5 April 2016, Hollywood, California, USA ~ The weekend 1-3 April, began with the red-carpet HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Darley Arabian Awards and US Darley Awards ceremony on Friday, stopped over on Saturday at the Santa Anita Race Park for the first-ever Arabian Stakes race, then ended on Sunday evening with an equally spectacular…
Olympic Format Debate serves as Reality Check for Equestrian Sport
5 April 2016, Lausanne, Switzerland ~ A record number of delegates attended the 2016 FEI Sports Forum in Lausanne which ran from 4-5 April 2016, as panelists and press debated the future shape of equestrian sport on the first day of the forum. “What you’re facing is nothing less than a reality check for the sport,”…
California State Senate Commends Role of HH Sheikh Mansoor Festival
4 April 2016, Hollywood, California ~ Sunday, 3 April was a red-letter day for the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival. A day after the Festival penetrated the famous Santa Anita Park racecourse to stage the first-ever Grade I, $100,000 HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Darley Award Stakes…
Thess Is Awesome stuns Paddy’s Day at Santa Anita Park Gr 1
3 April 2016, Santa Anita, California ~ Trainer, Lynn Ashby knows what a Golden weekend feels like. On 1 April, her charge, Thess Is Awesome, fought to win the US$100,000 Gr 1 Stake at Santa Anita in front of a Saturday packed house of Thoroughbred and Arabian racing fans. The night before, on the first…
Darley Awards Brings Gold for Paddys Day Connections
2 April 2016, Hollywood, California ~ Purebred Arabian horse connections received congratulations from peers at the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Darley Arabian Awards and the US Darley Awards ceremony played out at the Dolby Theater in Highland Center, Hollywood, California, on Friday, 1 April 2016. The HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global…