29 July, 2014, Verona, Italy ~ Sunday, 28 July saw the three races staged on the finale of the two-day 2014 Italia Endurance Festival, organized with the collaboration of the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Global Arabian Flat Racing Festival. This 2014 edition welcomed over 160 horse/rider pairs from 20 countries to five races - four races on 26, 27 July,…
Junior Rider, Khalifa Ali Khalfan Al Jahouri, Wins In Verona
28 July, 2014, Verona, Italy ~ Riders from the UAE dominated for the second day running with Khalifa Ali Khalfan Al Jahouri and Mohammed Al Mazrooei winning their respective events in the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival-supported Italia Endurance Festival in Verona, Italy, to add to Saturday’s…
Jubilation after Double Triumph in HH Sheikha Fatima Ladies ride in Verona, Italy
27 July, 2014, Verona, Italy ~ The UAE flag was waved jubilantly as the UAE ladies team celebrated their maiden international triumph on 26 July in Verona, Italy, in the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival-supported first-ever Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies Endurance Cup, a world…
Italia Festival Verona Continues With Three Endurance Rides
26 July, 2014, Verona, Italy ~ Saturday’s CEIO2* HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Endurance Cup saw global excitement as the UAE took top Team and Individual in that race with Bahrain coming in second. Italia Festival Endurance continues with participation from 20 countries the three Sunday, 27 July races, also sponsored by HH Sheikh…
Golden Double for UAE Ladies Endurance Team in Verona
26 July, Verona, Italy ~ The UAE ladies team registered a Golden Double, winning the individual gold as well as the team gold in the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival-supported first-ever Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies Endurance Cup, a world class ladies competition being held here…
Poulain Kossack Wins Qatar Near Wellington Cup in Belgium
25 July, 2014, Ostend ~ The 22 July race at Wellington racetrack in Belgium sponsored by Qatar Racing & Equestrian Club (QREC), the Qatar Near Wellington Cup, was a huge success. The 1,800-metre contest for four-year-old and older pure Arabians was run at Ostende, Belgium, on Monday, 21 July, and the Huub Otermans-owned and trained…
200 Endurance Riders Take Part In Italia Endurance Festival Verona
25 July, 2014, Verona, Italy ~ From 26-27 July, endurance racing fans from all over Europe will assemble in Verona, Italy, to witness four competitions in endurance rides supported by the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival. A record number of 200 riders and their horses representing 19 countries will be…
NO PROBLEM AL MAURY Provisional Entry In Ostend, Belgium, President of the UAE Cup
22 July 2014, Ostend, Belgium ~ The Arabian Horse Racing Club of Belgium welcomes the President of the U.A. E. Cup (Listed PA) to Hippodrome Wellington at Ostend 4 August. 1600m, Prize Money +€30,000. Constructed in 1883 at a seaside location with a grandstand that backs onto the beach, Hippodrome Wellington was renovated in 2011. Racing in Ostend…
Arapahoe Park Race-Day Medication-Free Incentive Paying Dividends
22 July, 2014, Aurora, Colorado ~ One month into Arapahoe Park’s pioneering Race-Day Medication-Free Incentive, the program has produced three bonuses to be paid to trainers who have won with horses that did not compete with race-day medication. The winners have represented two of the three racing breeds at the Aurora, Colorado racetrack—Thoroughbreds and Arabians. “We’ve made the…
FEI President Honored with Prize of the City of Aachen
21 July 2014, Lausanne ~ The FEI President received the award at a special ceremony in the main arena at the Aachen CHIO in Germany on Sunday, 20 July. Presented by the City of Aachen Mayor, Marcel Philipp, the award has been given annually since 1995 to personalities who have rendered outstanding services to the CHIO…
Hurra Wins Wathba Stud Farm Cup in the Netherlands
21 July 2014 Duindigt ~ Belgian jockey KoenClijmans guided Hurra (Asad Saif x Hamiya) to a classy win for trainer Roof Dorenburg in the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s Wathba Stud Farm Cup series in Duindigt, the Netherlands, on Sunday 20 July. After finishing sixth to Speed Kossack in the 14 May second Wathba…
Sammy V Continues Record Breaking Streak in Sacramento
19 July 2014, Sacramento, California ~ It was just through luck that Italian jockey, Gianluca Sanna, got the draw that gave him the ride of his life. His trip on the unbeaten in 2014 Sammy V was even more than he had hoped for when he flew from Italy to take part in the first-ever HH Sheikha…
Aden Triumphs In Royal Cavalry of Oman Clarendon International Stake
19 July 2014, Newbury racecourse, UK ~ Royal Cavalry of Oman Clarendon International Stake Group 3 for 5F ADEN (Burning Sand (USA) x Mayada (QA), ridden by Mr. SA Walker and trained by Julian Smart handily topped the field of eight. Team Al Shahania toted up two in a row as stablemate AL ANGA (Amer (KSA) x Kerbelle Du Loup…