August 24, 2013, Warsaw ~ Last year’s HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies Championship race winner Celtik aims to score again Ameretto, last year’s (2012) winner here at the Sluzewiec race course, has once again been in terrific form this year and will be the horse to beat in Sunday’s (August 25) Sheikh Zayed bin…
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2015 World Arabian Horse Racing Conference location announced
August 23, 2013, Warsaw ~ At a press conference held at the Sheraton Hotel in Warsaw on Thursday to announce details of the Sunday, August 25, UAE Day of racing, the Sluzewiec race course Director Wlodzimierz Bakowski remarked on how the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival has played a…
HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak World Ladies Championship in Ostend next year
August 20, 2013, Wellington Racecourse, Ostend, Belgium ~ HH Sheikh Mansoor Festival boosts presence in BelgiumFollowing the success of the 2012 Wathba Stud Farm Cup in Ghlin, and Monday’s tremendous response to the Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup(Listed) race in Ostend, the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat…
It is No Problem Al Maury in Ostend success
August 20, 2013, Ostend ~ Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup makes debut in Belgium The HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup made a dream debut at the Wellington racetrack in Ostend, Belgium, with No Problem Al Maury winning an exciting…
Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup to make Belgian debut
18, 2013, Hippodrome Wellington (Ostend)~The HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival adds a new chapter to the historic Wellington racetrack in Ostend, Belgium as it unveils its Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup on Monday, August 19, 2013. The HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat…
Hippodrome Wellington in Belgium looks forward to Sheikh Zayed Listed PA Cup
August 15, 2013 Ostend, Belgium ~ The Hippodrome Wellington in Ostend, Belgium, and the Arabian Horse Racing Club of Belgium are looking forward to the races of the 19th of August. Prime on the card is the Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup, a Listed PA of 1800m with prize money of €20,000 with…
Wathba Stud Farm Cup races in Sweden and France
August 14, 2013, UAE ~ Wathba Stud Farm Cup announces winners in Sweden and France as Yaqoot and Akkar stride to glory – Press Release Sweden – Yaqoot (Darike x Nirva de Caronne), owned by Stall Haaga, kicked away from the rest of the field to claim a comfortable two and a half lengths victory in the 1730m…
Pandoro wins Netherlands Wathba Stud Farm Cup
July 30, 2013, Holland ~ Pandoro (Normative x Poema), pushed to the lead by jockey, Anthony Deau, triumphed across the line to land the 1800m Wathba Stud Farm Cup (PA Maiden) at the Duindigt Racecourse, Netherlands on Sunday, July 28. Alzain (Khoutoubia), owned by Khalid Al Nabooda finished second under Jadey Pietrasiewicz, and behind for third came…
Classic debut for Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club September 14
July 26, 2013, UK ~ The Group One Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club Harwood International Stakes will become the first race for pure bred Arabians to be run on a Classic card in Britain when the £150,000 event joins Doncaster’s Ladbrokes St Leger programme on Saturday, 14 September. Staged under the patronage of His Excellency Sheikh…
Opening Ceremonies for 2013 World Endurance Championship Junior & Young Riders in Tarbes
July 25, 2013, Tarbes, France ~ Opening Ceremonies for the CEI 120km 2013 World Endurance Championship for Junior & Young Riders was held Thursday, July 25, at the Haras de Tarbes – the Tarbes Stud in the centre of the City of Tarbes in southwest France. In the pomp and circumstance…
Hereford and Newbury Command Top Wathba Stud Farm Cup Racing for August 3, 4
July 25, 2013, UK ~ August 3 at Hereford, UK, promises good fields for Wathba Stud Farm Cup Maiden Stakes and Wathba Stud Farm Cup Conditions Stakes. The August 3, 7 F Maiden commands a strong field of 17, while later that day, the 7 F Conditions race will see the Julian Smart trained, Mkeefa…
FEI World Endurance Championship for Junior and Young Riders Kicks off with Style
