The mare, Abiya Athba, for Delman Racing, under the supervision of Peter J. Hammerslay, and driven by Phil Dennis, was crowned champion of the Her Highness Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Cup, category two, which was held at the Royal Windsor Racecourse in the United Kingdom, Saturday, 06/29/2024, under the sponsorship of the sixteenth edition of the His Highness Sheikh Racing Festival. Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, with a crowd of more than 5,000 spectators.
The World Festival of Purebred Arabian Horses is held with the support and encouragement of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President of the State, Deputy Prime Minister, Head of the Presidential Office, and with the support of Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, (Mother of the Emirates), President of the General Women’s Union, President of the Supreme Council. For Motherhood and Childhood, Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation.
For the race of Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Cup, which has a prize money value of 20 thousand pounds sterling, 5 of the elite horses in Britain and France gathered, and Abeya Athba achieved victory easily and by a margin of 3 lengths despite the chase of Farida Al-Ezz, owned by Al-Nujaifi Racing Company, under the supervision of James Owen, and driving Sam Hitchcott.
Abiya Athba, who ranked third in this race in 2022, after finishing fourth in 2021, was able to cover the race distance in a time of 1:17:14 minutes, while Upstart Crew, owned by Linda Reeves, came in third place, under the supervision of a trainer. Newmarket James Owen, led by Darragh Keenan.
The race was witnessed and the winners were crowned by Mansour Abdullah Belhoul Al Falasi, UAE Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Lara Sawaya, Executive Director of the His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan Racing Festival, and a large audience of more than 5,000 spectators who love purebred Arabian horse racing.
