21 May 2015, UK ~ A total of 60 nominations have been received for the £400,000 Group 1 Qatar International Stakes for Purebred Arabians, (formally listed as the Harwood International) the first leg of the inaugural Doha Triple Crown, which will be run on the final day of the Qatar Goodwood Festival on Saturday, 1…
New Collections for the Museum of the Horse, Chantilly, France
20 May 2015, The Museum of the Horse of Chantilly, France (Musée Vivant du Cheval) ~ The Prix de Diane Longines, which will take place this year on 14 June, has traditionally marked the occasion for renewing the collections at the Museum of the Horse of Chantilly which welcomed nearly 200,000 visitors in 2014. Following the newest acquisitions, the enriched…
Gates Open for 2015 Arapahoe Park Season on 22 May
18 May 2015, Aurora, Colorado, USA ~ Horse racing in Colorado is in the midst of a renaissance. With Colorado’s live horse racing season in 2015 scheduled to begin on 22 May, Arapahoe Park is launching the theme of Where Horses Come First to reflect the growth of the Aurora, Colorado track. There will be more…
Shadwell Arabian Stallions News
Shadwell is sad to announce the death of one of its best Arabian stallions, MONSIEUR AL MAURY. The seventeen year old son of Djelfor, from one of the outstanding Watrigant families that have produced many top class racehorses, MONSIEUR AL MAURY had shown that he could produce good, tough individuals for the racecourse. His best…
Australian Thompson Wins First Arabian Flat Race at Kentucky Horse Park
17 May 2015, Lexington, Kentucky, USA ~ The 2015 HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Apprentice World Championship race series got off to a brilliant start at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington on Sunday with 18-year-old Australian Ben Thompson hogging the limelight. After two days of incessant rain the skies seemed to finally clear and…