new dirt track at Meydan Racecourse and never was this more apparent than when he saddled three workmanlike winners at the track on Thursday evening 4 December. The Taj, Henry Clay…
Notid scoops inaugural Arabian Award at HWPA Qatar & Equestrian Club Derby Awards
3 December 2014, London ~ More than 500 media and racing professionals gathered in London on Monday, 1 December for the 48th Horserace Writers and Photographers Derby Awards (HWPA) Luncheon supported by Qatar Racing & Equestrian Club. Widely acknowledged as one of British racing’s most important and best attended industry events, the HWPA Derby Awards…
FEI statement on investigation into 2012 FEI World Endurance Championships
2 December 2014, Lausanne ~ The FEI has announced today that, following completion of an in-depth investigation into allegations of a switch of horses for the 2012 FEI World Endurance Championships in Euston Park (GBR), no legal action can be taken for procedural reasons and due to a lack of conclusive evidence. Following receipt of…
Abu Dhabi Accepts FEI World Dressage Challenge
29 November 2014, Dubai ~ On 26 November Emirates Equestrian Centre (EEC) hosted some of the UAE’s top dressage riders in the annual FEI World Dressage Challenge, an international competition that the UAE won in 2012. The event is designed to allow riders in developing dressage countries that do not have their own dressage Grands Prix to…
Arabian Horses in Russia Today
WAHO Report by the Russian Arabian Breeders Association1 December 2014, Qatar ~ At the November WAHO Conference Qatar 2014, Natalia Kurolesova from Tersk Stud gave this report on the status of Arabian horses in Russia as of 2014. “As of today, the total livestock of Arabian horses in Russia is around 1,700, of which 400 are…
Unique De La Garde Provides Victory for Polish Jockey in Abu Dhabi
Sunday 30 November 2014, Abu Dhabi ~ Szczepan Mazur partnered unfancied Unique De La Garde to victory in the third round of the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s Wathba Stud Farm Cup for Private Owners Only Purebred Arabian Conditions over 2200m at the Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club here on…
Oisin Murphy Drives TM AC-DC to Al Ain Arabian Conditions Win
29 November 2014, Al Ain ~ Young jockey Oisin Murphy and trainer Omar Daraj Mohammed combined to land the featured 1000m conditions race at Al Ain with TM AC-DC (Djendel (FR) x Bonnett (US) by Burning Sand). Always near the head of affairs, the pair hit the front about 200m from home but had to dig…
Argentinian Rider Bastons Wins HH Sheikha Fatima Endurance Cup
Argentine Bastons wins from 106 starters 29 November 2014, Abu Dhabi ~ Argentina’s Catalina Bastons, riding 10-year-old bay gelding Moreno, won the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies Endurance Cup, a 90-km CEN ride held at the Emirates International Endurance Village in…
AJS Intifadah Wins Doha Local Pure-Bred Arabian Oaks
27 November 2014 QREC ~ Al Jeryan Stud’s AJS Intifadah (AF Albahar x Karreema) stormed home by nearly nine lengths in the Doha Local Bred Pure Arabian Oaks Trial at the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club on Thursday, 27 November. Mohammed Al Yaqout trained AJS Intifadah was brilliantly ridden to victory by jockey Tadgh O’Shea,…
Prize Money, Awards on tap for Abu Dhabi HH Sheikha Fatima Endurance Cup for Ladies
Dh 300,000 and five 4WD cars up for grabs28 November 2014, Abu Dhabi ~ Over 100 riders from the UAE, Gulf, Arabia and far parts of the world will start in the 4th edition of the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies Endurance Cup to be…
Manuel Bandeira de Mello (POR) has been appointed as FEI Endurance Director
Staff changes at FEI Headquarters 27 November 2014, Lausanne (SUI) ~ Manuel Bandeira de Mello (POR) has been appointed as FEI Endurance Director to replace Ian Williams, who is due to retire at the end of December. The new Director takes up his post at FEI Headquarters next Monday, 1 December 2014. Bandeira de Mello was…
HM Queen Elizabeth II receives inaugural FEI Lifetime Achievement award
26 November 2014 , London ~ Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II today became the first recipient of the FEI Lifetime Achievement award in recognition of her leading role as supporter of equestrian sport throughout her reign as British monarch. The award was presented to Her Majesty by FEI President HRH Princess Haya at a ceremony…
USEF Drugs and Medications Update for 2015 Competition Year
25 November 2014, Lexington, Kentucky – From the US Equestrian Federation -Effective December 1, 2014, and for the 2015 competition year, the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has implemented withdrawal practices following Intraarticular Injections and Shockwave Therapy as a resulted of rule changes passed at the USEF Annual Meeting in January, 2014. For Intraarticular Injections…
