Capewell has now called over 1,000 Arabian racesThe Arabian Racing Organisation (UK) announced an award for race commentator, Gary Capewell, who has been presented with the coveted Qatar Racing and Equestrian Award at the 2018 Horserace Writers & Photographers Derby Awards at London’s Royal Lancaster Hotel on Monday 3 December 2018. Following a unanimous decision,…
27 September 2018, Wolverhampton, UK ~ Wolverhampton on Saturday night, 22 September 2018, saw a huge local Black Country crowd turn-up for a well-supported nine race card and ARO was there. The Arabian Racing Organisation Amateur Riders Handicap Stakes for horses rated up to 110 attracted a field of nine runners going to post for…
Sunday 29 July, Racing and Entertainment in Store26 July 2018, UK ~ The Dubai International Arabian Races promises spectacular entertainment both on and off the track when the world’s most prestigious day’s racing dedicated to Purebred Arabians returns to Newbury Racecourse under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum Deputy Ruler…
Sambist Wins Leading Sire trophy for the 12th time29 October 2017, UK ~ Each year the Arab Horse Society (AHS) honors the Leading Race Horse and the Leading Premium Racing Sire. Anne Brown writes: “I am thrilled that my stallion Sambist (deceased in 2014) has won the 2017 Leading Sire trophy for the 12th time. The…
L.B Farrah is currently UK HARC Champion mare17 October 2017, UK ~ The Heritage Arabian Racing Club (HARC), now in it’s second year, has highlighted to the Arabian horse racing fraternity the ability of the pure Arabian racehorse to hold its own, and on occasion come home the winner against the bigger or faster specialist…
4 September 2017, UK ~ Following the final fixture of the 2017 UK season, the Arabian Racing Organisation (ARO) offers their warmest congratulations to ARO Judge, Michael Roberts, on taking up his appointment as a Judge for the British Horseracing Authority. Roberts started his career with ARO three seasons ago, initially in a support capacity,…
HARC Championship caps successful season finale at Huntingdon, UK 27 September 2017, Huntingdon race course, UK ~ The UK Arabian racing Season Finale saw LB Farrah and Teresa Gavin claim their second Heritage Arabian Racing Club (HARC) UK Championship on 23 September 2017, with a run over two miles in the HARC Handicap Conditions race…
President of the UAE Cup (UK Arabian Derby) Group 1 PA at Doncaster18 September 2017, UK ~ The Royal Cavalry of Oman’s homebred colt, Nafees, dominated the final stages of the Group 1 President of the UAE Cup (UK Arabian Derby) run at Doncaster on 16 September 2017. Drawing clear in the hands of Tadhg…
Wolverhampton supports eight Arabian races for the day19 June 2017, UK ~ The Arabian Racing Organisation’s (ARO) third full fixture of the UK Arabian season run at Wolverhampton on Saturday, 17 June 2017, included a win by Insignia, a first homebred winner for the Owen family in the Heritage Arabian Racing Club (HARC) maiden. Ridden…
Simmons will be HARC Breeders Representative19 December 2016, UK ~ The Arabian Racing Organization (ARO) made the announcement that long-time ARO supporter Paul Simmons has accepted the role as ARO Breeders Representative with the Heritage Arabian Racing Club (HARC) as per the HARC constitution. Simmons has been involved in Arab racing since 1998, initially as…
Awards by the Arabian Racing Organisation UK 22 November 2016, UK ~ The Arabian Racing Organisation (ARO) announced today the four nominees for the Outstanding Achievement in Arabian Racing Award to be presented at the Horserace Writers and Photographer’s Association Annual Derby Awards Luncheon. The event which takes place on Monday 5 December at the…
Close finishes mark 2016’s final Wathba Stud Farm Cup in UK29 August 2016, Hereford, United Kingdom ~ A number of close finishes including a dead heat were the highlights of the fourth and final meeting of the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s Wathba Stud Farm Cup race…
13th HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship 20 August 2016, Sandown Park, UK ~ Germany’s Monique Luebcke made it a pillar-to-post win on Koline to book the 13th berth in the 13 November final in Abu Dhabi of the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship (IFAHR) Series on Friday, 19 August.…
Kao Kat wins the Royal Cavalry of Oman Clarendon Stakes (Group 2 PA) 13 August 2016, UK ~ Kao Kat MHF recorded his first Pattern race success as he drew clear of Radames by nearly four lengths in the Royal Cavalry of Oman Clarendon Stakes (Group 2 PA) at Newbury today, 13 August, with his…
10 August 2016, USA ~ Marketing some of the top Thoroughbred stallions in the world, planning events for 250 -10,000 people, working with powerful sponsors to broaden the scope, entertainment factor and prize money of top-sponsored race days, and planning media events that will excite International viewers and the press – these are a few…
HH Sheikh Mansoor Festival supports five Wathba Cup Races in Hereford8 August 2016, Hereford, UK ~ The Arabian Racing Organisation (ARO) novice jockey Malcolm Mallow got off the mark in style on Sunday, 7 August, with a quick-fire double at the third HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival…
