UAE- Valiant Boy Sbfar named Horse of The Year at Darley Awards
Date
4/5/2015 11:41:22 PM
(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) American Denise Gault was given the Best Lifetime Achievement Trophy as part of the Shaikha Fatima bint Mubarak Darley Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood California on Friday.
Denise Gault receives the Best Lifetime Achievement award. — Supplied photo
Los Angeles — Top French-bred Arabian horse Valiant Boy Sbfar was named the 2014 Horse of The Year in the 28th annual Darley USA Awards sponsored by Shaikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival while American Denise Gault was given the Best Lifetime Achievement Trophy as part of the Shaikha Fatima bint Mubarak Darley Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood California on Friday.
Raced by Shaikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan the seven-year-old son of Darweesh was unbeaten in four US starts before finishing a close second in the $1m Dubai Kahayla Classic Gr-1 at Meydan on the Dubai World Cup night on March 28.
In the US Darley Awards RB So Rich claimed the three-year-old colts and geldings Award for owner Garrett Ford with Love To Dance walking away with the fillies equivalent of the trophy for owner Mark K Powell.
RB Champagne Taste landed the four-year-old colts/geldings’ Award for the Rosebrook Farm LLC and Our Princess was voted winner of the four-year-old fillies for Cre Run Enterprises LLC.
Valiant Boy Sbfar who was later named the Horse of The Year also snatched the verdict as the Best Older Horse with Ms Dixie claiming the Best Older Mare trophy for Quarter Moon Ranch.
Kristen Swan was over the moon when elected the Best Jockey Lynn A Ashby won the Best Trainer Trophy Dianne K Waldron earned the Best Breeder Award and Guy Neivens was chosen the Best Owner.
In the Shaikha Fatima bint Mubarak Darley Awards the Australian photographer Nadine Frampton was voted the Best Photographer of the 2014 after having photographed all of the major Arabian races in Australia and other parts of the world.
US horsewoman Denise Gault was awarded the Best Lifetime Achievement Trophy in reward for her contribution to the development and promotion of the Arabian racing industry.
The UAE Endurance Team was honoured with the Best Spirit Award for their great performances as gold medallists and for having obeyed the decisions when instructed not to ride. Special Awards were also presented to Lulwa Awadhi and Dr Wadoda Badran for their strong support to the women sports.
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