(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Glittering ceremony brings the curtain down in london; warsaw to host 6th edition next year.
the fifth edition of the world arabian horse racing conference which was held under the directives and patronage of the shaikh mansour bin zayed al nahyan deputy prime minister and minister for presidential affairs as part of the shaikh mansour bin zayed al nahyan global arabia horse flat racing festival was concluded on a glittering note at the historic guildhall in the city of london on friday night.
abdul rahman ghanim al mutaiwee uae ambassador to the united kingdom which played host to the three-day event presented the conference flag to asim mirza al rahma the uae ambassador to the republic of poland signaling the fact that the sixth edition of the annual world arabian horse racing conference will be held in warsaw poland in 2015.
conference speakers moderators officials arabian horse racing breeders uae endurance riders members of the media and envoys were felicitated at a dazzling ceremony to mark the end of the three-day conference.
al mutaiwee along with lara sawaya executive director of the shaikh mansour bin zayed al nahyan global arabian horse flat racing festival and chairman of ladies racing at the international federation of arabian horse racing authorities (ifahr) thanked all the participants.
juma mubarak al junaibi uae ambassador to germany; asim mirza al rahma the uae ambassador to the republic of poland; saqr nasser ahmed al raisi uae’s ambassador to portugal; abdul aziz nasser al shamsi uae ambassador to italy; dr hessa abdullah ahmed al otaiba uae ambassador to spain; abdulla hamdan al naqbi the uae ambassador to the the netherlands; sulaiman almazroui the uae ambassador to belgium; al asri saeed al dhaheri the uae ambassador to morocco and abdul rahim al awadi from the ministry of foreign affairs were all felicitated and honoured for their support to the shaikh mansour bin zayed al nahyan global arabian horse flat racing festival.
earlier on friday in the wahrc workshop at the conference lara sawaya announced that from the next season the uae breeders will be rewarded with a percentage of the prize money earmarked for the wathba stud farm cup races held in the uae. “we will allot an extra amount for this purpose and this will go to breeders whenever their horse wins” she said and also said the festival would forward the problems of the uae breeders to the concerned authorities.
ifahr chairman sami boenian also confirmed that the launch of an all-comprehensive database/website would be finalised soon.
the need to help the breeders woo youngsters to purebred arabian racing make efforts to ease the transport of horses between nations were some of the other topics that the workshop decided to continue working on.
endurance on sunday
the fifth and final day of action in the shaikh mansour bin zayed al nahyan global arabian horse flat racing festival’s world arabian horse racing conference will be at king’s forest in tetford.
the ride is open to purebred arabian horses and a strong team of riders including lady riders from the uae will be taking part in the cei one star100km shaikh mansour bin zayed al nahyan endurance cup.
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