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UAE: 3 horses of Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan win Hippodrome de Toulouse race

- Maha Karim

Saturday, 24 April 2010 11:14

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Purebred Arabian horses owned by His Highness Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister of the UAE and Minister of Presidential Affairs won three races on Friday at the Hippodrome de Toulouse where the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Flat Racing Festival’s Shaikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup races was launched.

The Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage’s HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Flat Racing Festival’s 2010 race series in Europe was inaugurated with Scoubidou De Carrere winning the Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup over 2000 metres.

The winning horse is trained by Guy Dell’ova and jockey Francis Lopez steered Scoubidou De Carrere ahead of Periander and Al Ryma with Saudi Arabia-based Nayef Al Khalidiah finished fourth.

Nine horses took part in the Group 2 race which is part of a three-race series that carries a bonus prize fund of Euros 20,000 and Scoubidou De Carrere earned five points for the win while Periander gets four and Al Ryma three. The next two races for the Bonus Fund will be in Holland and Poland.

A large crowd of nearly 8,000 watched the night’s racing and Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan won three of the four races for Purebred Arabian races. Salaamah won the first race of the meeting for Shaikh Mansoor and Musharab won the second race to make it two wins on the trot for the winning owner.

Shaikh Mansoor’s Dahwa won the Prix de L’Elevage Group 2 race for fillies, a Group 2 race after the Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup race was held.

HE Mohamed Meer Abdalla Al Raeesi, Hon’ble Ambassador-designate of the United Arab Emirates to the Republic of France, Abdullah Al Qubaisi, Director of Communications Department at ADACH, Stephen Bowey, Director of Communications at Invest AD, Lara Sawaya, Director of the Sheikh Mansoor Festival, Alain Desgrange, President of Hippodrome de Toulouse and Jean Pierre De Gaste, Chairman, L'association Francaise du Cheval Arabe de Course (AFAC) attended the prize distribution function and awarded the trophies to the winners.

“Tonight’s inaugural race of the 2010 HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Flat Racing Festival here in Toulouse has been a great success. The UAE and France have been great supporters of the Arabian horses and such events will boost the ties between the two countries,” said His Excellency Mohamed Meer Abdalla Al Raeesi.

“The racecourse here in Toulouse is one of the most important racing centres in Europe and to see it fully decked with pictures and placards of the UAE is a great sight. Many fans here are aware of the great support that the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founder of the UAE had extended to Purebred Arabian racing,” said Abdullah Al Qubaisi, Director of Communications Department at ADACH.

“It has been a perfect start to the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Flat Racing Festival’s Shaikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup race series and we expect it to gain in popularity as the series progresses,” said Lara Sawaya, the Festival’s Director.

“It is amazing to see the fans turn out here in support of Purebred Arabian racing. We thank HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan for giving us this opportunity to be part of this Festival,” said Stephen Bowey, representing Invest AD, one of the co-sponsors.

The HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Flat Racing Festival’s Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup races are supported by Invest AD, Bonyan International Investment Group, The Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH), Abu Dhabi Sports Council, Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition 2010 and the Al Wathba Stud Farm.

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