July 25, 2013, Tarbes, France ~ Over 100 riders ages 14-21 from 28 countries are assembling to battle for Championship in the Saturday July 27, CEIYJ**** 120km ride in this corner of Southwestern France. The program includes the July 25 Opening Ceremony at the Tarbes Stud Farm, while Pre-Ride Veterinary inspection is slated for Friday July 26,…
Wathba Stud Farm Cup attracts top contenders in USA and Poland
July 19, 2013, Dubai ~ Press Release – Six horses have been declared for the Wathba Stud Farm Cup to be run at The State Fair in Sacramento, CA, USA, as seven horses battle it to the wire at the Warsaw Racetrack in the second round of the competition on Saturday July 20. Both events…
One Hot Chick and Sammy V triumph in California
July 6, 2013, Pleasanton, California ~ Leonie Vethaak from the Netherlands riding One Hot Chick (Burning Sand x FC Bint Chezi x Ala Croixnoir) was the winner in the eighth of 11 rounds of the 6 F $25,000 added H.H. Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship in Pleasanton, California 6 July. While a crowd of…
Quality field for Sheikh Zayed Cup in Pleasanton California as Sheikha Fatima Championship makes debut
July 5, 2013, Press Release San Francisco ~ With only three rounds remaining before the grand finale of the HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship IFAHR in Abu Dhabi later in November, ten lady jockeys have been declared to battle it out to the wire in the eighth round of the competition which…
Ameretto, Phraseur Kossack and Alibaba Del Sol emerge winners at Duindigt
June 23, 2013, Netherlands ~Ameretto, Phraseur Kossack and Alibaba Del Sol emerged the winning horses in a triple delight of the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival at the historic Duindigt race course in The Netherlands on Sunday, June 23. Dutch and other European fans of Purebred Arabian…
HH Sheikh Mansoor Festival’s three races to dominate Dutch meeting
June 22, 2013, Duindigt, Holland ~ PRESS RELEASE Exciting racing on the cards in Duindigt on Sunday, June 23 The HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival is set to dominate Sunday’s (June 23) racing at the historic Duindigt race course in The Netherlands with three top quality races. The…
USA Nominated Entries for World Endurance Championships Junior and Young Riders
June 17, 2013, Lexington, KY ~ From USEF ~The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) approved the Endurance FEI Nominated Entries for the 2013 FEI World Endurance Championships for Juniors and Young Riders. From the Nominated Entries, the team of five athlete/horse combinations will be entered on the Definite Entry on July 15th. The ranked order of the…
Toulouse Racing Shapes End of Conference Excitement
June 11, 2013, Toulouse, France ~ HH Sheikh Tahnoon’s Lady Wish wins Zayed Cup in Toulouse Lady Wish owned by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy National Security Advisor came up with a brilliant finish under jockey Ioritz Mendizabal to win the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s…
Dazzling awards ceremony brings curtain down on Toulouse meet
June 9, 2013, Toulouse ~4th World Arabian Racing Conference end on a positive note The curtain came down on the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s 4th World Arabian Racing Conference 2013 in Toulouse with a dazzling Gala Awards Dinner at the historic Augustin Museum in Toulouse, France…
Last Day of World Arabian Racing Conference Debates Key Issues
June 8, 2013, Toulouse France ~HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s Fourth World Arabian Horse Racing Conference Saturday In a focussed discussion on Marketing, Future, and Innovation, key points came to the fore during the morning session on the last day of the Conference staged at the Centre…
Jockeys share their passion, problems at World Arabian Horse Racing Conference
June 7, 2013, Toulouse, France ~ The second day of the fourth edition of the World Arabian Racing Conference 2013 began at the Centre de Congrès Pierre Baudis in Toulouse with jockeys revealing their reasons for them taking to the profession. Soon after the session, His Excellency Asim Mirza Al Rahma, the UAE Ambassador to the Republic of Poland along…
World Arabian Racing Conference highlights Challenges of Breeding
