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HH Sh Mansoor Festival 2014 - H Sh Mansoor Festival 2013 V WORLD ARABIAN HORSE RACING CONFERENCE LONDON 2014 H.H. SHEIKHA FATIMA BINT MUBARAK LADIES WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (IFAHR) SHEIKH ZAYED BIN SULTAN AL NAHYAN CUP - WATHBA STUD FARM CUP SEASON 2013-2014 The Darleys in Hollywood! - DARLEY AWARD HOLLYWOOD 2014
Molahen El Alhan wins HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak race It was the final race of the opening night of Abu Dhabi’s new season. Thirteen lady jockeys from around the globe had earned the right to be here after 13 races held earlier in the year and spread all around the world. Jadey Pietrasiewicz from The Netherlands, who has been a consistent performer in the Festival’s races in Europe, struck it big when she won the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies’ (IFAHR) World Championship on Molahen El Alhan to the delight of the packed stands at the Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club.
Dh 300,000 and five 4WD cars up for grabs Over 100 riders from the UAE, Gulf, Arab and the rest of the world are likely to start in the 4th edition of the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies Endurance Cup which will be held at the Emirates International Endurance Village in Al Wathba, Abu Dhabi on Saturday, November 29.
Federation dealing with racing schools, academies takes birth Notwithstanding the tremendous success achieved by the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival, His Highness Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister of the UAE and Minister of Presidential Affairs has initiated the start of a Federation to nurture and give a positive direction to aspiring flat racing jockeys. The result of His Highness Sheikh Mansoor’s instructions has now given birth to the International Federation of Horse Racing Academies (IFHRA), a body which will be headquartered in Abu Dhabi, the city which is now come to be recognised as the ‘World Capital for Purebred Arabian Racing.’
Apprentice jockeys lap up tips from experts Abu Dhabi - Some interesting facts and finer details concerned with shaping professional jockeys came to the fore on the opening day of the HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak International Conference of Education and Training which got underway at the Anantara Hotel in Abu Dhabi on Friday morning. HE Aref Al Awani, Secretary General of the Abu Dhabi Sports Club, welcomed the participants and wished them the best in their tough mission to face the challenges ahead.
HH Sheikh Mansoor Festival races attract strong fields It will be a historic night of racing at the Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club as the curtain comes down on the 2014 race series’ organized by the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival which include two world championship finals on November 9. The feature event will of course be the Festival’s Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup, which is a Group 3 event and has a prize fund of DH 420,000 and will be run over a distance of 1,600 metres.
20-day Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival from November 20 Abu Dhabi - November 6: The Purebred Arabian Horse Racing fraternity, assembled in Abu Dhabi for the finals of the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival events, got a sneak peek of the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival, which will now be held over a 20-day period starting from November 20, 2014. Along with this announcement of the much-awaited Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival, Ms Lara Sawaya, Executive Director of the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival and Chairman of Ladies Racing Committee in the International Federation of Arabian Horse Racing Authorities (IFAHR) and Chairman of Apprentice Jockeys & Racing in IFAHR, made further announcements at a press conference and later at the Gala Welcoming Dinner held in the middle of the desert in Al Wathba region.
Arabian racing fraternity in Abu Dhabi for HH Sheikh Mansoor Festival finale Over 800 members of the Purebred Arabian Racing fraternity representing 56 countries have arrived in Abu Dhabi, the world capital of Purebred Arabian racing to celebrate ‘One World, 6 Continents’ until November 9, 2014 to mark the end of the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival‘s activities for 2014. In his welcome message, HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan said, “It gives me immense pleasure to invite you all to what will be a truly fitting finale for an event-filled season that culminates in ‘One World, 6 Continents’ event.”
Luck favoured Italian lady jockey Giada Menato as she was drawn to partner the highest-rated horse in the Yousuf Al Bloushi-trained Sha’red as the 16 horses and riders were paired in an open draw for the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship final race in Abu Dhabi on November 9.
The stage is set for the grand finales of the sixth edition of the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival under the slogan of ‘One World, 6 Continents’. The six-day festivity kicks off on Tuesday with the official draw of the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak World Championships of both Ladies and Apprentices at the Eastern Mangroves Anantara at 12 noon on November 4 and culminates with the big night at the Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club on Sunday November 9.
Over 800 members of the Purebred Arabian Racing fraternity representing 56 countries will descend on Abu Dhabi, the world capital of Purebred Arabian racing to celebrate ‘One World, 5 Continents’ between November 5 and 9, 2014 to mark the end of the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival ‘s activities for 2014. Addressing a press conference at the Four Seasons Hotel George V in Paris on Sunday night, Ms Lara Sawaya, Executive Director of the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival and Chairman of the IFAHR Ladies Racing Committee said the Festival's 2014 season will end on a dazzling note in the UAE capital.
Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup (Group 3) French Arabian Breeders Challenge Classic French trainer Jean-Francois Bernard wrapped up the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup series in Europe with a superb win in Toulouse, France on Wednesday, October 29. The Royal Stables of Oman-owned Sylvine Al Maury under Ioritz Mendizibal did very well to pip Meeyur under Roberto-Carlos Montenegro by a short head to win the Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup (Group 3) French Arabian Breeders Challenge Classic for three-year-old fillies.
Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup (Group 3) French Arabian Breeders Challenge Classic A strong field of 11 horses have lined up for the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup (Group 3) French Arabian Breeders Challenge Classic which will be run on Tuesday, October 29 at the Toulouse race course in France. The contest is open only to 3-year-old fillies and starting favourite is Al Fahda the Qatari raider from Al Shaqab Stables. Unbeaten in two starts this year, the T. Fourcy-trained filly will be ridden by Vincent Cheminaud.
After sister Lucia Bautista qualification for Ladies Championship… A family success was completed in the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Apprentice World Championship (IFAHR) race held at the Duindigt racecourse in The Netherlands on Sunday, October 19. Eighteen-year-old Jaime Gelabert Bautista scored a fantastic win on favourite Hurra to qualify for the November 9 final of the HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Apprentice World Championship (IFAHR) series in Abu Dhabi. And in the same meeting in Abu Dhabi, his elder sister Lucia will be contesting in the HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship finale after winning the Belgium leg earlier this year.
HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Apprentice World Championship (IFAHR) race series DUINDIGT, The Netherlands - After the superb win by UAE Apprentice jockey Ahmed Al Subose in Tarbes, France last week, all eyes will be on another UAE Apprentice Saeed Al Mazrouei in Sunday’s penultimate race of the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Apprentice World Championship (IFAHR) to be held at the Duindigt racecourse in The Netherlands.
HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Apprentice World Championship (IFAHR) race It was worth the effort for UAE Apprentice jockey Ahmed Al Subose, who finished third in a race in York on Saturday and then travelled to the south of France for the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Apprentice World Championship (IFAHR) race at the Tarbes race course on Sunday, October 12. The24-year-old scored a fantastic win in this third leg of the HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Apprentice World Championship (IFAHR) series on the Jean-Francois Bernard-trained AJS Rudainah.
French leg of HH Sheikha Fatima Apprentice World Championship on Sunday Eleven young apprentice jockeys line-up for the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Apprentice World Championship (IFAHR) race to be run at the Tarbes race course in the south of France on Sunday, October 12.
Al Ain rider captures Sheikh Mansoor Festival's FEI World Endurance Championships for Young Horses 2014 at Samorin Samorin, Slovakia Emirati rider Mansour Saeed Al Faresi clinched the first and biggest win of his career when he won the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Flat Racing Festival-sponsored FEI World Endurance Championships for Young Horses 2014 at Samorin, Slovakia, on Saturday, September 27.
Curtain comes down on HH Sheikh Mansoor Festival events in The Netherlands The curtain came down on the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s events in The Netherlands with the 5th and final leg of the Wathba Stud Farm Cup series which was held over the weekend in Duindigt race course. Myrtille de Jura was ably ridden by Robin Weber to win the Wathba Stud Farm Cup V with Robbie The First under Patrick Gibson and Ainhoa Djass under Fabian Weissmeier in second and third place finishes.
Bernard signs off with a win French trainer Jean-Francois Bernard, one of the most consistent performers in the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival signed of the three-race Wathba Stud Farm Cup series in France with a win on Friday, September 26. Bernard saddled Al Amarrad to a superb win in the Prix Nedjari-Wathba Stud Farm Cup race in Bordeaux to score yet another triumph in the HH Sheikh Mansoor Festival series. The HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s Wathba Stud Farm Cup on Thursday, September 25, was the last of the three Group 3 races to be held in Scandinavia. In Sweden’s Jagersro, it was Mad Makz that ended the big race on a winning note over 1200-metres on a dirt track and under floodlights.
Senna OA won the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s Wathba Stud Farm Cup in Glin in Belgium on Tuesday, September 23. The Daniel Klomp-trained 6-year-old had finished 5th to Athlete del Sol in the Festival’s Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup last month but the drop in class helped Senna OA score over 1500-metres here in Ghlin.
Avenches, Switzerland - The Aeschbachers combined to lead Nil Ashal under jockey Olivier Placais to superb win in the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s Wathba Stud Farm Cup race held in Avenches in Switzerland on Saturday, September 20. Nil Ashal, owned by Urs Aeschbacher and trained by Franziska Aeschbacher, was attempting a third win in three months against arch rival Sayf. And in a close finish Placais made it three out of three for this year on the 5-year-old grey bred in Switzerland.
