Wednesday, Jun 05, 2013
Toulouse: The fourth edition of the World Arabian Racing Conference, which begins on Thursday at the Centre de Congres Pierre Baudis in Toulouse, France, has been welcomed by officials, who have highlighted the importance of the annual event.
“The World Arabian Racing Conference, an annual event of the HH Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival ,which is organised by the Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi), has been one of our most successful endeavours in cementing the place of purebred Arabian racing at all levels,” said Shaikh Sultan Bin Tahnoun Al Nahyan, chairman of Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority.
“Conceived by Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, this event has grown in stature ever since Abu Dhabi staged the inaugural edition in 2010 and the success story continued in The Hague in 2011 and in Berlin in 2012,” he said in his message to the three-day conference.
Some of the purebred Arabian racing world’s top officials, experts, veterinarians, trainers and jockeys will be participating in the conference.
“The inaugural event was held in Abu Dhabi in 2010, the next in The Hague in The Netherlands in 2011 and, last year, we staged it in Berlin,” said Lara Sawaya, director of the Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival and Head of International Federation of Arabian Horse Racing Authorities (IFAHR) Ladies Racing.
Mubarak Al Muhairi, director general, Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority, said: “The success of the last three meetings and the huge response that followed augurs well for the sport of Arabian horse flat racing, which is a part of the UAE’s heritage and culture. We are looking forward to another fruitful three-day conference and hope the benefits accrue to purebred Arabian racing,” he said.
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