June 6, 2013, Toulouse, France ~ The fourth edition of the World Arabian Horse Racing Conference began today. With Derek Thompson as moderator, the opening session at the 2013 World Arabian Horse Racing Conference dealt with the topic of breeding with the input of a select panel of experts. Khalid Al Naboodah (UAE) and Ali…
Fourth World Arabian Horse Racing Conference opens in Toulouse, France on Thursday
Wednesday 5 June, 2013, Toulouse ~ Toulouse hosts Fourth World Arabian Horse Racing Festival June 6-8 Some of the Purebred Arabian Racing world’s top officials, experts, veterinarians, trainers and jockeys will be participating in the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s Fourth World Arabian Horse Racing Conference which…
1-2 finish for trainer Malinowski in Wathba Stud Farm up in Poland
May 26, 2013, Warsaw, Poland ~ Trainer Maciej Malinowski saddled a 1-2 finish in the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s Wathba Stud farm Cup race held in Warsaw, Poland on Sunday (May 26). Via Verdi Kossack (Marwan x Vesna), owned and trained by Malinowski, was ridden by Blazej…
Speed Kossack wins opening Wathba Stud farm Cup in The Netherlands
May 22, 2013, Duindigt ~ Raymond Chang steered Speed Kossack to open the 2013 HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Flat Horse Race Festival’s Wathba Stud Farm with a win at the Duindigt race course May 19. Speed Kossack (Nougatin x Speedy V Kossack), trained by M. Weber for owner Huub Otermans,…
Arabian Horse Racing Club of Belgium looks forward to top quality racing
May 22, 2013, Report by Nelly Philippot-Hermanne, President AHRCB. The Arabian Horse Racing Club of Belgium (AHRCB) will award over 100.000 euro prize money in 2013 Wellington racetrack After a couple of years of dimmed activity, due to the reconstruction of the Wellington racetrack of Ostend, the races for Pure-bred Arabian horses are blooming again. Thanks…
Galeries Lafayette, France, joins support for HH Sheikh Mansoor Festival
May 22, 2013,Toulouse ~ Galeries Lafayette has joined the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival as the latest sponsors for the upcoming 4th edition of the World Arabian Horse Racing Conference to be held in Toulouse, France. The world forum (Abu Dhabi, Den Hague, Berlin, Toulouse), scheduled from June…
Irish lady jockey Marta Pisarek partners Altesse Kossack to glory at Newbury
May 19, 2013, London, Press Release ~ Marta Pisarek became the fifth lady jockey to book her ticket to Abu Dhabi for a dream lineup in the final of HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak ladies World Championship (IFAHR) in November, after the Irish woman brought Altesse Kossack home in the UK qualifier of the series…
International lady riders’ eye HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship glory at Newbury
May 17, 2013, London ~ Press Release ~ Leading Arab and Omani lady jockey Salima Al Taleei, will be once again among 12 international riders who make the lineup in the UK qualifier as the fifth round of the HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship (IFAHR) gets underway at Newbury Racecourse on Saturday.…
HH Sheikh Mansoor Festival to stage two international endurance rides in France
May 13, 2013, Abu Dhabi ~ The HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival announced the addition of two International endurance rides to their roster. Lara Sawaya, Director HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival and Head of International Federation of Arabian Horse…
Poulain Kossack wins at Berlin’s Hoppegarten
May 6, 2013, Hoppegarten Racecourse, Berlin ~ Poulain Kossack successfully defended his 2012 win in the third round of the Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup series (Listed) for Purebred Arabians while Omani lady jockey Salima Al Taleei partnered Mirabella del Solto glory in the fourth round of the HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies World…
Flat Racing Festival Year Book 2012 receives welcome in Abu Dhabi
April 24, 2013, Abu Dhabi ~ HH Sheikh Sultan bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan unveils second edition His Highness Sheikh Sultan Bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan, Chairman, Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority, was first to launch the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival Year Book 2012, soon after inaugurating…