HH Sheikh Mansoor Festival makes smashing debut at Los Alamitos race track Valiant Boy SBFAR is turning out to be the latest superstar of Purebred Arabian racing in the US. Bred by His Highness Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan in France, the 6-year-year old grey scored an astounding victory in the first running of the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup at the Los Alamitos race track here in Los Angeles on Saturday night, September 20.
Wathba Stud Farm Cup series stops in Samorin, Slovakia Eight-year-old German bred S Maran under Michal Abik scored an impressive win in the first ever Wathba Stud Farm Cup race to be held in Samorin, Slovakia on Saturday, September 20. The HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s most popular race series that aims to promote Arabian racing at the grassroots level made its debut in Slovakia on Saturday with a strong six horse field contesting the 2000-metre contest.
Mouth-watering field for Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup The HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival signals the return of big-time Purebred Arabian racing at California’s Los Alamitos race track with Saturday’s (September 20) Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup. Appropriately enough it is a mouth-watering contest on the cards as some of the top Arabians racing ion the UAE will start in the US$ 47,000 race over a mile’s distance.
Abu Dhabi – With two hundred and twenty amateur and professional lady jockeys from 56 countries around the globe and 800 guests from the international Arabian racing industry coming to Abu Dhabi, the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival celebrates its sixth anniversary at the Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club on November 9, 2014 under the slogan of One World, 5 Continents. “The Grand Finale of the world’s richest ladies Arabian horse race, the HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship (IFAHR) sees a field of 16 runners lining up for honours, as represented by the 13 winners of the 13 rounds of the competition plus three riders to be nominated by the organisers,” said Lara Sawaya, Executive Director of the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival and Chairman of Ladies Racing Committee in International Federation of Arabian Horse Racing Authorities (IFAHR).
Ameretto won the 2014 bonus of € 50.000 with 3 wins in 2014 (included 2 wins in Sheikh Zayed Cup in Holland and in Poland) and runner-up in the Berlin’s Sheikh Zayed Cup. Ameretto has won five Sheikh Zayed Cups on the whole.
Abu Dhabi – Under the directives and vision of HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Deputy Prime Minster and Minister of Presidential Affairs, the umbrella of the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival has been extended to cover endurance events in the five continents around the globe as from the upcoming 2015 season, it was revealed on Friday, September 12.
Abu Dhabi – The Arabian horse racing worldwide has received a big boost from the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival with the introduction of a mouthwatering bonus for the American Triple Jewel and the upgrade of the prizemoney of the European Triple Crown during the 2015 season, it was revealed on Thursday, September 11.
“Under the directives of HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, the festival opens a new chapter in its book of success and achievements with the launching of the $150.000 Jewel Triple Crown,” said Lara Sawaya, Executive Director of the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival and Chairman of the Ladies Racing Committee in the International Federation of Arabian Horse Racing Authorities (IFAHR).
Under the patronage of the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, the three-day events of the Aseel International Purebred Arabian Horse Cup Germany 2014 was concluded. The events were held in Kassel, Germany from August 22 to 24, 2014. The move comes within the keenness of His Highness to support and encourage the Arabian horse races in line with the privileged position enjoyed by the equestrian sport in the UAE.
The purebred Arabian Montashir was crowned champion of the Aseel International Purebred Arabian horse Cup during the closing ceremony.
Ameretto, ridden by M Manueddu, proved his absolute brilliance as Europe's Best Purebred Arabian Horse with a superb win in the 11th round of the Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup Group-3 (PA) to claim the European Racing Award for the third time at the Służewiec Horse Race Track on Sunday, August 24. Elsewhere, top Indian lady jockey Rupa Singh, onboard Nicolas, smashed a strong field of ten runners to make it a winning debut for her country in the 13th and penultimate round of the HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship at the same venue later in the evening.
Warsaw- Poland: Indian professional lady jockey Rupa Narpat Singh breaks new grounds as the leading rider faces the challenge of her sex in the 13th round of the 30.000 euro HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship (IFAHR), the penultimate leg of the series at the Służewiec Horse Race Track on Sunday, August 24. Elsewhere, seven horses have been declared to make the lineup in the 11th round of the 35.000 euro, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup (Gr-3) early in the afternoon at the same venue.
Under the patronage of the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, the three-day events of the Aseel Purebred Arabian Horses Cup Germany 2014 was launched in Kassel, Germany from August 22 to 24, 2014. The move falls within the keenness of His Highness to support and encourage the Arabian horse races in line with the privileged position enjoyed by the equestrian sport in the UAE.
