26 March 2016, Dubai, UAE ~ AF MATHMOON won the 2016 Kahayla Classic Gr.1 PA at Meydan on Saturday, 26 March. The $1,000,000 Purebred Arabian Group 1 PA race attracted a very strong field of champion runners coming from the UAE, Qatar, France and Italy. AF MATHMOON becomes the 6th individual winner of this prestigious…
Breaking News – AF Mathmoon wins the Dubai Kahayla Classic
Provisional Result 1. Af Mathmoon under Dane O’Neill for Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum 2. Tm Thunder Struck 3. Thakif 4. Handassa Thakif led from just past the jump with Tm Thunder Struck and Af Mathmoon always right behind shifting places followed by the pack. In the last 300 yards, Thakif struggled but then…
Notes from the track – Group 1 Arabian US$1m Dubai Kahayla Classic
25 March 2016, Dubai, UAE ~ The Opening race on the Dubai World Cup card for 26 March is the Dubai Kahayla Clasic at 2000m on the dirt. Arkan (OM) – (PP 6)The eight-time winner on dirt in his native Oman, went out for a leisurely walk in the Dubai World Cup quarantine barn complex,…
California Chrome will break from Stall Eleven
24 March 2016, Dubai, UAE ~ Saturday’s 2016 $10m Dubai World Cup sponsored by Emirates promises to be a cracker with a formidable American challenge appearing to hold the strongest hand. Horses trained in the USA have won the world’s most valuable horse race on nine occasions while Godolphin-owned horses have won the race six…
Global Festival Wins UAE Sports Award For Second Year
24 March 2016, Abu Dhabi, UAE ~ The HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival was the recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award for 2015 in the field of sports for the second year in a row at the annual awards function. H.H. Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan,…