Bucharest will stage the 2019 World Arabian Horse Racing Forum (WAHRF)30 June 2018, Ploiești, Romania ~ Romania is the latest country to play host to the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s Wathba Stallions Cup at the Hipodromul Ploiesti on Sunday, 1July 2018. Ploiești is a city and…
21 November 2016, Abu Dhabi, UAE ~ In a thrilling finish, MH Tawag under UAE champion jockey Tadhg O’Shea won the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s Wathba Stud Farm Cup for Private Owners at the Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club racecourse on Sunday night, 20 November. O’Shea was…
HH Sheikh Mansoor Festival supports prestigious award 17 November, London, UK ~ The UAE Ambassador in London, HE Sulaiman Al Mazroui along with Ms. Lara Sawaya, Executive Director of HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival, Chairperson of the International Federation of Horse Racing Academies (IFHRA) and Chairperson of…
Races leading up to Group 1 €1.2 million Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Jewel Crown- IPIC. 13 November 2016, Abu Dhabi, UAE ~ The two finals of the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship (IFAHR) and the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Apprentice World Championship (IFAHR) precede the world’s richest race for…
Star-studded field for world’s richest race for Purebred Arabians12 November 2016, Abu Dhabi, UAE ~ Sunday 13 November the €1.2 million Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup Crown Jewel-IPIC (Group 1) race by the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival is not only the world’s richest race…
Sheikh Mansoor Festival Mentorship Program28 October 2016, Sharjah, UAE ~ It will be a huge moment for Polish Apprentice jockey Kamil Grzybowski when he wears the silks of the UAE President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan in the Sharjah Police Headquarters race in Sharjah on Saturday, 29 October 2016. Grzybowski is mentored…
Second year in a row for Pilroth at the Wathba Stud Farm Cup (Group 3) in Sweden 11 October 2016, Jagersro, Sweden ~ Anna Pilroth on Macallan scored for the second time in two years with a superb finish in the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s Wathba…
Germany’s Arnold rides Tsagan Nour to win Festival-supported FEI championship 24 September 2016, Montauban, France ~ Germany’s Sabrina Arnold steered 7-year-old Tsagan Nour to a superb win in the 122-km FEI World Championship for Young Horses organized by Endurance Equestrian Negrepellise in the historic Saint-Etienne-de-Tulmont region in Montauban, Toulouse, France, on Friday, 23 September 2016.…
HH Sheikh Mansoor Festival-supported FEI World Championship for Young Horses on Friday22 September 2016, Montauban, France ~ After a hectic schedule of Purebred Arabian flat racing in the recent weeks, the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival now shifts its focus to endurance. Over 200 horses and riders…
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…
HH Sheikh Mansoor Festival-supported race-meeting at Sandown Park, UK16 August 2016, Sandown, UK ~ Ten lady riders including three professionals will be part of the line-up for the UK stage of the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship (IFAHR) series, to be run as part of race meeting sponsored by the HH Sheikh…
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…
Endurance rides to be held in the ancient Sonian forest in the heart of Belgium7 July 2016, Brussels, Belgium ~ The HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival and the Royal Belgian Federation of Equestrian Sports have jointly announced an annual international endurance festival for a three-year period starting…
Majeed wins Sheikh Zayed Cup27 June, 2016, Duindigt, The Netherlands ~ Qatar raider Majeed under Gaetan Faucon won the Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup (Group 3) race in a thrilling finish while Ziyadd, owned by HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, emerged as the new European Triple Crown winner. Sheikh Zayed Bin…
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…
7 June 2016, Stockholm, Sweden ~ The Swedish National Day ended on a perfect note for Maria Hagman-Eriksson as the owner-trainer completed a double, winning the two prestigious Purebred Arabian horse races at Gardet on Monday, 6 June 2016, in Stockholm. Hagman-Eriksson’s Toutatix under Dayverson De Barros scored a stunning victory in the Sheikh Zayed…
Sunday’s HH Sheikh Mansoor Festival races set to boost Arabian racing in Italy 28 May 2016, Rome, Italy ~ The HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival shows up in force to boost the Purebred Arabian racing scene in Italy when three of its major race series will be…
