Dubai: The His Highness Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s third race of the series will be run in Arapahoe Park in Colorado on Friday, August 8.
The Wathba Stud Farm Cup race will feature a full field of 12 in a maiden race over six furlongs. Five of the 12 horses in the fray competed in the Wathba Stud Farm Cup at Arapahoe Park on July 5.
Breezell Lzp, who is owned by the Quarter Moon Ranch of Lori Long and trainer Scott Powell and will be ridden by Karlo Lopez, was the best finisher among them in second. Four runners will be making their racing debuts in Friday’s race.
This is the first year that Arapahoe Park has hosted the Wathba Stud Farm Cup, a global series that takes place in nine countries around the world.
Etres Chic won Arapahoe’s first race in the series on May 25, and Zvezda captured the second on July 5.
Lara Sawaya, Executive Director of the HH Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival and Chairperson of the Ladies Racing Committee in the International Federation of Arabian Horse Racing Authorities (IFAHR), said: “The two races held in Arapahoe Park in Colorado dished out exciting fare and, with four debutant horses in this race on Friday, we are happy that this series is giving more opportunities to Purebred Arabian race horses.”
