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HH Sheikh Mansoor Festival’s top races in The Netherlands on Sunday Amsterdam, The Netherlands - All roads in The Netherlands will lead to the Duindigt race course in The Hague which stages three races for Purebred Arabian races including the deciding leg of the Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup European Triple Crown, all under the umbrella of the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival. The races to be run on Sunday, June 26 are the Wathba Stud Farm Cup II, the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship race and the final leg of the three-leg European Triple Crown in the Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup race series. After Ameretto having won the Euro Triple Crown in the last four years, 2016 is all set to see a new champion in this premier Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup race series. And the hot favourite is Ziyadd, a 4-year-old Bibi de Carrere colt out of Mizzna, trained by Antoine Watrigant for owner HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister of the UAE and Minister of Presidential Affairs. Ziyadd, finished fourth in the first leg in Toulouse and then won the second leg in Rome and leads the pack with 13 points. In second place is Lightning Bolt with 7 points after a second place in Toulouse while Sir Bani Yas has 6 points after a third place finish in Toulouse. All three in contention will be out to try and win and hope their rivals are not even placed if they have to carry home the Euros 50,000 bonus and the tile of European Triple Crown winner though Ziyadd just needs to finish in the top four to clinch it. Other runners in this Euros 35,000 Group 3 race to be run over 1900 metres are Majeed, Vulcan du Clos, Ramiz Al Aziz, Bachar Qardabiyah, Hurra and Prada T. Sunday’s HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship race will be run over 1800 metres with a prize fund of Euros 30,000 and this is the 10th races in the 2016 series. Lady jockeys from 10 countries will be vying to win here and clinch a berth for the November 6 finale in Abu Dhabi. The runners and jockeys are Hana D.A under Melody O’Brien from Australia; Raya C under Janine Smith from Canada; Messi under Stephanie Rank from Germany; L’Eau du Tigre under Silja Storen from Norway; Viho D.A under Azhar Al Wardi from Oman; Suman D.A under Patrycia Klos from Poland; Fajr Qardabiyah under Carol Bartley from Great Britain; Shivan D.A under Elisa Fogan from Italy; Wanna du Breuil under Zineb El Brioul from Morocco and Petrusia to be ridden by Tjarda van den Humphreij from The Netherlands, the host country. Apart from these two premier races, the Festival will also stage the Holland’s second race in the Wathba Stud Farm Cup race series. The runners and jockeys in this 1800-metre contest are Rodin (Anthony Deau), Nero D.A (Zoe Vande Velde), Pogrom Kossack (A. Alshowaikh), Red D.A (C. Bos), Asmera d’Aroco (Richard Mullen), Saqlawia (Julien Auger), James D.A (Anna van den Troost) and Tisa D.A (Troon van den Troost). “We are all set for a cracking contest in the deciding leg of the Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup European Triple Crown. Some of the top Purebred Arabian horses are running and we will see a new European Champion after four years,” said Ms Lara Sawaya, Executive Director of the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival, Chairperson of 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 Festival staged its first international race here in Duindigt race course and ever since The Netherlands has been a strong partner of the Festival and we are expecting some exciting contests in all three of the Festival’s races,” she added. “I am happy with and proud to be part of such beautiful races, thanks to HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and the Festival’s long standing support of Purebred Arabian Horse racing in Holland,” said Margreet de Ruiter, a top Dutch owner of Arabian horses who is representing the host country’s Arabian racing body. “Apart from lady jockeys from ten different countries we also have top quality horses from at least eight different countries that will compete on our historic racecourse in Duindigt,” 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, with National Feed and Flour Production and Marketing Co. LLC as associate sponsors, IPIC as Strategic Partner, The National Archives as the official partner and Emirates airline as the official carriers, in cooperation with Emirates Racing Authority, IFAHR, Emirates Arabian Horse Society, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, General Authority of Youth and Sports Welfare and sponsored by Al Aweer Stables, Ayadii LLC, Global United Veterinary Services LLC, Bloom, Petromal, Rise General Trading Co. LLC, Hayatna, Wathba Stallions, Abu Dhabi Falconers Club, Emirates Falconers Club, Mohamed Bin Zayed Falconry and Desert Physiognomy School, Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC), Al Awani General Enterprises, Kabale, Omeir Travels, Dr Nader Saab Switzerland, Laboratories Fadia Karam Cosmetics, YAS Channel, Racing Post, Paris Turf, 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 2016, Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club, Eastern Mangroves Suites-Abu Dhabi by Jannah, Anantara Eastern Mangroves Spa and Resort.
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