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…
USA Southeast Team Tops North American Young Rider Endurance Championship
18 July 2014, Kentucky Horse Park ~ North American Young Rider Endurance Championship Endurance Early Friday 18 July the North American Young Rider Endurance Championship saw 14 entries race through the Kentucky Horse Park and head out to the surrounding farmland. A little more than six hours and 14 minutes on the trail, a single second separated…
Royal Cavalry Of Oman Clarendon International Stakes at Newbury
17 July 2014, UK ~ A top class field of eight horses has been declared for the Saturday, 19 July Royal Cavalry Of Oman Clarendon International Stakes at Newbury Racecourse. The Sponsors are represented by Djent, trained in their UK base at Wargrave by Salim Al Hakmani. He looks to have a lot of speed and should…
Inaugural race of H.H. Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Apprentice World Championship in Sacramento, USA on July 19
16 July, 2014, California, USA ~ The HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival adds another glorious chapter to its success story as it unveils yet another flat race series involving Purebred Arabian horses– the H.H. Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Apprentice World Championship (IFAHR) with the first race in…
Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2014 in Normandy to be broadcast in over 200 territories worldwide
16 July, 2014, Normandy, France ~ From 23 August – 7 September 2014 television coverage of the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2014 will be broadcast in more than 200 territories worldwide, conveying the drama and excitement of equestrian sport as well as the picture-postcard setting of host region Normandy to a truly global audience. Official…
Godolphin To Establish Permanent Presence In Australia
16 July, 2014 – from Godolphin News ~ Godolphin, the international racing stable founded by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, with 211 Group One (G1) winners since its inception in 1994, is to establish a permanent presence in Australia. Australian trainer, John O’Shea,…
Switzerland Submits Official Candidacy for the FEI Presidency
15 July 2014, Switzerland ~ The Swiss Equestrian Federation (SEF) has named Pierre E. Genecand as a candidate for the FEI presidency and submitted the official candidacy to the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) today. The elections will take place in mid-December 2014 in Baku (Azerbaijan). Sixty-four-year-old insurance broker Pierre E. Genecand, a successful businessman and the…
Valiant Boy SBFAR Takes Delaware Arabian Stakes Grade 1
14, July, 2014, Delaware Park ~ On Saturday 12 July, trainer Liz Merryman celebrated her second win with Valiant Boy SBFAR, taking the Delaware Park $50,000 Arabian Classic Handicap Grade I. (Trained by Merryman, Valiant Boy SFBAR won the President of the UAE Grade 1 Stakes on 6/14/14 at Churchill Downs). Burning Fleet set the early…