Warsaw – Poland, August 22: Stage is set for the penultimate round of the HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship IFAHR and the 11th round of the Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan in the United Arab Emirates Day at the Służewiec Horse Race Track here on Sunday, August 24. The event which is held as part of the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival features eight races of purebred Arabian as race enthusiasts can expect a big dose of the sports excitement.
Ostend – Belgium: Sheimah Qardabiyah, made virtually all under Spanish amateur lady jockey Lucia Gelabert Bautista to land the 12th round of the HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship (IFAHR) at the Ostend racecourse here on Monday, August 18. The four-year-old French-bred Dahess filly broke nicely to lead and held on courageously when attacked by hot favourite Phraseur Kossack close home to touch the wire ahead of the 11-horse field.
Hippodrome Wellington, Ostend, Belgium - August 18: Eleven horses have been declared to battle it to the wire in the 12th round of the HH Shaikha Fatima bint Mubarak ladies World Championship, while a quality field of eight runners makes the lineup for the 10th round of the Shaikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup at the Hippodrome Wellington racecourse, Ostend, Belgium on Monday, August 18. Both events are held under the umbrella of the Shaikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Flat Arabian Horse Race Festival.
Aurora, Colorado, Breezell Lzp romped home to an easy win in the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s Wathba Stud Farm Cup race held at the Arapahoe Park in Colorado on Friday, August 8. Friday’s race was the third Wathba Stud farm Cup race to be held here in Colorado. Once Breezell Lzp took the lead at the top of the stretch it became a one-horse race. The 6-year-old chestnut mare ridden by Karlo Lopez powered clear for a 19 1/4-length victory in the 6-furlong race in 1:20.70.
It was a first ever win for French apprentice jockey Gianni Siaffa after Karar scored a memorable victory in the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s newly-launched H.H. Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Apprentice World Championship (IFAHR) series race in Newbury, United Kingdom on Sunday, August 3.
Ten Line-up for honours in Sunday’s second race of series The HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s newly launched H.H. Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Apprentice World Championship (IFAHR) series will work off its second race in Newbury, United Kingdom on August 3. A strong field of 10 horses will be starting in the 10-furlong (2000 metres) race for approved Apprentice jockeys with a prize fund of £ 10,500.
Riders from the UAE dominated for the second day (Sunday, July 27) running with Khalifa Ali Khalfan Al Jahouri and Mohammed Al Mazrooei winning their respective events in the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival-supported Italia Endurance Festival in Verona, Italy to add to Saturday’s double gold by the UAE ladies.
Afra stars in UAE’s golden moment The UAE flag was waved jubilantly as the UAE ladies team celebrated their maiden international triumph in Verona, Italy on Saturday, July 26, in the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival-supported first-ever Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies Endurance Cup, a world class ladies competition being held in Europe for the first time. Led by a dominant display by UAE’s Afra Khalifa Al Suwaidi on Rivergum Drifter took the individual gold while the UAE’s Aya Abdulla Redha on Quersick Niellans took the bronze, the Emirati girls established their supremacy both in the individual as well as the team categories. Italia Festival Verona Continues With Three Endurance RidesThree HH Sheikh Festival-sponsored endurance rides on SundaySaturday’s CEIO2* HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Endurance Cup (July 26) saw global excitement as the UAE took top Team and Individual in that race with Bahrain coming in second. Italia Festival Endurance continues with participation from 20 countries the three Sunday, 27 July races, also sponsored by HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival. The day begins with the 120-km HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Endurance Cup OPEN CEI Two Star ride starting at 5.30 am. Thirty minutes later the 120-km HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Endurance Cup (Young and Junior riders) Two Star event will be flagged off, then the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Endurance Cup One Star over 90 kms begins by 6:30 am. Nearly 200 riders will contest HH Sheikh Mansoor Festival The next two days, July 26 and 27 will see endurance racing fans from all over Europe assemble in Verona in Italy to witness competitions in four endurance rides supported by the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival. A record number of 200 riders and their horses representing 19 countries will be seen in action over the next two days but the feature event will be on Saturday, July 26 when over 70 lady riders will battle it out in the first-ever Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies Endurance Cup, a world class ladies competition being held here in Europe for the first time.
Belgian jockey Koen Clijmans struck on Hurra to give trainer Roof Dorenburg a classy win 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, July 20. Hurra, sixth to Speed Kossack in the second Wathba Stud Farm Cup race held here on May 14 over 2150 meters, looked spot on for Sunday’s race run over 1800 meters.
Sanna wins opening race in HH Sheikha Fatima Apprentice World Championship It was another record-breaking run by America’s top Purebred Arabian Sammy V and this time it was Italian jockey Gianluca Sanna on board to clinch a memorable win in the opening leg of the first-ever HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Apprentice Jockey Championship race on July 19. A large crowd in Sacramento watched as the 2008 colt by Burning Sand out of Heaven Kan Wait and trained by Ken Danyluk, registered his 9th win in 14 starts and remained unbeaten in 2014.
HH Sheikh Mansoor Festival breaks new ground 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 Sacramento, California (USA) on Saturday, July 19. Italia Endurance Festival Parco Di Pontocello 2014 Verona
Spain dominated the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival-supported European Championships for Juniors and Young Riders 2014 held in Verona, Italy on Saturday, July 12. Gil Berenguer Carrera riding 12-year-old mare Nina Bin Menfis topped the 120-km ride with a ride time of 5 hours 49 minutes and 40 seconds to win the individual gold and also lead the Spanish team to a gold medal in the team championship. French girl Nina Lissarrague on Ainhoa Catharissime prevented a Spanish sweep of the individual medals and came second with a timing of 5:52.09 while Spain's Paula Muntala Sanchez riding Shagya Irisz in 5:53.40 took the individual bronze. Mansour Global Arabian Racing Festival supports two-day event in Italy this weekend Nearly 60 riders and horses representing 16 countries will be in action in the Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival-supported Italia Endurance Festival, which takes place in Verona, Italy, this weekend, July 10-12.
Junior ride to kickstart Italia Endurance Festival An impressive opening ceremony marked the start of the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival-supported Italia Endurance Festival in the heart of Verona on Thursday night, July 10, and the European Championships for Juniors and Young Riders 2014 will kickstart the competitive action on Saturday, July 12. A magnificent parade of athletes, horses with music and colour lit the skies as the opening ceremony played out at the foot of the Roman Amphitheatre Arena, one of the undisputed symbols of the Verona and an UNESCO Heritage site.
HH Sheikh Mansoor races vow US fans In an exhilarating display of raw speed, 6-year-old Sammy V under Juan Sanchez, smashed the record for a 6-furlong (1200 metres) race in the US and also registered one of the biggest margin of victorieswith a 13-length win in the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup (Grade 3) in Pleasanton, California on Saturday, July 5. In the Festival’s second race of the afternoon in front of a huge holiday crowd, Ms Dixie was equally impressive with a three-length win in the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship IFAHR Stakes. HH Sheikh Mansoor Festival races on holiday weekend Races in Pleasanton, Colorado attract quality fields With the Americans in a celebratory mood over a long week-end that marks their July 4 National Day, the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival will makes its presence felt in two cities in the USA. While eight quality runners will vie for the Festival’s Wathba Strud Farm Cup in Arapahoe in Colorado, the two feature events of the Festival will be worked off at the popular Pleasanton race course in California, all on Saturday, July 5.
Wednesday, July 2, 2014 - by Jonathan Horowitz Saturday, July 5, will be a big day in the United States for the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival. Arapahoe Park in Aurora, Colorado will host the Wathba Stud Farm Cup as part of the global festival. Some of Arapahoe Park’s top Arabians will also travel to California to compete in other festival races at Pleasanton—the Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup and the Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship IFAHR Stakes. Dutch trainer Miss Karin van den Bos scored yet another win in the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s Wathba Stud Farm Cup (Copenhagen Cup) race at Klampenborg in Denmark on Sunday, June 30. Despite a heavy downpour, Athlete Del Sol under Carlos Lopez came from the outside on the right-handed track to score over Labwah under Per-Anders Graberg. W Catch Cash under Anna Pilroth was a shock third while the relatively untested Niraan under Fabienne De Geer finished fourth. Mad Makz, front runner for most of the race under jockey Fanny Olsson finished fifth.
Last year’s winner Ameretto scored a superb victory at the Duindigt racecourse in The Netherlands here on Sunday, June 22, to stay in contention for the Euro Triple Bonus of Euros 30,000 in the Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup series. Earlier in the HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak IFAHR Ladies World Championship race, 18-year-old Belgian professional Anna van den Troost rode the Jean Pierre Totain-trained Udjess de Bozouls to a stunning win against some fancied rivals which included Alibaba Del Sol. Alibaba Del Sol aims for third HH Sheikh Mansoor Festival win in 2014 The HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s two races at the Duindigt race course here in The Netherlands, June 22, promises exciting contests as some of the top Purebred Arabian horses are in the fray. In the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Al Nahyan IFAHR Ladies World Championship race, Dutch trainer Miss Karin van den Bos is looking to make it a home party as her 9-year-old Alibaba Del Sol bids to become the first horse to win three HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival races in a calendar year since the Festival was launched in 2009.
