November 9, 2013, Abu Dhabi ~ Sunday November 10 Features Sheikha Fatima Ladies World Championship Abu Dhabi’s opening meeting of the season offers something for everyone on Sunday November 10 with the Dh150,000 ($41,000) HH Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup as well as the HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak EARS apprentice race and…
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EARS Conference Aims to Strengthen Education for Jockeys and Racing Industry
November 9, 2013, Abu Dhabi ~ Following a welcome by Mubarak Al Muhairi, Director general Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority and Susanna Santesson, President, EARS – European Association of Racing Schools, the opening session of the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak EARS Conference for Training and Education began a two- day session at the…
Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club Race Card November 10
November 7, 2013, Abu Dhabi ~ Sunday’s six races have been drawn…and include the four races of the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nayhan Festival: the Wathba Stud Farm Cup the Racecourse, Newbury (For Local Owners), the Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup, HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak EARS Apprentice Jockey Race, and…
Abu Dhabi Gears up For Top Notch Arabian racing Sunday
November 7, 2013, Abu Dhabi ~ At a press conference under the headline, “One World, 5 Continents” held at the Mangrove Hotel Jannah, the details were revealed of Sunday’s racing (November 10) and Championships at the Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club. Top on the list will be the HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship IFAHR,…
HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship IFAHR final in Abu Dhabi
November 6, 2013 , Abu Dhabi ~ Top international lady jockeys from around the globe launch their claims in the final leg of the HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship (IFAHR) as Abu Dhabi new season races get underway at the Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club on Sunday evening November 10. The opening event of…
Senna OA wins Wathba Stud Farm Cup V in The Netherlands
November 4, 2013, Netherlands ~ The Daniel Klomp-trained Senna OA won the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s Wathba Stud Farm Cup V held in Duindigt, The Netherlands on Sunday, November 3, 2013. Ridden by Roy van Eck, Senna OA (Marwan x Saffiah) finished ahead of Pandora under Angelina Batist…
Notes from the rail – the Breeders’ Cup
Notes from the rail – November 3, 2013 The Breeders’ Cup has been referred to as “the World Series of Racing”, and the “Super Bowl of Horseflesh”. It is true that if you want to see everyone you have ever met in racing, it’s a good chance they will be at the Breeders’ Cup with…
HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship Jockeys to Compete
November 10, 2013, Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club 20:30 h HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship IFAHR Australia, Austria, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Korea, Netherlands, Oman, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland, and USA will be represented by winning jockeys at end of year Ladies World Championship IFAHR finals in Abu Dhabi. Jockey Profiles: [gview file=”https://horsereporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/ladiesabu_dhabi_sheet_small.pdf”…
Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club to hold opening races November 10
November 1o, 2013 Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club – Entries in Apprentice Jockey race 18.30 h HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak EARS Apprentice Race Fifteen jockeys, thirteen countries represented – Jockey profiles: [gview file=”https://horsereporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Apprentice_Jockey_sheet_small.pdf” save=”1″]
HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak EARS Conference Agenda
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So Big Is Better has the Best Ever Day at Breeders’ Cup Grade 1
Photos and Text: Pamela Burton November 1, 2013, California ~ Owner Mark Powell could only say “Yes!” repeatedly and with great emphasis after his win with So Big is Better at the President of the United Arab Emirates Arabian Stakes Invitational, the last race of the day on the first day of the Breeders’ Cup weekend at…
UAE President’s Cup Gr 1 Invitee list for Santa Anita November 1
October 23, 2013, California ~ The $150,000 prize money, UAE President’s Cup Gr 1 stakes, will be run for the first time on the undercard of the 30th Breeders’ Cup World Championships on November 1 at Santa Anita Park in California. According to Kathy Smoke, USA Arabian Jockey Club President, 13 invitations were extended for…
One World, Five Continents
Athlete del Sol Shines as Sheikh Zayed Cup returns to Baden Baden
October 21, 2013, Baden Baden, Germany ~ Athlete del Sol got off the mark as the six-year-old son of Dormane (x La Volee) held on strongly to land the Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup Gr2 at the Baden Baden Racecourse, Sunday, October 20. Trained in Netherlands by Karine van den Bos and ridden…
Top class field for Wathba Stud Farm Cup in Belgium
October 13, 2013, Belgium ~ The Arabian Horse Racing Club of Belgium (AHRCB) has declared 14 runners to battle it to the wire in the Euro 5,000 Wathba Stud Farm Cup race to be held at the Ghlin Racecourse, Belgium, on October 14. The lightly raced Madji, trained by Mrs. Regine Weissmeier looks good to…
UAE’s Al Ain racecourse now debuts January 31, 2014
October 12, 2013, Dubai ~ Al Ain’s Al Nakheel race track, which is set to become the fifth racecourse in the UAE during the 2013-2014 UAE racing season, will host its much-anticipated first race meeting next year, according to a revised schedule announced by the Emirates Racing Authority (ERA) on Tuesday. The new track at…
NC Casey Jones wins Fresno Wathba Stud Farm Cup
October 10, California ~ NC CASEY JONES ridden by Chris Russell make a steady run at the leaders and pulled away to win by 1 1/2 lengths in the second race at the California Big Fresno Fair Race Meet on October 5. NC Casey Jones ( Makzan x Shes The Most) ran his first race…
