29 September 2018, Kentucky, USA ~ Betty and Joseph Gillis’ Mississippi-bred Quick Sand AA sealed the win by eight lengths on Saturday, 29 September, 2018, in the $100,000 President of the United Arab Emirates Cup (Grade I) for purebred Arabian 4-year-olds and up at Churchill Downs. Quick Sand AA rallied from off the pace under…
Last Call MHF (Kaolino x Always and Forever) took her second win of the season with Ricardo Chiappe in the saddle in the Delaware Allowance for three-year-olds + on 23 September 2017. Miss Paradise under Eddie Zambrana kept pace with the five-yr-old Kaolino filly but was beaten by a nose at the finish. Risky Red…
First race of US Arabian Triple Jewel, Amethyst Jewel in Houston3 March 2017, Houston, Texas, USA ~ Favorite, Paddys Day, makes a bid for the 2017 debut in the US with the Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup-Grade 1 Amethyst Jewel at Sam Houston Race Park, Houston, Texas on Saturday, 4 March. The Scott…
DIAR supports four Arabian races at Lone Star Park, Texas22 September 2016, USA ~ Dubai International Arabian Races (DIAR) is delighted to announce that the global race program for Arabian racehorses will return to the USA on 4 November 2016, at Lone Star Park, near Dallas, Texas. The DIAR initiative is the brainchild of His…
American Krone was the first female jockey to win a Triple Crown race, Breeders’ Cup18 September, 2016, Los Alamitos, California, USA ~ The first female jockey to win the a USA Triple Crown race and a Breeder’s Cup – Julie Krone- has been tapped as an Ambassador for the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al…
Will Paddys Day retain 2015 Triple Jewel Title1 6 September 2016, Los Alamitos, California, USA ~Paddys Day, winner of the 2015 Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup Triple Jewel series, looks set to successfully defend that title when he starts as firm favorite in the $48,700 Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Arabian Cup…
3 July 2016, Pleasanton, California, USA ~ Powered by a superb finish, Sand Victor staved off favorite Paddys Day in the Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Grade II – Emerald Arabian Triple Jewel race, while Austrian lady jockey Manuela Slamanig obliged on favorite RB Madymoiselle in the H.H. Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies World…
Paddys Day favorite in Pleasanton showdown 1 July 2016, Oak Tree Racing, Pleasanton, California ~ Paddys Day, winner of the 2015 Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup Triple Jewel series and the winner of the first race in the 2016 Series, the Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup – Amethyst Jewel at the…
19 October 2015, Grand Prairie,Texas ~ On 16 October the Arabian Stallion Stakes at Lone Star Race Park outside of Dallas, Texas, offered two Gr 3 Stakes races for top Arabians. In the mile race for fillies and mares 3yrs+, a field of nine started with Our Princess guided by Kirsten Swan overcoming stablemate, Royal…
2015 Tent of Honor Bobbi Patscheider and Racing Hall of Fame horse Don Condare Honored22 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…
Past and Future of Arabian racing22 June 2015, Aurora, Colorado ~ When Paddys Day took the lead in Sunday’s Jerry Partin COBRA Sprint Sponsored by Quarter Moon Ranch at Arapahoe Park, he also took the baton of Arabian racing in Colorado. The 4-year-old rising star ridden by Kelsi Purcell won the all-star Arabian showdown that…
Taylors Touchof Class gets classy start to her season2 June 2015, Delaware Park, Delaware, USA ~ On opening day 23 May 2014, Darley Award winning 4-Year-Old Filly Our Princess conquered in a field of seven at Delaware Park Racetrack in Delaware. Our Princess (Nivour De Cardonne x Monarchs Princess) backed by Kirsten Swan started from…
Es Mi Cielo dominated Sunday’s six-furlong Wathba Stud Farm Cup at Arapahoe Park25 May 2015, Aurora, Colorado, USA ~ Es Mi Cielo’s second victory in one week in the His Highness Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival and Ms Dixie’s successful Colorado homecoming highlighted the Arabian action on a busy…
*Dates are subject to change Houston Race Park – Houston, Texas 21 February – Texas Arabian Six Shooter, Gr. 2, 4 yr. old C&G, $30,000 Est., 7 F 21 February – Texas Arabian Yellow Rose, Gr. 2, 4 yr. old fillies, $30,000 Est., 7 F 7 March – HH Sheikh. Zayed Bin Sultan Al…
Smith strikes on Sand On Fire in HH Sheikha Fatima Ladies race 8 March 2015, Houston, Texas ~ On 7 March in Houston, hot favorite Valiant Boy SBFAR was a non-starter, and it was the Jerenesto Torres-trained Burning Fleet under Ernesto Valdez-Jiminez that made a driving finish to win the first leg of the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin…