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Omani Al Wardi faces tough challenge at home Muscat, Oman - Oman’s lady jockey Azhar Al Wardi will be looking to make the best of home conditions in the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship (IFAHR) race at the Al Rahba Racecourse in Muscat tomorrow (Friday, January 15). Al Wardi, one of the better- known flat-race jockeys from the Gulf region, is a previous winner of the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship (IFAHR) race when it was held in Toulouse in 2014. The Omani has 13 wins from 79 starts and will be on Dartanyan CS in Friday’s 1600-metre contest which is part of the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival. This is the first race of the Festival in 2016 and also the first in this year’s Ladies World Championship series in which the winner of every leg battle it out in the finale in November, 2016 for the title of HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship (IFAHR) champion. Al Wardi faces two professional jockeys in the pack of ten who chase a major slice of the Euros 30,000 on offer. The first is Australian Jamie Kay, who rides DC Royale Tigre and has a Group 3 win under her belt in her career record of 309 wins. South Korean Ahn Hyoree is the second professional lady jockey and she has 51 winners and on Friday will be on Munzade. Great Britain’s Alyson Deniel, a winner of the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship (IFAHR) race in 2014 in Australia will be on AF Al Zakhra and will join the top three in the battle for supremacy. The others in the fray and their horses are: “We are looking forward to another new year of activities and as usual we start in Oman. The HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship (IFAHR) series is the richest-ever race for lady jockeys and over the years has grown in stature,” said Ms Lara Sawaya, Executive Director of the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival, Chairperson of the International Federation of Horse Racing Academies (IFHRA) and Chairperson of Ladies & Apprentice Racing Committees in the International Federation of Arabian Horse Racing Authorities (IFAHR). “The vision and initiatives of HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs and the great support of Her Highness Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women's Union, Supreme President of the Family Development Foundation (FDF) and Head of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood have made the Festival’s progress smooth and encompassing many parts of the globe,” she added. The HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival is sustained by the Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority and coordinated by Abu Dhabi Sports Council in cooperation with Emirates Racing Authority, IFAHR, Emirates Arabian Horse Society, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, General Authority of Youth and Sports Welfare with The National Archives as the official partner and Emirates airline as the official carriers and sponsored by Invest AD, National Feed and Flour Production and Marketing Co. LLC, Bloom, Petromal, Rise General Trading Co. LLC, Hayatna, Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC), Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC), Al Awani General Enterprises, Kabale, Al Wathba Centre, the UAE's General Women's Union, The Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Sports Academy, Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition 2015, Dr. Nader Saab Switzerland, Al Wathba Center, Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club, Eastern Mangroves Suites-Abu Dhabi by Jannah, Yas Channel, Omeir Travels, Racing Post Paris Turf and Laboratories Fadia Karam Cosmetics. Source: HH SH Mansoor Global Arabian Flat Racing Festival / Satya Narayan |
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