UAE Starts Racing Season November 1
October 10, 2013, Abu Dhabi ~ The dates for the UAE’s 2013-2014 racing season have been approved by His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister of the UAE, Minister of Presidential Affairs and Chairman of the Emirates Racing Authority (ERA). The new season’s inaugural day of racing will be held at…
Sawaya Elected IFAHR Ladies Racing chairman
October 9, 2013, Paris ~ Lara Sawaya, director of the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival, has been elected chairman of the Ladies Racing at the International Federation of the Arabian Horse Racing Authority (IFAHR), it was announced during the general meeting of the world Arabian racing body…
Mushrae Tops Quality Field at Qatar Arabian World Cup
Sunday 6th October, Paris ~ Qatar Arabian World Cup Sponsored by Qatar Pretroleum International In a race led by Boum de Ghazal up until the start of the home straight, Mushrae was biding his time in the middle of the pack, then broke away in the false home straight and slipped onto the trail of…
Top Price of €240,000 Paid for No Problem Al Maury
October 3, 2013, Saint Cloud, France ~PURE BRED ARABIAN SALE The Purebred Arabian Sale is the first rendezvous of the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe weekend, which is the stage for the most prestigious races dedicated to both thoroughbred and pure bred Arabians. The 2013 edition of the sale posted a turnover of €1,535,000 (including private…
Thrilling Season Finale at Hereford
October 2, 2013, UK ~ The curtain came down on another thrilling season of Arabian racing with an action-packed seven-race card at Hereford, held under the banner of the Arabian Racing Organization (ARO) on Saturday, 28 September. Gill Duffield, whose Djakbar Des Forges (Akbar x Djosera Des Forges), won the opening Wathba Stud Farm Cup…
The Arabian Horse Celebration in Kentucky Shows Off Racehorse,Whos Your Daddy
The second annual Arabian Horse Celebration was held in Freedom Hall at the Kentucky Exhibition Center in Louisville, Kentucky on September 17-21, 2013. This week-long event focused on many aspects of owners and lovers of the Arabian horse and highlighted many of the various disciplines at which the Arabian horse excels. Daily events included educational forums, demonstrations…
Arabian Racing Organisation holds season finale at Hereford
September 24, 2013,The Racecourse, Newbury ~ After Newbury’s Sept 21, Wathba Stud Farm Cup which gave Sophia (Kerbella x Solange) the win followed by Awaafi for second then third Shadiya in an eleven horse field, the Arabian Racing Organisation (ARO) is staging its final fixture of the season at Hereford Racecourse Saturday, 28 September. This…
H.H. Sheikh Mansoor Festival provides world first for UK’s ARO and Newbury
September 21, 2013, UK Press Release ~ Details of the fifth anniversary World Arabian Horse Racing Conference 2014 and races worth a total of £100,000 were outlined at a press briefing held at The Racecourse Newbury today hosted by Lara Sawaya, Director, H.H. Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival.…
Arabian racing joins Breeders Cup at Santa Anita
September 19, 2013, Lexington, KY ~ The Breeders’ Cup today announced that it has executed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Emirates Equestrian Federation (EEF) towards the formation of a long-term business partnership between the two organizations. This new relationship will begin with a purebred Arabian race to be contested at this year’s Breeders’ Cup World…
Dahess sold to Qatar’s Sheikh Joann bin Hamad Al Thani
BREAKING NEWS: September 18, 2013 France ~ Dahess (Amer), the Champion Arabian Stallion, has recently been sold by FBA, Jean-Pierre Déroubais to Sheikh Joann bin Hamad Al Thani of Qatar. Jean-Pierre Déroubais speaks about this amazing stallion: “I can say that DAHESS is a little bit my baby. I fell in love with him when he…
Zabla Strikes on LL Donner and Athlete Del Sol Repeats Success in Sweden
September 16, 2013, Stockholm ~ Zabla wins on LL Donner in HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship while Athlete Del Sol confirms for second time the Sheikh Zayed Cup Sunday, September 15, the day of Stockholm’s biggest race, the Stockholm Cup, the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse…
Victory for Tabarak in Doncaster showpiece
September 16, 2013, UK Press Release~ The Group 1 Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club Harwood International Stakes for colts and geldings, fillies and mares with prize money of £150,000. Winning time: 1:48:18 HH Sheikh Abdullah Bin Khalifa Al Thani owned Tabarak (Nizam x Altese D’Aroco) came up with a sterling performance to win the GBP 150,000 Group…
Last year’s winners back in the fray for Stockholms’ Sunday races
September, 14, 2013, Abu Dhabi Press Release ~ The HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival turns its attention to Sweden After a successful debut near the Pacific Ocean city of Los Angeles, California, the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival will…
So Big Is Better Romps Home in Sheikh Zayed Cup in Los Angeles
September 13, 2013, Los Angeles, California ~ Favorite So Big Is Better won the Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup Arabian Stakes while French amateur Marie Rollando steered Lil Rich Girl to a superb win in the HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship IFAHR race at Barretts Racing at Fairplex at Los…
Zayed Cup, Fatima World Championship races at Barretts Racing Fairplex
September 12, 2013, Los Angeles, CA. ~ First-ever ladies race in Los Angeles The HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival makes its presence felt in the American west coast with two of its prestigious races to be run at Barretts Racing at Fairplex in Pomona, Los Angeles, on…
Top field of eighteen head to Doncaster for Group 1 racing
September 11, 2013, UK ~ The world’s highest rated Purebred Arabian, Tabarak, has been declared for the Group 1 Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club Harwood International Stakes which will be run as part of the Ladbrokes St Leger card at Doncaster Racecourse on Saturday, 14 September. Staged under the patronage of His Excellency Sheikh Mohamed…