Huge success for HH Sheikh Mansoor Racing Festival races in Sweden It was a Miss Karin van den Bos show in the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival as the Dutch trainer celebrated with a double as thousands of Swedes marked their National Day at the Gardet in the Royal National City Park in Stockholm city. In fact van den Bos also scored a double here in Stockholm in 2011 when Athlete Del Sol and Serouda Du Breuil won and on Friday, June6, it was again Athlete Del Sol under Carlos Lopez that won the H. H. Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup (Listed) race.
The HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s five day extravaganza came to a successful end at the King’s Forest in Thetford, UK with the UAE’S Abdul Ghanim Al Marri on Ro Al Lisain winning the 100-km HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Endurance Festival Cup on Sunday, June 1. While Al Marri topped the pack of riders competing in the Purebred Arabian endurance horses’ category, the Spanish duo of Alejandro Dachs Izquierdo and Nuria Serrabassa Fabre made it a 1-2 in the category for Purebred Arabian horses that have earlier in their careers races in flat races.
Double delight for Omani Arabian horses at Newbury London: Brazilian professional lady jockey Jeane Alves teamed up with Omani trainer Salem Al Hakamani to ease Marif home and make it a winning debut in the 8th round of the HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship as the Omani horses swept the two Arabian races on the card at The Course Newbury on Saturday May 31. In the 6th round of the Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup (Listed), top weight Djet Taouy came full of running under David Michaux to reverse places with earlier conqueror Nashmi in the distinguished colours of the Royal Cavalry of Oman.
Strong field for H.H. Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup Newbury, United Kingdom: The HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s H.H. Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup race makes a huge debut while the H.H. Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship has attracted a strong field here at the Newbury racecourse in the UK with lady jockeys from Brazil and Japan getting into the starting line-up for the first time. Even as the curtain comes down on the fifth World Arabian Horse Racing Conference being held at the St James Theatre in London, UK, the action shifts to the racecourse in Newbury with the Festival’s two flagship races on Saturday, May 31.
Aurora, CO (May 25, 2014) – Etres Chic picked an ideal time to win her first race at Arapahoe Park in the first Wathba Stud Farm Cup for Arabians held at the Aurora, Colorado racecourse. Jockey Kelsi Purcell gave the 5-year-old bay mare owned by Caraway Teutsch and trained by Mark Kulow a calculated ride to get up in the final strides of the 6-furlong race. The daughter of sire Djet Set De Falgas out of dam Peptons Fawor defeated Doc Holidday by a half-length in a final time of 1:21.75. Djets Tigress, who set the early pace, was a further head back in third place.
160-km and 120-km rides in Compiegne, France The HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival plays the role of main sponsor in the three-day 2014 edition of the Festival Mondial d’Endurance in Compiegne, France starting on Friday, May 23. Riders from 32 countries will be taking part in the two rides making this annual event bigger than the European Championship in terms of nations participating.
Berlin- Germany – Top Dutch lady jockey Jadey Pletrasiewicz made every step a winning one onboard Phraseur Kosack to land the seventh round of the HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship IFAHR at the Hoppegarten Racecourse on Sunday evening, May 11. “It’s a race to remember,” said the 30-year-old home care nurse. “I knew the Japanese lady was favourite to win the race with Athlete del Sol, but I was confident that it was my turn to book a dream lineup in the grand final of the competition in Abu Dhabi next November,” she added.
Berlin-Germany: The seventh leg of the HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship IFAHR is a re-match between the two top Arabian-bred raiders Phraseur Kossack and Athlete Del Sol at the Hoppergarten Racecourse on Sunday, May 11. The race will be run over a mile and carries a total purse of Euro20.000 plus bonus. The venue will host also the fifth round of the Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup with 12 runners have been declared to battle it to the wire in the Euro30.000 (Listed) competition which will be contested over ten furlongs in the right-handed course.
HH Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Culture, Youth and Social Development, launched the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival Year Book 2013 at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair 2014 which began at ADNEC from today, April 30.
Six boys and seven girls carry the country’s hopes in Portugal Fronteira – Portugal: Top UAE riders are all out to carry the country’s hopes in the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Endurance Cup (CEI ** 120km for men and CEN120km for ladies) on the second day of the Portuguese National Endurance Championships at the border riding centre on Sunday, April 27.
Toulouse- France: Norwegian lady jockey Victoria Allers partnered Nahee to land the sixth round of the HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak World Ladies Championship as the top French jockey Jean-Baptise Hamel brought Sir Bani Yas home in the fourth round of the Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup at the Hippodrome de Toulouse here on Friday, April 18.
