Premier Handicap Arabian Racing at Doncaster

31 May 2018, Doncaster, UK ~ The 11 runner field looks like a competitive renewal and includes the 2017 winner Saleemah trained by Philip Collington, one of three HH Sheikh Hamdan horses in the trainers care that can do no wrong at present having collected a trio of wins at the last Arabian meeting at…

Arabian Stallion *Empress+ Now a Breyer Model

31 May 2018, Canada ~ *Empres++++// has been immortalized as a Breyer Model released this month, and he’s been invited as a guest horse to BreyerFest in July, 2018. A HARC nominated stallion, Empress was born in 1995 at Michalow State Stud in Poland. After racing in Poland as a three-year-old, he had a successful…

Haras de Thouars – a Breeding Farm of Distinction

Pastured mares and babies

28 May 2018, Haras De Thouars, France ~ Recently we had the opportunity to visit one of the premier Arabian stud farms in France, the Haras de Thouars. Located north of Agen, about 115 kilometers north from Toulouse in the south of France, the Haras claims 130 hectares (321+ acres) in a region of gently…