Envoys lead Arabian horse fraternity on historic visit27 May 2016, Rome, Italy ~ In an extraordinary evening, the UAE flag was flown for the first time as an emblem of peace as 300-plus delegates of the World Arabian Horse Racing Conference (WAHRC) visited the Vatican Galleries as special guests on Wednesday evening, 25 May 2016. It…
Antonio Saldanha on Consentida won the 160-km ride25 April, 2016, Fronteira, Portugal~ Laia Soria Pinol riding Kz Magica won the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival-sponsored 120-km National Championship ride of Portugal held in Fronteira on Saturday, 23 April 2016. Pinol finished the 120-km ride, run in five…
Royal Richess wins HH Sheikha Fatima Ladies race in Houston5 March 2016, Houston, Texas, USA ~ Paddys Day, winner of the Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup Triple Jewel series 2015 made a perfect start in his defense of that title with a superb win in the Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup…
Italy, Lebanon, and Australian Gold Coast join expanding world of Arabian horse races 11 February 2016, Abu Dhabi, UAE ~ The HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s calendar of events for the year 2016 was unveiled at a press conference held at the Anantara Eastern Mangroves in Abu…
Indian rider Madhu Singh wins Al Dhafra Ride 21 December 2015, Abu Dhabi, UAE ~ In a great triumph for the Al Jazeera Stable 2, rider Madhu Singh Sumer Singh on 10-year-old Anglo-Arabian Mustafa won the 120-km Al Dhafrah Endurance Ride at the Emirates International Endurance Village, Al Wathba, in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, 20…
Around 150 riders chase eleven 4W Drive cars on offer for Saturday 5 December ride4 December 2015, Abu Dhabi, UAE ~ 150 riders are expected to take the trail in the 120-km National Day Cup endurance ride which marks the 44th anniversary of the UAE’s National Day and is being held under the directives of…
CEN 100-km Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Endurance Cup28 November 2015, Abu Dhabi, UAE ~ Milena Mendez on the 11-year-old bay crossbred stallion Moreno from Al Reef Stables won the 100-km Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Endurance Cup for the second year in a row at the Emirates International Endurance Village in Al Wathba, Abu…
Date: November 04, 2014 ~ The General Assembly meeting of the International Federation of Horse Racing Academies (IFHRA) held on Wednesday, November 4, 2015, at Eastern Mangroves Hotel in Abu Dhabi, approved 12 names to receive the Racing Scholarship Fund, (RSF), a first of its kind mentorship program initiated by IFHRA. The board had received 19…
HH Sheikh Mansoor Festival Sponsors FEI Young Horses Endurance Championship races24 September 2015, Italy ~ The FEI World Championship for Young Horses sponsored by the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festiva kicks off the Italian Endurance Festival 2015 at the Valeggio Sul Mincio in Verona, Italy, on Saturday,…
So Big Is Better stuns Paddys Day21 September 2015, Los Alamitos, California ~ The Los Alamitos Racecourse prides itself as a venue where America’s top aged horses continue to shine and on Saturday it was So Big Is Better that justified that tag when as an 11-year-old he pipped odds-on favorite Paddys Day to win…
Triple Crown at Los Alamitos, California 18 September 2015, California ~ On Saturday 19 September at the Los Alamitos racetrack in California the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s newly-introduced Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup series’ Triple Jewel competition will find its ultimate winner. After the…
HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Flat Racing Triple Jewel Series Final Saturday16 September 2015, Los Angeles, California ~ Los Angeles will be the site of the Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Arabian Cup Stakes on Saturday, 19 September, which starts 11 top Arabians at Los Alamitos track. The mile race…
US $100,000 HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Darley Award Stakes at Santa Anita April, 2016 14 September 2015, Abu Dhabi, UAE ~ The Darley Awards for Arabian horses by the Arabian Racing Cup will once again award the best in Arabian horse racing for 2015 on the first three days of April, 2016, in Hollywood,…
HH Sheikh Mansoor Festival to stage three endurance rides in Italy 11 September 2015, Abu Dhabi, UAE ~ The HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival will be staging important endurance rides including the FEI World Endurance Championship for Young Horses and the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Endurance CEIO…
IFHRA General Assembly to be held in November 8 September 2015, Abu Dhabi, UAE ~ The fourth meeting of the Executive Committee of the International Federation of Horse Racing Academies (IFHRA) held at the Eastern Mangroves Hotel in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, 7 August, announced that the Annual General Assembly of the Abu Dhabi-headquartered body…