UPDATED 5:00PM, JUL 8 2021
A new series of international turf races in Bahrain has been launched, with a prize-fund of £550,000 offered across ten races run between December and March.
The Bahrain Turf Series, which starts on December 10, has been created to attract international horses rated between 85 and 100 to the country, which has rapidly developed its racing programme in the last few years.
Each race has a prize-fund of £50,000 and bonuses will be given to the leading owner and trainer across the series, judged in a points-per-race format.
Horses must be nominated and then selected to participate for the series. As an incentive, the Bahrain Turf Club will pay expenses of up to £12,500 for connections of each horse competing. The cost of freight to take horses to Bahrain is also covered if horses run in at least two races.
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Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and UAE to hold regional racing talks in 2021 April 26, 2021
The leaders of three major Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) horseracing jurisdictions are set to begin a dialogue aimed at the development of a coordinated regional racing offering. WAM photo
MANAMA The leaders of three major Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) horseracing jurisdictions are set to begin a dialogue aimed at the development of a coordinated regional racing offering.
The racing clubs in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain are to schedule talks in the coming months covering topics such as coordination in equine quarantine and ease of travel as well as race scheduling and the sharing of knowledge and information among owners and breeders in the three countries.
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The leaders of three major Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) horseracing jurisdictions are set to begin a dialogue aimed at the development of a coordinated regional racing offering.
The racing clubs in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain are to schedule talks in the coming months covering topics such as coordination in equine quarantine and ease of travel as well as race scheduling and the sharing of knowledge and information among owners and breeders in the three countries.
Racing leaders in the three Gulf states believe there is room for a more coordinated approach to the sport in the region which will benefit all parties and eventually expand to include other countries in the wider GCC.