In Memorium – Susan Meyer

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the peaceful passing of Susan Meyer February 2, 2024, at her farm Meyercrest Arabians in Raleigh, North Carolina surrounded by her cherished horses and her devoted husband Jim. Sue lived a life of beautiful duality,...

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RMTC Issues Medication Withdrawal Guidance

The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium's (RMTC) Scientific Advisory Committee has performed an analysis of HISA's proposed Anti-Doping and Medication Control program (ADMC) and, where data permits, developed withdrawal guidance associated with the ADMC Screening...

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AJC Acting Director

Dear members of the Arabian Racing Community: I would like to thank everyone who has reached out and shared their best wishes during my recovery. With the recovery being more intense and taking longer than hoped, I have asked Jonathan Horowitz to serve as Acting...

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2022 California Wathba Stallions Cup Series

Join us For the Love of Racing Arabians! Due to the continued worries of COVID, and the logistics of transporting horses from track to track, California and Colorado have decided it is in the best interest of all concerned to take the California Wathba Cup races to...

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2022 UAE President Cup

The Arabian Jockey Club (AJC) is pleased to announce that the richest Arabian horse race in the United States will once again be part of one of America’s biggest days of racing in 2022. The $100,000 UAE President Cup (G1) will be run on May 21, 2022, at Pimlico...

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Paddys Day Wins 2021 UAE President Cup Race

Paddys Day Wins 2021 UAE President Cup Race

Paddys Day (Again) Takes the $100,000 UAE President Cup (G1) at Pimlico Race Course on 2021 Preakness Day Aurora, CO – The $100,000 UAE President Cup (G1) – America’s richest Arabian race of the year – rounded out a spectacular day of stakes racing on Pimlico’s...

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2021 UAE President Cup

2021 UAE President Cup Nominations The Arabian Jockey Club (AJC) is pleased to announce that the richest Arabian horse race in the United States will once again be part of one of America’s biggest days of racing in 2021. The $100,000 UAE President Cup (G1) will be run...

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Pat Buckley: The Passing of an Icon

Arabian Racing has lost an icon. Pat Buckley was one of the founding members of Arabian racing in the United Arab Emirates. After a successful career as a steeplechase jockey, including winning the Grand National on one of the Queen’s horses, Pat was asked to help get...

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Paddys Day Wins 2020 UAE President Cup Race

Paddys Day Wins 2020 UAE President Cup Race

(Photo by Jim McCue.) Paddys Day Takes the $100,000 of the UAE President Cup (G1) at Historic Pimlico Racecourse on Preakness Day Aurora, CO – The $100,000 UAE President Cup (G1) – America’s richest Arabian race of the year – rounded out a spectacular day of stakes...

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2020 UAE President Cup

Aurora, CO – The Arabian Jockey Club (AJC) is pleased to announce that the richest Arabian horse race in the United States will be part of one of America’s biggest days of racing in 2020. The $100,000 UAE President Cup (G1) will be run on October 3, 2020 at Pimlico...

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Upcoming Emirates Breeders Races in Colorado

Emirates Breeders races are heading to Colorado in August! Mark your calendars for this exciting Arabian race series – including a concluding VIP race based on qualifying points – at Arapahoe Park offering additional purse money courtesy Emirates Breeders: 2020...

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Tattoo Process – Certificates of Racing

Just a reminder as racing starts back up. Any horse without a physical lip tattoo, needs to get a digital tattoo. Contact the TRPB representative so that they can scan your microchip, take pictures and certify your digital tattoo. If your horse has a physical lip...

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Racing Locations Re-Opening

Thank you for your patience as the racing world was put on hold during the Covid-19 pandemic. As race tracks are approved for re-opening, we ask that you please adhere to all safety precautions and protocols for each location. We will publish updated information which...

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Protocols Announced for Arapahoe Park

Arapahoe Park barns opened on Friday, May 1, 2020. The track hours will be 7-11 a.m., with no break. Below are protocols and forms required for the backside. Please note the requirements for bleach and alcohol are highly recommended and may be waived due to the...

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2020 Update on Delaware Park

As we all navigate the new realities that Covid-19 has imposed on racing and our daily lives, our return to racing has been put on hold in many states. Delaware is no exception. As we approach the scheduled opening date for racing at Delaware Park of May 27, it is...

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RMTC Horsemen’s Bulletin Update

The Racing Medication & Testing Consortium issued their recent Horsemen’s Bulletin, which addresses stopping the use of medroxyprogesterone, often known as Depo Provera.  This bulletin also provided updates to the Uniform Classification of Foreign Substances....

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Just Talkin’ – Labor Day Weekend at Delaware Park

The Arabian Jockey Club is delighted to publish the Arabian Finish Line’s long-running and beloved column, Just Talkin’ by Michael Economopolous. We hope you enjoy his moving read that overviews his and Vicki’s experience at Delaware Park this past Labor Day, and we...

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2019 Racing at Delaware Park

The nominations have been published for two races at Delaware Park, available through a pdf download below. The 27th running of the Buzz Brauninger Arabian Distaff Handicap, $45,000 Guaranteed, (Grade 1), for Arabian fillies and mares three-years old and upward, will...

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Delaware Thoroughbred Racing Commission Rulings

The following rulings were handed down by the Delaware Thoroughbred Racing Commission in the case of two horses, So Big Boy and Bigg Girl, owned by Mark Powell and trained by Gary Scott Powell, being raced last year at Delaware Park under fraudulent Certificates of...

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Invitees Announced for 2019 President of the UAE Cup

Please find below the official invitees of the $100,000 President of the UAE Cup Sponsored by the UAE Ministry of Presidential Affairs (G1) to be run Saturday, June 15 at Churchill Downs. Mark your calendars to watch live coverage of this important race on AJC LIVE...

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2019 President of the UAE Cup at Churchill Downs

President of the United Arab Emirates Cup $100,000 Guaranteed - Grade I To Be Run: Saturday, June 15, 2019 For Arabian Four Year Olds and Upward. By subscription of $150 each, which MUST accompany the nomination or by Supplementary Nomination of $2,500 by time of...

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Certificate of Registration Cancelled on Two Horses

Following an investigation, the Arabian Horse Association has cancelled the Certificate of Registration for the following two horses on the grounds that neither of the horses were the subject of the Certificate of Registration issued. So Big Boy 669936 owned by Mark...

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Former Racehorse Wins 2018 Tevis Cup

Former Racehorse Wins 2018 Tevis Cup

Cayucos (Virgule Al Maury x Tikis Wing Beat, by Flaming Streak+/), a 2008 chestnut gelding bred by Darley Stud who began his first career as a successful racehorse at Delaware Park, has just won the world's most difficult equine endurance ride, the 2018 Tevis Cup....

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AJC Live from Madrid

Want to follow the World Arabian Horse Racing Conference being held in Madrid May 1-5? AJC LIVE's Jonathan Horowitz will be in Madrid providing updates on conference sessions, entertainment and races throughout the week! Be sure to check the AJC Facebook page...

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AJC Congratulates 2018 Darley Award Weekend Winners

Coming off a spectacular Darley Awards weekend in Los Angeles, the AJC extends its warm congratulations to the winners of the USA Darley Awards and the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies International Awards: 2018 USA Darley Awards (for performances in the year...

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Millionaire Paddys Day Makes Arabian Racing History

Paddys Day became the first Arabian racehorse in American history to earn more than $1 million with his victory in Thursday's Mazrat Al Ruwayah at Meydan Racecourse in the United Arab Emirates. The two-time Darley Award Horse of the Year in the United States has now...

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AJC Change of Officers Announced

Aurora, CO – On September 30, 2017, it was announced at the International Federation of Arabian Horse Racing (IFAHR) General Assembly in Paris that Susan Meyer was elected president of the Arabian Jockey Club by the Board of Directors, stepping up from her long-time...

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Dartyn Kriss SWA Cashes In Again in Delaware HARC Race

Solvang, CA | USA – The second Arabian race in 2017 to offer the Heritage Arabian Racing Club (HARC) added money took place this past Saturday, October 7th at Delaware Park. The $4,000 is divided to the owner and breeder of the top three HARC-nominated horses in the...

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Lasix Free Announcement

The HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nayhan Flat Racing Festival and the Wathba Stallion Series has announced that, effective immediately, all sponsored races will be Lasix free. The Arabian Jockey Club is in complete support of this new condition and looks forward to...

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Downs After Dark

The $100,000 UAE President's Cup Grade 1 Stakes will again be held at Churchill Downs on September 23, 2017, during their exciting Downs After Dark event. This is the only night racing held at Churchill Downs and is always a packed crowd with amazing entertainment....

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USA-Bred RB Burn Wins World’s Richest Arabian Horse Race

Aurora, CO – The Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Jewel Crown, dubbed the world’s richest Arabian race with a purse of €1.2 million, not surprisingly drew the top-rated Arabian racehorses in the world last Sunday to Abu Dhabi. The field of 16 horses including eight...

