15 February 2020, Al Ain, UAE ~ Racing at Al Ain on Friday, 14 February 2020 was officially highlighted by a quality 1800m handicap won in determined fashion by Yaraa, completing a double on the card for jockey Richard Mullen. Winning number 11 for Ana Mendez, the 5-year-old mare, running in the colors of Al…
All seven races have attracted the maximum allowed field of 1516 January 2020, Al Ain, UAE ~ Racing returns to Al Ain Racecourse on Friday afternoon, 17 January 2020, for a seven-race card including a solitary Thoroughbred contest, a 2000m handicap. On official ratings with a lofty handicap mark of 75, Marmara XM (Grilla (US)…
4 April 2019, Al Ain, UAE ~ Racing at Al Ain on Thursday, 4 April 2019, was capped with the 1800m handicap, giving RB Grynade another chance to shine. After AF Al Baher looked the likely winner when hitting the front 300m out, they had no answer to the late challenge of RB Grynade (Burning…
15 March 2018, Al Ain, UAE ~ Al Ain Racecourse will stage their final fixture of the current season on Friday, 16 March 2018, with a seven-race card featuring both the Al Ain Derby and the final leg of the Al Ain Marathon Series. Each contest carries Prestige Status. The most valuable, worth AED120,000, is…
Al Ain Series Pits Top Distance runners15 December, 2017, Al Ain, UAE ~ Racing at Al Ain, the UAE’s newest racecourse, is highlighted by Round 1 of the Al Ain Marathon Series – a handicap over 2600m – for which eight have been declared, including last year’s winner Sheikh Down. A regular in this race…
Shadwell to sponsor seven-race card on 10 February, 20177 February 2017, Al Ain, UAE ~ Al Ain Racecourse has announced that Shadwell Stud, owned by HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, will be sponsoring the entirety of the seven-race card on Friday, 10 February. The Shadwell operation based in Thetford, UK, is sponsoring at…
27 January 2016, Al Ain, UAE ~ The featured 1000m handicap at Al Ain on Friday, 27 January, turned into a one-horse race when the Ernst Oertel-trained AF Thobor (AF Al Buraq (AE) led from the outset and was never headed under Richard Mullen. On paper this was an ultra-competitive race, but Mullen’s mount…
Helal Al Alawi Saddles Winner in Inaugural National Day Race10 December 2016, Al Ain ~ Jockey Royston Ffrench earned his riding fee aboard Sniper De Monlau on Saturday evening, 10 December, when the Helal Al Alawi-trained Purebred Arabian was victorious in the inaugural running of Al Ain’s National Day Cup. A conditions contest over 1800m,…
2 December 2016, Al Ain, UAE ~ Al Ain Racecourse staged its second meeting of the season on Friday, 2 December 2016, allowing racing enthusiasts the opportunity to celebrate National Day at the races with a competitive seven race card. Organizers saved the best to last. A featured 1600m handicap concluded the action and was…
18 November 2016, Al Ain ~ The HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s Wathba Stud Farm Cup for Private Owners race that kick-started the Al Ain race course’s 2016-17 flat racing season on Friday, 18 November 2016. The 7-race meeting with six races for Purebred Arabians opened with…
Jewel Crown winner RB Burn will take on Thakif and Versac PY for AED500,000 Prize Money race18 November 2016, Al Ain, UAE ~ Multiple Group I winner Thakif features among strong entries for the new-look National Day Cup to be staged at Al Ain Racecourse on Saturday, 10 December. The 1800m conditions event, which carries…
18 March 2016, Al Ain, UAE ~ Al Ain racecourse feature race on Thursday evening was dominated by Al Asayl Stables-based trainer Eric Lemartinel. The Frenchman saddled five HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan-owned runners for the Al Muwaiji Handicap (1600m) sponsored By Shadwell and welcomed back the first four home in the AED80,000 contest. Bashayer (Calin Du…
12 December 2015, Al Ain, UAE ~ Eric Lemartinel dominated the second meeting of the Al Ain season on 12 December by sending out three winners. The Al Asayl based trainer topped off the day by saddling the first three home in the feature Jebel Hafeet Handicap (1800m). Jockey Tadhg O’Shea landed the first spot on Madjanthat passing stable…