Burning Fleet Runs off with the Win in Texas Mud
24 November 2014, Texas ~ Two important Arabian stakes races were held at Retama Park, Texas, on 22 November. In race 1, Burning Fleet (Burning Sand x Angel Proof by NF Proof) proved much the best over his competitors in the Grade 3 Texas Arabian Derby for four-year-old Arabian colts and geldings. Running on a very muddy…
HH Mansoor Festival, Abu Dhabi Falconers Club Form Bond
24 November 2014, Abu Dhabi ~ A press conference Sunday 23 November in Abu Dhabi made the announcement that the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Race Festival has formed a strategic partnership with the Abu Dhabi Falconers’ Club. The partnership will include the falconers as part of the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak…
QREC Racing Turns Up the Heat with Wins by Al Mizan and Harran
20 November 2014, Qatar Racing & Equestrian Club ~ Al Mizan (Vert Duzan x Nevada De Cardonne) came up with a dazzling display while clinching the Al Wakra Cup, a Local Bred-Pure Arabian Conditions race at the Racing and Equestrian Club on Thursday, 20 November with jockey Harry Bentley astride the winner. The Jassim Al Ghazali trained…
Ghalib lands Al Ain Feature for Ffrench and Jahouri
21 November 2014 ~ Al Ain, UAE ~ Ghalib won the featured 1600m Conditions race at Al Ain Racecourse’s second meeting of the season on Friday afternoon, 20 November under a power packed finish from Royston Ffrench. One of the first off the bit, the Majed Al Jahouri-trained runner took a long while to get…
Bigg N Rich Looking to Score at Al Ain on Friday
Last Season’s Al Ain Mile Prep Winner Could Star for Lemartinel 20 November 2014, Al Ain, UAE ~ Bigg N Rich (FALINA DES FABRIES x Viraac (US) by Virgule Al Maury) developed something of a liking for Al Ain last season and is shaping up as the one to beat in Friday’s featured 1600m Conditions race at…
The World Arabian Horse Organization Conference – WAHO Qatar 2014
17 November 2014, Doha ~ Doha in Qatar was once again the site of the The World Arabian Horse Organization Conference – WAHO Qatar 2014 – from 10-14 November. A welcome reception and dinner on the lawn of the impressive Museum of Islamic Art staged a dramatic opening to the Conference. Providing the backdrop was Doha’s high-rise skyline outlined…
Abu Dhabi Racing Proves Arabian Home-Breds
16 November 2014, Abu Dhabi ~ Local apprentice Saeed Al Mazrouei produced a very polished display aboard Shateh (Mahabb (AE) x Fanar by Akbar) to win the Purebred Arabian National Day Prep race over 1600m, one of five Arabian races on the card for Sunday evening (16 November) at the Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club. Having only his…
Laahaq Wins 2000m Handicap in Sharjah
15 November 2014, Sharjah ~ The featured 2000m handicap at Sharjah’s third meeting of the season on Saturday 15 November was highlighted by a thrilling finish won in a last-gasp effort from the Majed Al Jahouri-trained Laahaq (Dormane x Aryaan), for SHeikh Mansor bin Zayed Al Nahyan, producing the lead on the line by local apprentice Saeed…
TM Thunder Struck Wins Jay Stream Cup in Qatar
13 November 2014, Doha QREC ~ While the WAHO Qatar 2014 Conference attendees watched, Umm Qarn’s TM Thunder Struck (Majd Al Arab) asserted his superiority over his nine rivals in the Jay Stream Cup, a Pure Arabian Advanced Plate, at the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club on Wednesday evening 12 November. The Alban de Mieulle 4-yr-old gelding was ridden…
Dutch Pro Pietrasiewicz Crowned World Ladies Champion
10 November 2014, Abu Dhabi ~ Watched by an enthusiastic international crowd, the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival‘s Championship races showed the quality of Champion riders and of UAE trained horses at the Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club on 9 November 2014. HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies’ (IFAHR) World Championship…
Al Jahouri Continues Purebred Arabian Group Race Domination
Thakif & Bentley Land Fourth Victory in Abu Dhabi Group 3 Contest9 November 2014, Abu Dhabi ~ Trainer Majed Al JAhouri won every Group One Purebred Arabian race in the UAE last season and made the perfect start to his big-race campaign this time around. He saddled Thakif to win the 1600m Group 3 Sheikh Zayed…
Federation of Racing Schools, Academies Initiated in Abu Dhabi
9 November 2014, Abu Dhabi ~ Notwithstanding the tremendous success achieved by the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival, His Highness Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister of the UAE and Minister of Presidential Affairs has initiated the start of a Federation to nurture and…