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Champion Paddys Day Scores for Borel

There was something of a fairytale element to the result of the $100,000 Grade I UAE President Cup at Churchill Downs, Kentucky, on Saturday when champions Paddys Day and Calvin Borel combined to take the Purebred Arabian feature. Taking place over a mile and one...

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An Uptown Funk Performance at Arapahoe Park

Jonathan Horowitz - Aurora, CO – June 18, 2016 Uptown Dannys Boy is finding his funk at Arapahoe Park.  In his first start at the Colorado track on May 22, the 4-year-old gray colt broke a 15-year-old track record for five furlongs.  Then on Saturday, he prevailed in...

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Delaware Park Graded Stakes Wrap Up

Here’s a wrap-up of the recent 2015 Graded Stakes races at Delaware Park, along with photos of the winning horses for each race: July 11 - CreRun Oaks Distaff  3 & 4 yr old fillies  Gr 2   1 1/16 m dirt, time:1:58.59 RB Frynch Broad All N All Taylors Touchof Class...

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Arabian Racing Grade 3 Oaks and Derby in Texas

Here are the results from the Arabian Racing Grade 3 Oaks and Derby in Texas on Saturday, August 29 2015 at Retama Park: Race 1 - $20,000 - Texas Arabian Derby, Grade 3 -  1 1/16 Miles.  Paddys Day overtook Es Mi Cielo in the stretch to win by 2 lengths. The other...

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Past and Future of Arabian Racing

Jonathan Horowitz - Aurora, CO June 22, 2015 When Paddys Day took the lead in Sunday’s Jerry Partin COBRA Sprint Sponsored by Quarter Moon Ranch at Arapahoe Park, he also took the baton of Arabian racing in Colorado.  The 4-year-old rising star ridden by Kelsi Purcell...

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Ms Dixie Makes Horse Racing History at Arapahoe Park

Jonathan Horowitz – Aurora, CO - June 14, 2015 Ms Dixie became the first horse in the history of Arapahoe Park to win the same stakes race four times with a hard-fought victory in Sunday’s COBRA Distaff Sprint Sponsored by MKP Enterprises.  Owned by the Quarter Moon...

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Our Princess Wins at Delaware Park May 23, 2015

Another victory for NIVOUR DE CARDONNE's daughter: OUR PRINCESS! After a brilliant 2014 season (5 wins in 5 starts, including a Gr.3, a Gr.2 and a Gr.1), and a 4th place in a Gr.1 earlier this year, OUR PRINCESS added another victory to her great record. The 5yo...

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28th Annual Darley Awards Announced

April 6, 2015, Los Angeles, CA - Valiant Boy SBFAR topped off an undefeated season in 2014 by winning his second Horse of The Year trophy (he also won it in 2012) as well as one for Older Horse, at the 28th annual Darley Awards sponsored by the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin...

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New International Racing Association Formed

AURORA, CO – The Arabian Jockey Club (AJC) is excited to be a part of the Heritage Arabian Racing Club (HARC), a new worldwide racing association aimed at growing a solid base of Arabian racing bloodlines and participation at the grass roots level. The attached press...

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Dubai Kahayla Classic March 28th

Watch the $1 million Dubai Kahayla Classic for purebred Arabians live online this Saturday, March 28 with a post time of 8am EST. Follow these directions: Go to http://www.dmi.ae/dubairacing/ As the page is loading - look for your browser to load the help box that...

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2015 Breeders Incentive

In 2014, the Arabian Racing Cup Stewards renewed their support of breeders through bonus money and sponsorship of the two Arabian Racing Cup Stallion S. (G3) held in Texas. This additional funding will be spread out around our racing states in different years. With...

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Sand on Fire Springs the Upset

Sand on Fire Springs the Upset in the $38,500 HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies IFAHR Cup A field of nine Arabian fillies competed in the $38,500 HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship IFAHR Cup. The race featured all female jockeys for the...

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Burning Fleet Front Running Victor

Burning Fleet Front Running Victor in the $45,000, Grade 1, HH Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup - Amethyst Jewel A talented group of eleven colts and geldings showed their mettle in the Grade 1, HH Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup. Betty and Joseph Gillis's...

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All in All Wins Grade 2 Texas Yellow Rose Stake

ALL IN ALL holds off RB Frynch Broad in the Grade 2 Texas Yellow Rose Stake Sam Houston Race Park, February 21, 2015 - - The 3rd race of the evening was the Grade 2 Texas Yellow Rose for 4 Year Old Purebred Arabian Fillies. The 7 furlong challenge paid a prize of...

