Year Of Zayed Race Day Festival in Seville

madrid — The action in the ongoing three-day 9th edition of the World Arabian Horse Racing Forum at the Eurostars Madrid Tower Hotel will soon shift to the endurance circuit and to Seville for ‘Year Of Zayed Race Day’ meeting, according to a press release.

Organised by the Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival, the Forum witnessed some lively debates on three more subjects on Thursday.

Over 400 delegates representing over 80 countries are in attendance.

On Saturday, May 5 the Festival will be staging the ‘Year Of Zayed Race Day’ meeting at the Gran Hippodrome De L’Andalucia race course in Seville.

The Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup which will make history as Seville’s first ever Listed race will be run over a distance of 1500 metres and carries a prize fund of €35,000.

The strong field of eight runners include Ajaayib, owned by Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and UAE Minister of Finance; Al Shamoos from Al Nujafi Racing and Al Nama from Al Shaqab Racing. The other runners are Diabolo Hipolyte, Amar, Domino de Maligne, Everest Hypolite and the Damien Watrigant-trained Dartianne.

The second of the three races slated for the day is the Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Apprentice World Championship leg and seven runners will be in the fray in this 1,900-metre contest. The race carries a prize fund of €20,000 and the winner will be racing in the grand final on November 9 in Abu Dhabi.

The horses and Apprentice jockeys are: Al May’youb under Belgian Sanne de Ceulaer, Injal under Oman’s Saif Al Balushi, Sandeed under Germany’s Melanie Ehm, Al Neksh under Hunagrian Huszar Korinna, El Abid under Irish Apprentice Sophie Ralston, Haramil under Turkey’s Mahson Turan and Electra de Faust under UK’s Jack Osborn.

The third race under the Festival’s umbrella is the opening leg of the 10-race newly-added Sheikha Lateefa Bint Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Pony International race series.