Two Darley Stakes Races Begin the Houston Darley Weekend19 March 2019, USA ~ The Houston, Texas, Darley Award’s weekend kicks off with race night at Sam Houston Race Park, on 22 March 2019, with two races sponsored by Lufthansa Cargo. Opening racing at 7:18 PM is the Darley Sprint Stakes for $20,000 with nine Arabians…
The Dubai World Cup will go off on Saturday, 30 March 2019. Likely fields for the nine races have been posted. Fifteen are listed for the $1 Million Dubai Kahayla Classic. All are from the UAE save one from France, one based in Poland, and another from Saudi Arabia. Enlarge or download Please follow and…
Final Races for the Season at Al Ain16 March 2019, Al Ain, UAE ~ the final round of the Al Ain Marathon Series, a 5100m Prestige handicap, was the official feature at Al Ain on Saturday, 15 March 2019, and was won for a third time in four years by Balad Al Reef, saddled by…
Tadhg O’Shea confirms his place in the UAE record books15 March 2019, Abu Dhabi, UAE ~ Racing returned to Abu Dhabi on Friday, 15 March 2019, for its biggest meeting of the season, highlighted by the Group 1 Emirates Championship for Purebred Arabians, as well as the Group 3 Abu Dhabi Championship for Thoroughbreds. Both…
On 10 March 2019, Nevour Say Never won the Carrera Arabe Copa Anca Chile, on Chile’s most important race day staged at the Club Hipico (Blanco Encalada Street in Santiago). Nevour Say Never emphatically won this prestigious 1000m race, seeming to pick up speed as she hurtled away from the field in the stretch. This…
14 March 2019, Abu Dhabi, UAE ~ Racing at the Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club this week has moved to Friday, 15 March 2019, for what is arguably the biggest meeting of the season in the Capital. The six-race card is highlighted by the Group 1 Emirates Championship, as well as the biggest Thoroughbred race of…
10 March 2019, Abu Dhabi, UAE ~ Racing at the Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club on Sunday, 10 March 2019 featured the best of the Purebred Arabian action in a 2200m handicap where Khalid Al Nabooda and Ernst Oertel were celebrating victory with Brett Doyle aboard AF Yatroq, fresh from his Super Saturday Al Bastakiya victory…
9 March 2019, Houston, Texas, USA ~ In 2018 Eastern Man finished in a dead heat with Quick Sand AA but on Saturday, 9 March, in the 2019 running of the Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Amethyst (Grade 1) race at the Sam Houston Racing Park, the 7-year-old was ridden to a superb…
Unprecedented amount of horse accidents and deaths have led to the Santa Anita track closure 9 March 2019, Santa Anita, California, USA ~ As a thorough evaluation of Santa Anita’s main track continues, The Stronach Group has announced several new safety and welfare measures which will be put in place when racing resumes at Santa…
Championships to be held at the 2019 North American Endurance Championship 7 March 2019, Lexington, Kentucky, USA ~ US Equestrian (USEF) is pleased to announce that it will host its inaugural Endurance National Championships at the 2019 North American Endurance Championship, held from November 14-16, 2019, at the Broxton Bridge Plantation in Ehrhardt, S.C. Hosted…
1 March 2019, UAE ~ Al Ain staged the biggest race of their season, the 1600m Listed Al Ain Mile, on Friday, 1 March 2019, in the AED300,000 feature where Amwaj landed a thriller by a flared nostril to provide His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Eric Lemartinel a third consecutive winner…
27 February 2019, DUBAI, UAE ~ Thursday, 28 February 2019, in the ninth meeting of the 2019 Dubai World Cup Carnival, the final Carnival fixture before next weekend’s Super Saturday card, is highlighted by the Group 3 $300,000 Nad Al Sheba Trophy (Race 4), the local prep for the Group 2 $1.5 million Dubai Gold…
25 February 2019, Doha, Qatar ~ HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani was present for Qatar’s biggest racing event, HH The Amir Sword Festival, which came to a thrilling conclusion with H.H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Thani’s Ebraz and H.H. Sheikh Abdullah Bin Khalifa Al Thani’s French King winning the Purebred…
O’Shea makes it 500 winners!23 February 2019, Sharjah, UAE ~ The sixth and final meeting of the Sharjah Equestrian and Racing Club (SERC) season on Saturday afternoon, 23 February 2019, was highlighted by HH The Ruler of Sharjah Cup, a 1700m Prestige highlight basically thrown away last year by ES Ajeeb, but 12 months later,…
