17 August 2019, DELAWARE PARK, USA ~ The 17 August 2019 Delaware Park Arabian Turf Classic Sponsored by Emirates Breeders saw DANCE WITH ME BW under Carol Cedeno win the $30,000 Arabian race. The four-year-old filly (GRILLA x SHALL WE DANCE BW, by LINE DANCER), is trained by Jerenesto Torrez and is owned by Rosebrook…
13 August 2019, Royal Windsor, UK ~ The Arabian Racing Organisation (ARO) enjoyed a busy two days hosting the HH Sheikh Mansoor Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival at Royal Windsor racecourse on Sunday and Monday, 11 & 12 August 2019, with the highlight the win by Hajres in the HH Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan…
10 August 2019, Deauville, France ~ Akoya guided by Théo Bachelot accelerated into a new gear to decisively win the QREC-sponsored Doha Cup (Gr1 PA) on Saturday 10 August 2019, at the beautiful Deauville track at the northern edge of France. Owned by Landgoed Waterland and trained by the Dutch trainer Karin Van den Bos,…
DIAR day at Newbury, UK, with results and photos30 July 2019, Newbury, UK ~ 28 July 2019 was a sunny and warm racing day at the Newbury racetrack with a crowd estimated at 20,000 enjoying the free entry, many side contests including best dressed, drawings for prizes including a car…and of course, the horse racing.…
The Search is on for the Best Inventors, Artists, Poets and Photographers22 July 2019, Abu Dhabi ~ The Higher Organizing Committee of the Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition (ADIHEX) has announced the launch of a series of competitions in hunting and falconry innovations, poetry, art and photography that will take place during the…
July 8 2019, Pleasanton, California, USA ~ Pleasanton California hosted two Arabian races, the Wathba Stallion Bonus Bonanza with $11,500 and the Emigrant Stakes with $8,000 in prize money on 6 July 2019. The first and second place horses in the Wathba Stallion Bonus Bonanza might not have made it to the track except for…
7 July 2019, Bucharest, Romania ~ One of the highlights of the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival is the annual World Arabian Horse Racing Forum which was staged this year in Bucharest, Romania, from 2-6 July 2019. At the conclusion of the Bucharest Forum, the organizers of…
30 June 2019, World Arabian Horse Racing Forum, Bucharest, Romania ~ One of the most important events in the packed calendar of the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival is the annual World Arabian Horse Racing Forum and this year’s edition runs from 2-7 July 2019 in Bucharest,…
27 June 2019, UK ~ A high-class list of entries was released by the Arabian Racing Organisation (ARO) today for the Qatar International Stakes (Gr1PA) to be run as part of the Qatar Goodwood Festival on 31 July 2019. They include ten individual Group 1 PA winners, and topping the list are the last two…
QREC will continue to sponsor the Festival up to 2024It has been announced that the contract of Qatar’s, represented by the Qatar Racing & Equestrian Club (QREC), sponsorship of the Qatar Goodwood Festival has been renewed. The renewal of the sponsorship was announced during a meeting held between QREC Chairman HE Issa bin Mohammed Al-Mohannadi…
21 June 2019, Pleasanton, California~ They were not the only horses in the race, but the two friendly barn rivals, Sand Victor and Dream Pearl, met for their first joint race of the season at Pleasanton, California on 21 June 2019. With a good break Sand Victor under Hugo Herrera took control of the race…
Abel and Elisabeth Borg with Horsereporter.com. When Abel and Elisabeth (Sissy) married in 1985 they each brought to the family three teenagers swelling the family ranks to eight. There were an equal number to sit around the dinner table, 3 girls and 3 boys, the youngest 12 the oldest 15 1/2. Further binding factors were…
21 June 2019, Newbury, UK ~ The Arabian Racing Organisation (ARO) announced an increase in international numbers on 2018 figures for the four PA Group races at the Dubai International Arabian Races (DIAR) card, when the first entry stage passed on 18 June. The 2019 fixture will be run on Sunday, 28 July at Newbury…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…