8 June 2019, Lexington, Kentucky ~ Byerley Racing’s RB Texas Hold Em pulled off the 7-1 upset to win the $100,000 President of the UAE Cup (Grade I), a 1 1/16-mile event for Arabians at evening racing at Churchill Downs on Saturday, 15 June 2019. RB Texas Hold Em, a 4-year-old son of TM Fred…
17 June 2019, Ghlin, Belgium ~ The Emirates Breeders Program IV, a 1500m race, was run at Ghlin, Belgium, on 16 June 2019, and was handily won by Conchita D.A. A conflicting race in the Netherlands detained several of the original entries which turned this race into all Belgium runners and helped to foster the…
Al Sawadi Beach Maiden Stakes17 June 2019, Windsor, UK ~ Trainer Said Al Badi had a great day at Royal Windsor for the Royal Cavalry of Oman, taking home the 1,2,3 spots on 17 June 2019 at the Royal Windsor Maiden Stakes. It was well fought between the Omani entries but Zeman under Ellie Mackenzie…
Klinkenberg scores on El Zarka17 June 2019, Wassenaar, The Netherlands ~ On Sunday, 16 June 2019, El Zarka D.A won the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s Wathba Stallions Cup 1 race held at the Duindigt racecourse in The Netherlands. El Zarka D.A was driven to a smart…
Host is Hippodrome de Wallonie, Ghlin, Belgium 11 June 2019, Belgium ~ Arabian Horse Race Club of Belgium (AHRCB) has 10 entries for the Emirates Breeders Program #4 race to be held at the Hippodrome de Wallonie, Ghlin, Belgium, on 16 June 2019. This is truly an International race with two entries bred in the…
9 June 2019, Chelmsford City, UK ~ It was a memorable day for Isaac Buncle who rode Mawarid to win the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s Wathba Stallions Cup race held at the Chelmsford City racecourse in the UK on Saturday, 8 June 2019. Mawarid chased the…
8 June 2019, Stockholm, Sweden ~ Al Mounteze Monlau under Elione Chaves won the Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Listed Cup while Ulrika Holmquist brought smiles to the large band of home fans at the Gardet Park in Stockholm winning the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship on Thursday, 6 June 2019.…
Racing horses came naturally to Terri Eaton. She remembers her first job at age 11, galloping horses for Arabian horse racing pioneers Lucas Arabians, then racing in Nevada and California with Hazel Lucas. As a teenager, she was already traveling with Bob Raine and Hazel Lucas promoting Arabians on the Fair Circuit in the Western…
16 Nominated for Gr 1 race on 15 June 7 June 2019, USA ~ Sixteen have been nominated for the $100,000 Grade 1 UAE President Cup Race that will go off at Churchill Downs on 15 June 2019 at the Louisville, Kentucky, USA racetrack. Some of the top performing race Arabians in the US will…
6 June 2019, Delaware Park, USA ~ RB Rich Lyke Me under Carol Cedeno handily won the Delaware Park MAIDENS on 5 June 2019. Eight horses went to the post for the five and one half Furlongs dirt race but RB Rich Lyke Me (Majd Al Arab x Rich Frynd by TH Richie) was clear…
Hungarian apprentice rider Vivien Mocsinka wins HH Sheikha Fatima bin Mubarak Apprentice race4 June 2019, Waregem Hippodrome, Belgium ~ Seven apprentice riders from many points in Europe gathered in Waregem for the 2019 edition of the HH Sheikha Fatima bin Mubarak Apprentice World Championship (IFHRA) on 2 June. The race of 2120m was fought out…
HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak race in Belgium 1 June 2019, Waregem, Belgium ~ The Hippodrome Waregem will play host to the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Apprentice World Championship race on Sunday, 2 June 2019. Seven Apprentice jockeys from around the world will vie in Sunday’s race for a spot in the 24 November…
EARLY CLOSING RACES – PLEASE NOTE BHA EQUINE INFLUENZA PROTOCOLS WILL BE IN PLACE FOR ALL INTERNATIONAL RUNNERS BHA Equine Influenza Protocol: DIAR at Newbury Racecourse, Sunday 28th July 2019 Early Closing: 18th June 2019, 12 noon (BST) – Supplementary Entries Close: 18th July, 12 noon (BST) – Declarations Close: 24th July, 11am (BST) DIAR…
27 May 2019, FEI ~ China, Thailand and Poland secured their equestrian team tickets to next summer’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at special Eventing qualifiers held in Saumur (FRA) and Baborówko (POL) over the weekend. This will be a first-ever Olympic Eventing team slot for China and Thailand, although both have had individual starters at…
HH Sheikh Mansoor Festival hosts two races in Brazil24 May, 2019, Sao Paulo, Brazil ~ HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival will be organizing two races at the Hippodrome of Cidade Jardim in Sao Paulo on Saturday, 25 May, 2019. Organised under the Festival’s banner by the Jockey…
21 May 2019, UK ~ Chepstow will run the 1 Mile Shadwell Arabian Stallions Novice for Pure Arabians 4 yrs old & upwards on 23 May 2019. Gary Capewell comments: Jadaayil comes from a good family and is likely to come good at some stage she wasn’t beaten too far behind stable companion Rafeef in…
Coupe d’Europe des Chevaux Arabes13 May 2019, Paris, France ~ Tayf guided by Olivier Peslier managed to stay ahead of Khataab to win the 2000m €100,000 Gr 1 UAE Cup in Paris, France, on 12 May 2019. Owned by HH SHEIK ABDULLAH BIN KHALIFA AL THANI, the seven-year old colt (Amer x Djelmila) made a…