Fifty-nine horses have been declared for 7 races in the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Festival6 August, Hereford, United Kingdom ~ The Arabian Racing Organization (ARO) holds the third of four full fixtures for Purebred Arabians at Hereford on Sunday, 7 August, with all meetings run under the generous sponsorship of the HH…
Hereford Racecourse and Sandown Park benefit from increased patronage 3 August 2016, UK ~ August is a very exciting month for the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Festival in the UK, with two full race days at Hereford Racecourse, featuring 11 Wathba Stallions and Wathba Stud Farm Cup races for UK domestic horses. However,…
30 July 2016, Goodwood, UK ~ Al Shaqab’s Al Mourtajez stamped his authority as the World’s Top Arabian with an imperious performance in the Qatar International Stakes (Group 1 PA) at Goodwood in the UK,on 30 July. Demolishing a high quality field under jockey Julien Augé, the 6-year-old outdistanced his competitors to win by eight…
29 July 2016, UK ~ Horsereporter asked ace Arabian race commentator, Gary Capewell, for his thoughts on the 24 July Newbury Dubai Day contenders and race results: “I have to say I thought it was a complete success and a very well-organized day; I can never remember so many international runners on the card before. It just…
Dubai International Arabian Races is one of Europe’s most prestigious Arabian horse racing fixtures18 July 2016, Newbury, UK ~ The Dubai International Arabian Races returns to Newbury Racecourse for the 14th time on Sunday, 24 July, with its most valuable prize money ever on offer. The eight-race showcase for world-class Arabians now features four Group…
The closing date for the supplementary entry stage for the Qatar International Stakes (Gr1PA) is Wednesday 20 July at 12 noon12 July 2016, Goodwood, UK ~ Representatives from the Arabian Racing Organization as well as Arabian trainers Beverley Deutrom and James Owen were in attendance at a press launch held at the Saatchi Galley in…
23 June 2016, UK ~ Athbah Stud’s homebred colt Khattaf Athbah put up a game display winning from the front in the Dubai International Arabian Races (DIAR) at Newbury 24 July International Stakes on Thursday, 23 June. The ten runner juvenile contest at Newbury was a preparatory race for the Emirates Equestrian Federation International Stakes…
15 June 2016, UK ~ A top rated list of entries was released by the Arabian Racing Organization (ARO) for the first leg of the Doha Triple Crown, the Qatar International Stakes (Gr1PA), to be run as part of the Qatar Goodwood Festival on Saturday, 30 July. Entries are topped by 2016 highest rates Arabian…
Al Saoudi son, Awzaan, unbeaten in third career start11 June 2016, Chepstow, UK ~ The Dubai International Arabian Races Premier Handicap Stakes run at Chepstow on 10 June went to Awzaan in the colors of the DIAR patron HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Trained by second season trainer James Owen and ridden by…
9 June 2016, UK ~ The first of four UK preparatory races for the Arabian Racing Organisation’s flagship meeting Dubai International Arabian Races (DIAR) was run at Newbury today, 9 June, with recent ARO Cup (Gr3PA) winner Aghsaan dominating the finish to win going away by four lengths. Ridden again by Tadhg O’Shea for Phil…
8 June 2016, UK ~The Arabian Racing Organization (ARO) announced that nine runners have been declared for the DIAR Premier Handicap Stakes to be run at Chepstow on Friday 10 June. It is the second of four UK preparatory races leading up to the Arabian Racing Organization’s (ARO) season highlight, Dubai International Arabian Races, staged…
8 June 2016, UK ~ Six runners were declared this morning for the Shadwell Arabian Stallions International Stakes to be run at Newbury on Thursday, 9 June. They are headed by recent course winner Aghsaan, rookie trainer Phil Collington’s first Pattern triumph when winning the ARO Cup (Gr3PA) last month. Collington is hoping to follow…
Callymay win keeps Thomas, Walker on top 8 June 2016, Hereford, UK ~ Delyth Thomas’s Callymay stole the thunder in the eight-race Wathba Stud Farm Cup meeting held in Hereford on Sunday, 5 June under the umbrella of the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival. Callymay made it…
17 May 2016, UK, The Arabian Racing Organization (ARO) is honored with the Royal Cavalry of Oman’s decision to add to their sponsorship of Purebred Arabian racing in the UK for the 2016 season. The 20 races under sponsorship include two full meetings at Chelmsford City Racecourse on 1 July and 25 September, whilst they…
8 May 2016, Hereford, United Kingdom ~ Local trainer Delyth Thomas stole the limelight in the first of four Wathba Stud Farm Cup race meetings to be held under the umbrella of the Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival at Hereford in 2016. Thomas saddled three of the winners…
The Royal Cavalry Of Oman Maiden Stakes18 July, 2015, Newbury, UK ~ After taking over the lead in a late run at the Newbury race track, KATONAHOTINROOF MHF (Kaolino (FR) x Morning Lyght by Monarch AH) ran away from the field in this maiden race under jockey Simon Walker. After seeing a clear path in…
10 June 2015, UK ~ One day after the 11 June, Newbury DIAR race, Chepstow will be home to the Shadwell Arabian Stallions Premier Handicap Stakes on 12 June, another Prep race for the Dubai International Arabian Races (DIAR) series. There are eight horses entered into this 1m 4F (12F) for Purebred Arabians, 4 yrs+ open…