22 February 2019, Sharjah, UAE ~ Saturday, 23 February 2019, is the sixth and final meeting of the season at the Sharjah Equestrian Club, and is highlighted by HH The Ruler of Sharjah Cup, the 1700m Prestige highlight in which ES Ajeeb threw away what appeared certain victory 12 months ago. With the race at…
The Committee will review the discipline with the remit of bringing the sport back to its original roots of Endurance 21 February 2019, Lausanne (SUI) ~ The Endurance Temporary Committee, set up by the FEI Board in October 2018 to review the discipline with the remit of bringing the sport back to its original roots of…
19 February 2019, Abu Dhabi,UAE ~ The calendar for the 2019 edition of the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival was unveiled on Sunday with a total of 124 races scheduled in 90 countries around the globe. Addressing a press conference at the Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club racecourse…
17 February 2019, Abu Dhabi, UAE ~ Racing at the Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club on Sunday evening, 17 February 2019 was completely dominated by owner and breeder Khalid Khalifa Al Nabooda who, remarkably, was responsible for all five Purebred Arabian winners, four carrying his colours and trained by Ernst Oertel. The opening 1400m handicap, which…
16 February 2019, Sharjah, UAE ~ The inaugural running of the GCC Cup was the highlight of Saturday 16 February 2019 at the Sharjah Equestrian and Racing Club (SERC) where the AED200,000 new initiative race went soundly to Saudi Arabia. Trainer Mutlaq bin Mashref saddled both first and second in a thrilling contest, with Mubasher…
15 February 2019, UAE ~ Racing at the Sharjah Equestrian and Racing Club on Saturday, 16 February 2019 is highlighted by the inaugural running of an exciting new initiative, the AED200,000 The GCC Cup (Prestige). The 1700m race is restricted to horses foaled within the GCC countries—namely Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and, of…
14 February 2019, Doha, Qatar ~ HE Mohammed bin Hamoud Al Shafi, Chairman of Municipal Council, crowned the winners of the Late Rashid Mubarak Al Shafi Cup race meeting held on dirt at QREC Al Rayyan Park on Thursday, 14 February 2019. Present during the trophy presentation were the brothers and sons of the late…
14 February 2019, Al Ain, UAE ~ Racing at Al Ain, UAE on Friday, 15 February 2019, is highlighted by Round 2 of The Al Ain Marathon Series, a 4100m handicap for which 11 have been declared with Shamikh Al Wathba defending his 2018 win starting in Post Position 1. Trained on the Al Ain…
Opportunity to Host Individual FEI Championship Disciplines in 2022 13 February 2019, Lausanne, Sui ~ While 2019 is set to be another busy year for international horse sport, potential bidders are already vying for the possibility of hosting FEI World Championships in 2022. The FEI has already received some exciting expressions of interest for 2022,…
10 February 2019, Abu Dhabi, UAE ~ Sunday, 10 February 2019 at the Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club saw one of the biggest race days of the season in the Capital, and was highlighted by the 2200m AED 2,500,000 Group 1 HH The President Cup for Purebred Arabians. The Ali Rashid Al Rayhi-trained Dubai-based Al Zahir…
9 February 2019, Abu Dhabi, UAE ~ Sunday, 9 February 2019, one of the biggest meets of the season takes place at the Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club in the Capital with the 2200m Group 1 HH The President Cup for Purebred Arabians, in whichAl Zahir bids to retain his crown. The card also includes the 1400m…
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Taking horses abroad if there’s no Brexit deal4 February 2019, UK ~ The date of 29 March 2019 looms large on the UK calendar as the date of the monumental change called Brexit (British Exit). The movement of horses and other equines between the UK and other European Union countries is subject to change after…
3 February 2019, Abu Dhabi, UAE ~ The most valuable race Arabian race on the Abu Dhabi track on Sunday, 3 February 2019 was the best of the Purebred Arabian action, a quality 1600m handicap, produced a thrilling finish with AF Maher making a gallant effort from the front and seemingly going to be hard…
2 February 2019, Pau, France ~ Dupleix, owned by the UAE’s Faisal Seddiq Al Mutawa and ridden by Jules Mobian won the year’s first international event of the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival which was held in Pau, France, on Saturday, 2 February 2019. The 6-year-old son…