Casablanca – Morocco: Top South Korean lady jockey Keumjoo Lee rode her 30th career’s winner after the brilliant young rider partnered Kanzaman to victory in the fifth round of the HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship (IFAHR) 2014 at the Hippodrome De Casablanca-Anfa on April 11, Friday afternoon.
Casablanca – Morocco: Top international lady jockeys representing UAE, Morocco, Oman, Europe and elsewhere are set to battle it to the wire in the fifth leg of the 2014 renewal of the HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship (IFAHR) at the Casablanca-Anfa Racecourse here on Friday, April 11. The event is held under the umbrella of the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival as part of the Grand Prix de SAR Al Tesse Royale Le Prince Heritier Moulay El Hassan to be contested over nine and a half furlongs and carries a total purse of Euros30.000.
Carmel, California / USA - April 8, 2014 ~ Topped by an historic win in the President of the UAE Cup S. (G1) at Santa Anita during Breeders’ Cup weekend, SO BIG IS BETTER, owned by Mark Powell, took home Arabian racing’s biggest award of Horse of the Year during an extravagant event at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA on April 4, 2014. The talented stallion, who has since been retired to stand at stud, also picked up the award for Older Horse. His owner, Mark Powell, accepted the award for Outstanding Owner and his conditioner (and Mark’s younger brother) Scott Powell won for Outstanding Trainer.
The 2013 HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Annual Darley Awards gala dinner which was held at the Beverly Hills Hotel Dorchester in Los Angeles on Saturday, April 5, was another benchmark that brought together the Purebred Arabian world community together. And apart from the VIP reception and themed event, the commitment to the society was in the heart of the function which was capped by fundraising auction.
Los Angeles, USA - HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival helped lift the status of Purebred Arabian racing to a new high when the Dolby Studio in Los Angeles (the old Kodak Studio) staged a glittering night of the Darley Awards with the Powell brothers sharing six of the 22 awards on offer on April 4.
The HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s partnership with Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) to study and try and improve the way Jockeys 'make-weight' is in full swing under the leadership of Dr George Wilson and his team. Dr Wilson and his team at LJMU have been busy working closely with Jockey Franny Norton to try and improve the way Jockeys 'make-weight.
Historic achievement for the horses of HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Abu Dhabi – The horses of HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs made history after scooping the seven Group-1 titles of the Arabian races of the season on March 16.
Abu Dhabi – Wadi Al Sail, ridden by apprentice Thomas Brown landed the 1400m Purebred Arabians Handicap Wathba Stud Farm Cup- For Private Owners Only, the fifth race of the night at the Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club on Sunday, March 9. The winner recorded his second success of the campaign and provided trainer Omar Daraj Mohammed his third winner of the season.
Sam Houston-Texas: Grilla, ridden by David Cabrera, defied the muddy surface to land the third round of the $47.000 Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup Grade-1 as the American lady jockey Sandee D. Martin partnered RB Burn Baby Burn to glory in the fourth round of the $41.000 HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak World Ladies Championship (IFAHR) at the Sam Houston Park, USA, on Saturday March 8. Both events were contested over seven furlongs on dirt. Sam Houston Park hosts Sheikh Zayed Cup and
Houston, Texas: UAE’s hope Anoud Al Suwaidi partners Br Little Red in the third round of the US$41.000 HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship (IFAHR) at the Sam Houston Park, US on Saturday, March 8. The race will be contested over seven furlongs on dirt. The venue will also host later in the afternoon, the second round of the 1400m Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup which carries a total purse of $47,000 and has attracted quality field of ten Purebred Arabian runners going to post.
Abu Dhabi – AF Asefah came from nowhere in the fifth race to win the 1000m Wathba Stud Farm Cup For Private Owners Only, a Purebred Arabian Handicap. The race is restricted to privately owned small stables of local citizens and supported by the Wathba Stud Farm as part of the Shaikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Racing Festival at the Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club here on Saturday night, March 1.
Abu Dhabi - Simbar Du Loup, ridden by apprentice jockey Noel Garbutt sprinted to a three lengths and a half victory in the 2200 Purebred Arabian Wathba Stud Farom Cup For Private Owners Only Handicap, the fifth race on the card at Abu Dhabi on Sunday evening, February 23. The six-year-old son of Akbar was always going well and kicked away from the field as the pack hit the home straight to storm home unchallenged to the delight of trainer Eric Lemartinel and the horse connections.
Dubai – Phraseur Kossack, ridden by French lady jockey Pauline Prod’Home, left the machines very quickly and kicked away from field to land the third round of the HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship at the St. Moritz White Turf on Sunday, February 23. Winston Rocket chased the winner home to finish two lengths back in second place under Alexander Lucy as Nil Ashal, De Geer Fabienna as a four lengths behind in third place.
