Stockholm, Sweden A big field of 15 horses will start in the HH Shaikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Racing Festival's Wathba Stud Farm Cup to be run today at the Taby gallop race course in Stockholm, Sweden.
The race, the second in the HH Shaikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Racing Festival series to be run in Sweden this year is a turf race and is expected to attract a large crowd.
Earlier addressing a press conference at the Grand Hotel in Stockholm, Ms Lara Sawaya, Director of the HH Shaikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Racing Festival introduced Adelia Bakhtiaroba is designer from Uzbekistan who will be associated with the HH Shaikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Fegentri Cup race series.
"Adelia will deisgn the jewellery for all the lady riders who will be taking part in the series of races of the HH Shaika Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Fegentri Cup," she said.
"On racing front we are glad to be here in Sweden which will stage two very big races in 2012 and the Wathba Stud Farm Cup race. There is a growing interest in Arabian horses in this region and next year we will see a euros 25,000 race for the Shaikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup and a euros 20,000 HH Shaika Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Fegentri Cup," Sawaya said.
Gunnar Warner, CEO of the Scandinavian Arabian Horse racing said it was a great honour for Sweden to be staging the races of HH Sheikh Mansoor Festival.
Matts Genburg, IFAHR General Secretary and Stephen Bowey of Invest AD also attended the press conference.
"Since 2009 we have seen the HH Shaikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Racing Festival grow in stature and boost Arabian racing around the world. The Swedes have also displayed a lot of passion for Arabian racing," said Bowey.
‘The horses running on Saturday are UA Bey Shaka, W Helge, Bomberbad, Hespeshal, El Quattro, Mondiale Kossack, Soumaro, Milord, Maggia, Nadjinjah, Siba, Sharamaz, Sakba, Joshua Brown, Naranji Gilfi and there are quite a few lady jockeys in the race," said Genburg.
The Festival is organised by the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH) and co-ordinated by Abu Dhabi Sports Council in association with Emirates Arabian Horse Society with support from Invest AD, Areej Al Ameerat, La Sirene, the UAE's General Women's Union, Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition 2011,
Wathba Stud Farm and Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club.
Stockholm, Sweden A big field of 15 horses will start in the HH Shaikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Racing Festival's Wathba Stud Farm Cup to be run today at the Taby gallop race course in Stockholm, Sweden.
The race, the second in the HH Shaikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Racing Festival series to be run in Sweden this year is a turf race and is expected to attract a large crowd.
Earlier addressing a press conference at the Grand Hotel in Stockholm, Ms Lara Sawaya, Director of the HH Shaikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Racing Festival introduced Adelia Bakhtiaroba is designer from Uzbekistan who will be associated with the HH Shaikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Fegentri Cup race series.
"Adelia will deisgn the jewellery for all the lady riders who will be taking part in the series of races of the HH Shaika Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Fegentri Cup," she said.
"On racing front we are glad to be here in Sweden which will stage two very big races in 2012 and the Wathba Stud Farm Cup race. There is a growing interest in Arabian horses in this region and next year we will see a euros 25,000 race for the Shaikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup and a euros 20,000 HH Shaika Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Fegentri Cup," Sawaya said.
Gunnar Warner, CEO of the Scandinavian Arabian Horse racing said it was a great honour for Sweden to be staging the races of HH Sheikh Mansoor Festival.
Matts Genburg, IFAHR General Secretary and Stephen Bowey of Invest AD also attended the press conference.
"Since 2009 we have seen the HH Shaikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Racing Festival grow in stature and boost Arabian racing around the world. The Swedes have also displayed a lot of passion for Arabian racing," said Bowey.
‘The horses running on Saturday are UA Bey Shaka, W Helge, Bomberbad, Hespeshal, El Quattro, Mondiale Kossack, Soumaro, Milord, Maggia, Nadjinjah, Siba, Sharamaz, Sakba, Joshua Brown, Naranji Gilfi and there are quite a few lady jockeys in the race," said Genburg.
The Festival is organised by the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH) and co-ordinated by Abu Dhabi Sports Council in association with Emirates Arabian Horse Society with support from Invest AD, Areej Al Ameerat, La Sirene, the UAE's General Women's Union, Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition 2011,
Wathba Stud Farm and Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club.
Stockholm A big field of 15 horses will start in the HH Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Racing Festival's Wathba Stud Farm Cup to be run today at the Taby Gallop race course in Stockholm, Sweden.
The race, the second in the HH Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Racing Festival series to be run in Sweden this year is a turf race and is expected to attract a large crowd.
Earlier addressing a press conference at the Grand Hotel in Stockholm, Lara Sawaya, director of the HH Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Racing Festival introduced Adelia Bakhtiaroba, a designer from Uzbekistan who will be associated with the HH Shaikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Fegentri Cup race series.
"Adelia will design the jewellery for all the lady riders who will be taking part in the series of races of the HH Shaikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Fegentri Cup," she said.
Next year's events
"On the racing front we are glad to be here in Sweden which will stage two very big races in 2012 and the Wathba Stud Farm Cup race.
"There is a growing interest in Arabian horses in this region and next year we will see a €25,000 race (Dh132,270) for the Shaikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup and a €20,000 HH Shaikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Fegentri Cup," Sawaya said.
Gunnar Warner, CEO of the Scandinavian Arabian Horse racing said it was a great honour for Sweden to be staging the races of HH Shaikh Mansour Festival.
Matts Genburg, IFAHR general-secretary and Stephen Bowey of Invest AD also attended the press conference.
"Since 2009 we have seen the HH Shaikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Racing Festival grow in stature and boost Arabian racing around the world. The Swedes have also displayed a lot of passion for Arabian racing," said Bowey.
"The horses running on Saturday are UA Bey Shaka, W Helge, Bomberbad, Hespeshal, El Quattro, Mondiale Kossack, Soumaro, Milord, Maggia, Nadjinjah, Siba, Sharamaz, Sakba, Joshua Brown, Naranji Gilfi and there are quite a few lady jockeys in the race," said Genburg.
The Festival is organised by the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH) and co-ordinated by Abu Dhabi Sports Council in association with Emirates Arabian Horse Society with support from Invest AD, Areej Al Ameerat, La Sirene, the UAE's General Women's Union, Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition 2011, Wathba Stud Farm and Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club.