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Our Princess Splashes through the Mud to Victory

Article Courtesy of Retama Park, November 22, 2014, race 2 The coupled entry from Delaware, OUR PRINCESS and Royal Richess, finished 1-2 in the Grade 3 Texas Arabian Oaks for 4 year old purebred Arabian fillies. OUR PRINCESS was ridden by Kirsten Swan, and Laura...

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Burning Fleet Runs off to Win by 20 Lengths in the Mud

Article Courtesy of Retama Park, November 22, 2014, race 1 BURNING FLEET proved much the best over his competitors in the Grade 3 Texas Arabian Derby for four year old Arabian colts and geldings. Running on a very muddy track he set the early pace, clear by two...

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Delaware Park Arabian Juvenile Championship S. (G3)

By Stephanie Corum - September 27, 2014 The first big test for the youngsters at Delaware Park came on September 27 in the Delaware Park Arabian Juvenile Championship S. (G3). The favorite was Mark Ashby’s homebred Lazur Hess, who broke his maiden at first asking by...

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Valiant Boy SBFAR wins Zayed Cup in LA

Valiant Boy SBFAR is turning out to be the latest superstar of Purebred Arabian racing in the US. Bred by His Highness Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan in France, the 6-year-year old grey scored an astounding victory in the first running of the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin...

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2015 Arabian Meet at Delaware Park

There will be 2 overnight races offered per week from mid-May to early October. The overnights will average $13,000 from claiming races up to various conditioned allowance races including maiden special weights. There will be 4 stakes races run in 2015. The Cre Run...

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Bob Magness Memorial Arabian Derby (G2)

By Stephanie Corum - September 1, 2014 The Bob Magness Memorial Arabian Derby (G2) had a bit of unexpected drama at the beginning of the race. RB Code, who was breaking from post position #1, veered towards the gap just after the start and unseated rider Yamil...

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Cre Run Oaks Arabian Distaff S. (G2)

By Stephanie Corum - September 1, 2014 Our Princess, winner of the recent Buzz Brauninger Arabian Distaff H. (G1), looked to solidify her position as the leading 4-year-old filly in the Cre Run Oaks Arabian Distaff S. (G2). The 1 1/16 mile race featured a $30,000...

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Race Conditions for Los Alamitos

9-5 - Maiden fillies $7,000 9-6 - Derby for 4 yr olds open $12,000 9-7 - Open fillies and mares $8,000 9-12 - Maiden colts $7,000 9-13 - Allowance NW2 $7,500 9-19 - N/W 3 $7,700 9-20 - Sheik Zayed Stakes est. $47,000 9-21 - Open maiden $7,000 CLICK HERE for additional...

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Breezell LZP Dominates Wathba Stud Farm Cup

By Jonathan Horowitz – August 8, 2014 - Aurora, CO Breezell Lzp took the lead at the top of the stretch, and then Friday’s Wathba Stud Farm Cup at Arapahoe Park in Aurora, Colorado became a one-horse race.  The 6-year-old chestnut mare ridden by Karlo Lopez powered...

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Marquee Arabian Races Climax Arapahoe Park Season

By Jonathan Horowitz August 4, 2014 - Aurora, CO Arapahoe Park in Aurora, Colorado will host the Wathba Stud Farm Cup on August 8, the Grade 3 COBRA Distaff Sponsored by Soaring Eagle Ranch on August 16, and the Grade 3 COBRA Classic Sponsored by Crow Valley on August...

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Sammy V Wins and Breaks Track Record

Sammy V won the first HH Sheika Fatima Bint Mubarak Apprentice World Championship race held in Sacramento, California, July 19, 2014, breaking the Sacramento track record set last year by Ayers. Sammy V winning by 10 1/2 lengths easily broke the Sacramento track...

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Record-breaking display by Sammy V Wows US Fans

July 5, 2014, Pleasanton, California ~ In an exhilarating display of raw speed, 6-year-old Sammy V under Juan Sanchez, smashed the record for a 6-furlong (1200 metres) race in the US and also registered one of the biggest margin of victories with a 13-length win in...

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COBRA 2013 Racing Results

Following is a list of the 2013 COBRA (Colorado Owners and Breeders of Racing Arabians) awards: ARAPAHOE PARK 2013 AWARDS 3-Year-Old Filly of the Year: My Vaz Is Hot - Sam Vasquez, Owner 3-Year-Old Colt of the Year: Para Que Sluffy - Sam Vasquez, Owner 4-Year-old...

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