20 March 2016, USA ~ Sara Vermeersch – Congratulations on your win of the fourth leg of the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship IFAHR Cup on Royal Richess at the Sam Houston Race Park in Texas. Although only 21 years old, Sara has ridden 28 races with 5 wins, 2 places, and…
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Sandee Martin – Jockey, Race Trainer, Action Hero
7 August 2015, Pennsylvania, USA ~ Sandee Martin knew what she wanted to be before she could properly say the word jockey. By age 14, she was breaking colts. Now at 47, Martin is an established winning trainer. No longer riding as a professional, she spends time on the track as a member of amateur jockey groups…
16 year old Christina Kimery Wins USEF Endurance Awards
January 7, 2014, Lexington, Kentucky, USA ~ The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce Christina Kimery as the winner of the two prestigious awards in the discipline of Endurance – the Maggy Price Endurance Excellence Award and the Brunjes Junior/Young Rider Trophy; the first time these awards have won by the same individual. The Maggy…
Action Hero, Devan Horn talks about her Mongol Derby ride
August 16, 2013, California ~ In order to be a writer, you must have a story to tell. Devan Horn at age 20 is racking up the stories for an epic adventure novel. The latest is her race across Mongolia on semi-wild Steppe horses. Although Horn arrived in first place, because of a time penalty,…
Action Hero Devan Horn – Adventures in the Mongolian Derby
August 12, 2003, Texas ~ Devan Horn has just finished second – after coming in first in the longest and hardest horse race in the world – in Mongolia. Devan is 20 years old. What has shaped this fearless Action Hero? The back story shared by her parents, Rachel and Sandy Horn. “Let me say…
Action Hero, Devan Horn and the Mongol Derby
Horn rides the “Toughest Horse Race on Earth”July 30, 2013, Texas ~ It has been said that there are no new ideas. Genghis Khan is credited with the first messenger system or Yam, using tough Mongolian horses. In the days before the internet, this was done by exchanging new ponies at relay stations (known as Ger)…
Action Hero – Trainer, Alban de Mieulle
Alban de Mieulle – A Horsereporter Interview ~ French Trainer, Alban de Mieulle, was delighted with Umm Qarn’s victories during the 2013 Qatar International Race Days, February 26-28. Over the three days of racing at the Qatar Equestrian Club in Doha, Umm Qarn won 6 out of the 10 Arabian races. On the last day…
Uptown Arabians shows the way for new Arabian race horse owners
Jon & Krista Henningsgard love Arabian racing. As newer owners, they were thrilled that amateur jockey, Sarah Leutweiler, won the March 9, HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship Houston race on their mare, DC Wileys Song. How did they come to be in the winners’ circle on that March evening in 2013? Krista…
Action Hero Mary Ghargozlou – A Journey to Remember Mary – Saving the Asil Arabian
February 13, 2013, Iran ~Shirin Salartash, member of the Iran Asil Association, had a special kinship with the late Mary Leili Ghargozlou. Their farms were next door to each other near Kordan northwest of the capital, Tehran, 75kms away, at the foot of the Alborz Mountains. A staunch defender of the rare Asil Arabian, every…
Action Hero, Meg Wade, continues to improve in Australia
This is a portion of Meg Wade’s Christmas letter. It is so full of love of life and positive spirits that I asked if we could reprint some of it. With Meg’s permission, here are excerpts of the good news. When I started to think about writing my New Year letter for 2013…
Action Hero, USA Jockey, Jacqueline Davis
US professional rider, Jacqueline Davis has never known anything but horses and racing. Davis had made the 14 hour flight from the east coast of the USA to ride in the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship in Abu Dhabi on November 11. She had only known about the race two weeks before…
Action Hero – Delphine Garcia-Dubois
Amateur jockey, Delphine Garcia-Dubois, recent winner of the HH Sheikha Bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship (IFAHR) was born and raised in Paris, France. Her family was not an equestrian family, but she was early interested in horses. “I started with show jumpers, like most of the amateur jockeys in France,” she said after her race win in…
Action Hero, Julie Morgan
Recently at the Valley Oak Arabians Open House, we watched as Julie Morgan presented an exquisite collection of mares and babies, many from the *Emigrant¹ line. Her feel and rapport with the horses is evident. {1Michalow Stud and Polish National Champion, *Emigrant, sired by the legendary Palas son, Ararat.} Besides an obvious love and empathy for…
Action Hero, Maureen Milburn
April 16, 2012 “Just thought I’d drop you a line to say how proud we are in Australia of Maureen’s well deserved Lifetime Achievement Award at the Darley Awards night recently. Maureen has worked tirelessly to establish Arabian Racing in Australia for over 20 years. Lobbying governments and the Thoroughbred industry to recognize our right…
Action Hero, UK Trainer Bill Smith
At the Darley Awards Bill Smith was in Houston for the 2012 Darley Awards where he served as co-host. Smith has been a constant in the 25 years that the Darley Racing Cup Awards have been honoring Arabian racing heroes. “I’ve hardly missed one Darley Awards, from Victoria Secret’s day, back in 1993 when they…
Gillian Duffield Sh Fatima Bint Mubarak Darley Award Best Woman Trainer
A slight woman with a gentle demeanor, Gillian Duffield could pass as a professor or a real estate agent, but one would have to look hard to see the grit that has made her one of the most successful Arabian race horse trainers over the years, 25 of them spent training for Sheikh Hamdan Bin…
Update on Endurance Sailor, Jennifer Mooney
2 July, 2012, Off the Coast of California ~ Nothing stopping Jen Mooney “I finally get to sail to Kauai on Saturday…well I start on Saturday. My plan changed along the way due to an accident but I’m still going. I had a bit of a wreck on my qualifying run that left me…
Doug Swingley, Action Hero
Doug Swingley from Lincoln, Montana, started endurance riding competition after 50, but when he commits to a sport, he wants to be the best. Swingley, now 58, is one of two riders from the United States that have been invited to participate in the 160k HH President of the UAE Endurance Ride in Abu Dhabi.…
Lindsay Graham Juggles International Endurance Competition and Career as Veterinarian
January 15, 2012, Napa Valley, USA~ Lindsay Graham from Napa Valley, California, is looking forward to her first visit to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. She is one of two invited riders from the US to compete at the annual CEI 3* HH President of the UAE Endurance Ride, this year slated for…
Calling a race with the Feminine touch – Victoria Shaw one of Australia’s gems
Race caller, Victoria Shaw, will call the Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies’ Race at Moonee Valley January 27. She has become a great supporter of Arabians in racing, and used to ride an Arabian years ago. Here’s her story as told by Australia’s Racing News: