27 August 2015, France ~ Jean-Pierre Deroubaix began by studying veterinary medicine before his father, who managed Haras de Bois Roussel, (today the Wildenstein family’s stable), encouraged him to travel the world. This first trip took him to Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, the USA, and South America before he returned to France to work at…
400km Shahzada Memorial Endurance Test Heads to the Mountains in Australia
28 August 2015, Australia ~ The Shahzada Memorial Endurance Test is based annually in St Albans, New South Wales (NSW), Australia, and is a 400km ride over five days. The 2015 35th Annual ride runs from 24-28 August. The Shahzada Memorial Endurance Test, an endurance race over 400-kilometres (250 mi) at 80-kilometres per day, is a cross-country route…
Two International Arabian Races Brings Top Talent to Istanbul
26 August 2015, Istanbul, Turkey ~ Top Arabian horse talent will join five Thoroughbred races for International Races Day at Veliefendi Race Course along the Bosphorus in Istanbul on 5 and 6 September. International IFAHR Trophy G2 will run on 5 September – a 2100m race on synthetic track for 3 yrs old and upwards, WAHO…
Ameretto wins Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup European Triple Crown
26 August 2015, Warsaw, Poland ~ Ameretto proved his class once again as one of the top Purebred Arabian horses racing in Europe winning the Polish leg of the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s Group 3 Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup and with it the European Triple Crown for the fourth year in a row.
Ameretto, the 9-year-old son of Amer, was beaten to second spot by Lahoob in Duindigt, and had to win on Sunday to claim the European Triple Crown and the bonus of €50,000. The first leg winner Al Mouwaffak in Toulouse and Lahoob were not running in this final leg and Ameretto’s task was certain.
With Italian Mauro Manueddu on board, Ameretto showed what a great champion he is as he came up with his traditional stretch run to win the 2,600-metre race at the Sluzewiec Racetrack in Warsaw on 23 August. Ussam de Carrere, ridden by V. Popov took second place while Alladyn under S. Mazur, finished third. The winner covered the 2600-metre distance in three minutes.
“Ameretto is a wonderful horse. He was going well and responded keenly when I asked him the question in the home straight,” said winning jockey Manueddu.
Trainer Gunter Richter said “Last year we decided to retire him to stud, but he continued to win and the connections felt he should stay in competition.”
Ameretto will now be retired to stud. The owners are looking forward to his first foals in 2016.
In the Festival’s second race of the day, Canadian apprentice jockey Brandon Duchaine brought Kasir Al Khalediah home in the sixth round of the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Apprentice World Championship.
The 23-year-old Canadian apprentice jockey said he was over the moon after securing a berth in a dream final of the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Apprentice Championship in Abu Dhabi.
“I think I owe it to a lucky draw which made me the ride on such a high-class horse,” he said. “The instructions were to keep Kasir Al Khalediah behind the early pace and to let him run in the home straight, but I was truly astonished with the smooth progress which he made to hit the front and sprint home unchallenged,” Duchaine said.
The winner covered the mile’s distance in 1:50:22 seconds to win by four lengths. English rider Sophie Killoran finished second onboard Sirego and behind them came Fucksuss under the South African apprentice Collen Storey.
The races were attended by Jansuz Piechocinski, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland, along with UAE Ambassador to Poland Dr. Yousif Eisa Hassan Eisa Al Sabri, and Ms Lara Sawaya, Executive Director of the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival, Chairperson of the Int’l Federation of Horse Racing Academies (IFHRA) and Chairperson of Ladies & Apprentice Racing Committees (IFAHR), sports officials and a large number of racing fans.
The HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival is sustained by the Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority and coordinated by Abu Dhabi Sports Council in cooperation with Emirates Racing Authority, IFAHR, Emirates Arabian Horse Society, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, General Authority of Youth and Sports Welfare with The National Archives as the official partner and Emirates airline as the official carriers and sponsored by Invest AD, National Feed and Flour Production and Marketing Co. LLC, Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC), Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC), Al Awani General Enterprises, Kabale, Al Wathba Centre, the UAE’s General Women’s Union, The Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Sports Academy, Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition 2015, Bloom, Rise General Trading Co. LLC, Petromal, Hayatna, Dr. Nader Saab Switzerland, Al Wathba Center, Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club, Eastern Mangroves Suites-Abu Dhabi by Jannah, Yas Channel, Omeir Travels, Racing Post and Laboratories Fadia Karam Cosmetics.
– end report by Satya
F Sixteen and Jewell AA Win At Delaware Park
22 August 2015, Delaware Park is on the East coast of the United States. Bounded on three sides by Virginia, New Jersey, and Maryland, it totals 1,954 square miles (5,060 km), making it the second-smallest state in the United States after Rhode Island. In this small area lies Delaware Park, one of the most beautiful…