On the days of 6 and 7 October 2018, the newly renovated ParisLongchamps hosted the grandest weekend in the French racing calendar, the exciting Prix de l’Arc weekend with the centerpiece race, the €5 000 000 Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe on Sunday, 7 October. Watched by 45,000 spectators, the feature race for Arabians,…
14 October 2018, Fresno, California, USA ~ Madjestic under Francisco Monroy emerged the winner in a photo finish with Nevour Say Never to win in the 14 October 2018 Maiden Championship in Fresno, California. After an unhurried start in the 6 Furlong race led out the gate by Skeedaddle, Madjestic came from the outside to…
14 October 2018, Tarbes, France ~ Spain’s apprentice jockey Alejandra Gutierrez confirmed that the Tarbes racecourse here in France was a lucky one for her. The 24-year-old, last year’s (2017) winner of the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak World Apprentice Championship in Tarbes, struck once again and this time it was the 4-year-old mare Elmanara…
13 October, Tarbes, France ~ Spanish Apprentice jockey Alejandra Gutierrez, last year’s 2017 winner of the HH Sheikha Fatima Apprentice World Apprentice Championship race in Tarbes, France, will be looking to repeat that feat and qualify for this year’s final to be held in Abu Dhabi in November 2018. In 2017, Gutierrez felt she had…
7 October 2018, Paris Longchamp – Number 15, FAZZA AL KHALEDIAH pulled from the pack with 300 metres to go, advancing in perfect timing under jockey Pierantonio Convertino to win the 2000m Qatar Arabian World Cup on 7 October 2018, at the Paris Longchamp racecourse. The four-year-old by Jalnar Al Khaldiah out of Assma Al…
6 October 2018, Fresno, California, USA – In a controlled run, Nevour Say Never guided by jockey Francisco Monroy inhaled the competition to win the 6 Furlong Fresno, California, race on 5 October 2018. RU Mystified and Desert Dew looked strong around the bend until Never Say Never took the lead in the stretch. The…
5 October 2018, Paris, France ~ Marid by TM Fred Texas out of Al Dahma (Amer) hailed his second Group 1PA victory on Saturday, 5 October 2018, at Saint-Cloud racecourse outside of Paris, France. The colt, born and bred at the Haras du Grand Courgeon, won the Qatar Arabian Trophy des Poulains, a 2000 metre…
4 October 2018 ~ A pair of talented three-year-olds from the blue-blooded breeding operation of Renée-Laure Koch commanded the two highest prices on 4 October 2018, at the 2018 Purebred Arabian Sale, both on the bid of Gérard Larrieu’s Chantilly Bloodstock Agency. The two horses had been added to the catalogue as Wild Cards on…
29 September 2018, Kentucky, USA ~ Betty and Joseph Gillis’ Mississippi-bred Quick Sand AA sealed the win by eight lengths on Saturday, 29 September, 2018, in the $100,000 President of the United Arab Emirates Cup (Grade I) for purebred Arabian 4-year-olds and up at Churchill Downs. Quick Sand AA rallied from off the pace under…