9 May 2019, Jagersro, Sweden ~ Martin Rodrigues on Macallan ran a well-judged race to win as the Wathba Stallions Cup Group 3 race opened Sweden’s 2019 racing calendar on 8 May 2019 for Purebred Arabian horses at the Jagersro track. Nine went to post in the 1730-metre contest on the dirt tracks for this…
The ASOIF Council is responsible for preparing and conducting the General Assembly as well as implementing its decisions8 May 2019, Australia ~ Ingmar De Vos, President of the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI), was today elected to the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) Council at its General Assembly held during the SportAccord World Sport…
7 May 2019, Horsereporter, USA ~ Although the 2019 Kentucky Derby will be remembered by many for less than favourable reasons, the disqualification of Maximum Security raises many issues. As an Australian I am always intrigued by one of the world’s classic thoroughbred races taking place on the dirt. This year was no exception given…
Three races sponsored by the HH Sh Mansoor Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival24 April 2019, Marrakesh, Morocco ~ Adi De Saint Lon won the Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup organized by the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival at the Marrakesh race course in Morocco…
The team of jockey Tadgh O’Shea, trainer Ernst Oertel, and owner/breeder Khalid Al Nabooda were a winning force in the 2018/2019 UAE race season, with a grand finale of picking off the 2019 Kahayla Classic win with AF Maher, a home-bred from Nabooda’s UAE stud farm. In the process, all three were awarded the UAE…
TWO-YEAR-OLD LASIX BAN TO START IN 2020; STAKES RACES LASIX BAN IN 202118 April 2019, USA ~ A coalition of leading Thoroughbred racing associations and organizations announced today a new initiative committed to phasing out the use of the medication Furosemide (Lasix) beginning in 2020 and eliminating the use of Lasix in stakes races held…
17 April 2019, UAE ~ Ernst Oertel is fresh off his winner circle triumphs for the 2018-2019 UAE racing season. Dedicated, determined and goal oriented, this year it all came together for Oertel as he won the ultimate Arabian race, the coveted $1million Dubai Kahayla Classic, the opener for the World Cup, and achieved Champion…
16 April 2019, Lausanne, Sui ~ The eighth edition of the FEI Sports Forum 2019, held at the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne, this week is now available to view on replay on fei.org. The 7th Session on Proposed improvements and innovations to reshape Endurance, which form the basis of the Endurance…
Shadwell is sad to announce the death of one of its most respected Arabian stallions, MADJANI 15 April 2019 ~ The son of TIDJANI was bred in France from a very successful family with Tunisian roots that has produced many successful racehorses, such as AL JAKBAR, TORNADOR, NOUR THABET and AL SAKBA. MADJANI started his…
FEI Sports Forum 2019 live and on-demand14 April 2019, Lausanne (SUI), The eighth edition of the FEI Sports Forum 2019, which will be held at the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne (SUI) on 15 and 16 April, will be live–streamed on fei.org. Day 1 – will begin with a session dedicated to…
11 April 2019, Al Ain, UAE ~ Al Ain staged its final fixture of the campaign, the penultimate meeting of the UAE season, on Thursday 11 April 2019 where the featured Al Ain Sprint was won imperiously by RB Money To Burn, defending her unbeaten record in the style of the exciting filly. Well away…
11 April, 2019, Doha, Qatar ~ YAZEED (Munjiz x Al Dahma) capped a fantastic day for Umm Qarn and trainer Alban Elie De Mieulle with Olivier Peslier riding the 6yo to a well deserved QATAR GOLD SWORD (Gr1 PA) victory on the Al Rayyan Park turf on Thursday, 4 April 2019 at the Doha…
Adversity Leads to Ingenuity for Khalid Al Nabooda A desire to breed winning Arabian race horses in his UAE desert home came with many difficulties for United Arab Emirates businessman, Khalid Al Nabooda. With persistence, the issues became challenges, not obstacles, and Al Nabooda has established a winning reputation and is happy to share the…
8 April 2019, UK ~ The now established Dubai International Arabian Races program returns to four countries in Europe in 2019 in Sponsor Preparation races to encourage Arabian racehorses to prepare for the flagship event in the UK on 28 July 2019. The 2019 DIAR sponsorship calendar includes 17 races in Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands…
6 April 2019, Abu Dhabi, UAE ~ Abu Dhabi staged its final meeting of the campaign on Saturday, 6 April 2019, with a fixture that was postponed when originally scheduled at the beginning of March, now highlighted by the 1400m Group 2 Liwa Oasis won handily by Sharaf Al Reef. Probably last of the 12…
4 April 2019, Al Ain, UAE ~ Racing at Al Ain on Thursday, 4 April 2019, was capped with the 1800m handicap, giving RB Grynade another chance to shine. After AF Al Baher looked the likely winner when hitting the front 300m out, they had no answer to the late challenge of RB Grynade (Burning…