Dubai – The third round of the 1600m HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubrak Ladies World Championship IFAHR will be run on ice for the first time with nine Arabian horses been declared to be ridden by professional lady jockeys to battle it to the wire in the Euro30.000 prize-money at the White Turf in St. Moritz on Sunday, February 23. Phraseur Kossack heads the weights as the well-bred son of Prince O’rient ex Pengalia Kossack returns to the same track where he has delivered in the Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup last weekend
Dubai – Alibaba del Sol, ridden by Daniele Porcu came full of running in the concluding stages to beat front runner Phraseur Kossack with Stephen Hellyn in the saddle in an exciting finish the second running of the 1600m Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. Listed Cup on ice at the St. Mortiz White Turf on Sunday, February 16. The only Swiss entry and last year’s runner up Nil Ashal under Olivier Plaçais was relegated to third.
Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Listed Cup returns
Melbourne- Australia - Conderosa Millenium Silver, ridden by Alyson Deniel, made every step a winning one to land the second round of the HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak World Ladies Championship at the Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne on 1st of January, Saturday afternoon. UAE amateur jockey Anoud Al Suwaidi was two lengths behind in second place on board Coolinda Park Kazh as the French lady jockey Blanche De Granvilliers came with a late run astride Aqaba Pride De Erin to take third. The winner covered the 1200m distance in 1:39:04 seconds.
Abu Dhabi – UAE upcoming lady jockey Anoud Al Suwaidi will partner Coolinda Park Dance With Me in the second round of the HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia on Saturday, February 1.
Najem S’Heel, ridden by Tadhg O’Shea, made virtually all to win the 1200m PA Handicap Wathba Stud Farm Cup For Private Owners Only at the Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club here on Sunday night, January 26. The six-year-old son of former champion Big Easy is trained by Saifaldin Deep on behalf of its owner Faisal Sameer Al Mahmoud.
Abu Dhabi- Girl Power, ridden by Xavier Ziani, made virtually all to reverse places with earlier conqueror and hot favourite Safir Bainuna who chased the winner home in the 1600m Wathba Stud Farm Cup For Private Owners Only, the fifth event on the six-race-card at Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club on Sunday, January 19. The race is held as part of the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival to support small breeders and owners worldwide.
Muscat – Top amateur Irish lady jockey Evanna McCutcheon teamed up with Omani trainer Mohammed Al Ghenaimi to steer Secret Treasour home in a tight finish ahead of early leader Pipepoile under Swedish contender Jhannah Stolt in the curtain raiser of the 2014 HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship at Al Flaij Racecourse on Friday afternoon, January 17. Giada Menato, representing Italy, finished third astride Sami Al Mels. The race was contested over a mile on the dirt track as part of the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Flat Arabian Horse Race Festival on the Omani Derby Card, one of the major race days in the Sultanate’s calendar.
Muscat - UAE lady jockey Anoud Al Suwaidi partners Scyphios as the 21-year-old debutant launches her claim from stall-8 in the opener of the 2014 HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship (1600m) at Al Flaij racecourse here on Friday, January 17. The championship is held as part of the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival. HH Sheikh Mansoor Festival flies to new heights Abu Dhabi - After breaking new ground at leading racecourses around the globe, the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival is all set to fly to new heights with jockeys from 72 countries kickoff the fifth edition of the richest Arabian horse racing on earth.
Abu Dhabi - Apprentice Noel Garbutt produced a scintillating late run on the Eric Lemartinel-trained Solo Restoreto to win the 1200m Wathba Stud Farm Cup for the private owners and stables, the fifth race on the card at the Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club on Sunday, December 22.
Abu Dhabi – Harry Bentley teamed up with trainer Ahmed Mohammed Al
Mehairbi to bring Safir Bainuna home in the Wathba Stud Farm Cup For
Private Owners Only, a Purebred Arabians Conditions race which was
Abu Dhabi – Champion jockey Tadhg O’Shea made all the running on debutant AF Rahia to smash a strong field of 15 runners in the 1400m Purebred Arabians UAE-Bred Fillies Maiden Wathba Stud Farm Cup-Sam Huston Park For Private Owners Only at the Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club here on Sunday, November 17.
ABU DHABI – Najem S’Heel came with a late run to land the season’s fourth running of the 1000m Wathba Stud Farm Cup For Private Owners Only, the fifth race on the card at the Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club on Sunday night, November 8. Trained by Saifaldin Deep at Al Falah Stables in Sharjah on behalf of its owner Faisal Sameer Al Mahmoud, the five-year-old son of Big Easy produced a dramatic late surge to snatch the verdict in a tight finish. The exciting victory came just 30 minutes after the jockey and the winner’s trainer have been denied with Sahib Du Clos in the feature.
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