Dubai Show Jumping Championship 2015 - Official Programme Thursday, 29th - Saturday, 31st January 2015 Emirates Equestrian Centre, Dubai, UAE
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Dubai
Show Jumping
Championship
2015
CSI***-W Dubai FEI World Cup Arab League
Official Programme
Thursday, 29th – Saturday, 31st January 2015
Emirates Equestrian Centre, Dubai, UAE
GOLD SPONSORS:
Officials Event
programme
Event Committee Members
Mr. Frank G. Gabriel Jr – Executive Director
Appeal Committee
President – Mr. Yap Mou Soon (MAS)
DAY 1 DAY 3
Col. Mohammed Essa Al Adhab Member – Mr. Steven Wilde (GBR)
Thursday, January 29, 2015 Saturday, January 31, 2015
– General Manager
Gates Open 11:30am Gates Open 11:00am
Mr. Paul McAuley – Show Manager Chief Steward
Ms. Lisa Hareb – Show Secretary Mr. Ali Mohajer (IRI)
12:30pm Class 1 12:00pm CLASS 5
Mr. Donald D’Silva – Show Accountant
DUBAI EQUESTRIAN CLUB LONGINES ACCUMULATOR
Ms. Sarah Tregoning – Press Officer Assistant Stewards
WELCOME STAKES Prize Money: AED 116,000
Mr. Tony Terry – Press Officer Ms. Alessandra Ceselli (ITA)
Prize Money: AED 50,000
Ms. Claire Grey – Planning & Sponsors Ms. Lynn Al Redha (UAE)
3:00pm CLASS 6
Ms. Chenelle Van Schalkwyk Ms. Lauren Hattin (CAN)
3:30pm Class 2 EMIRATES AIRLINE DUBAI GRAND PRIX
– Planning & Sponsors Ms. Clare Sapire (ZA)
EMIRATES AIRLINE TWO PHASES FEI WORLD CUP QUALIFIER
Ms. Nirmala Lestari – Planning & Catering Mr. Abdul Raouf (UAE)
Prize Money: AED 84,000 Prize Money: AED 245,000
Ground Jury
Mr. Khalil Ibrahim (UAE) – President
FEI Veterinary Delegate
Dr. Cristina Garcia Cantu (MEX)
DAY 2 6:15pm CLASS 7
EMIRATES EQUESTRIAN CENTRE
Mr. Ronan Sugrue (IRL) – Member
Friday, January 30, 2015 Prize Money: AED 30,000
Mr. Karim Badaro (LIB) – Member Treating Show Veterinarian
Gates Open 1:00pm
Ms. Christine Gruber (UAE) – Member Dr. Dinisio Felix (Dubai Equine Hospital)
Timekeeping & Scoreboard Quarantine Supervising Veterinarian
2:30pm Class 3 Leading Rider Awards
GULF NEWS DUBAI CUP-QUALIFIER
Emirates Equestrian Centre Dr. Tom Morton
FOR CSI-W DUBAI GRAND PRIX LEADING RIDER
Emirates Equestrian Federation
Prize Money: AED 150,000 Prize Money: AED 10,000
Farrier
Foreign Judge (Appointed by FEI) Mr. Tom Runnalls
5:00pm Class 4 LEADING UAE RIDER
Ms. Brigitta Gass Mahdi (SUI)
LONGINES SPEED STAKES Prize Money: AED 10,000
Manager International Stables
Prize Money: AED 65,000
Course Designer Ms. Christine Khairallah
Sponsored by FBH Stables
Mr. Robert Ellis (GBR)
& Emirates Equestrian Centre
Manager National Stables
Assistant Course Designers Ms. Lilian Sternvad
Mr. Bernardo Costa Cabral (POR) Ms. Jennifer Forde
Mr. Yousif Mahmoudi (UAE)
A few words
from Emirates
Equestrian “At EEC we encourage
Centre’s
all levels of rider and
pride ourselves on our
facilities and the super
Paul McAuley events that we organise
and host every year.”
Welcome all competitors and spectators Sheikha Latifa Bint Juma Al Maktoum and a success from the riders and their grooms offer Desert Hacking to experienced riders.
to our biggest event of the season, the The Emirates Dubai Grand Prix winner, to the Organising Committee the Ground At EEC we encourage all levels of rider
Dubai Show Jumping Championship. As a Hamad Ali Al Attiya of Qatar. Jury and the Arena Crew. To those people I’d and pride ourselves on our facilities and
CSI***-W show, the three-day event is one like to say a big thank-you. To find out more the super events that we organise and
of the highlights of the Arab League Show From its inception in its current format in about the roles of some of these people, host every year.
Jumping Tour. 2007, the Dubai Show jumping Championship read on – in the pages of this programme we
has offered the spectacle of show jumping have Q&As with our commentator, Steven You can stay up-to-date with all
Every year we see top international at its very best as well as a unique day out Wilde and the President of the Ground Jury, the action at EEC via our website
competitors from GCC countries and further for all the family and it is this inclusive ethos Khalil Ibrahim. www.emiratesequestriancentre.com and see
afield take to the show ring alongside the that continues to attract visitors to the show all the behind-the-scenes news, images
best local talent in front of an enthusiastic every year. Pony rides, bouncy castles, a And while the Dubai Show Jumping and show results on our facebook page at
and informed crowd. This is also a great rodeo ride and face painting all add to the Championship may be our big event, we www.facebook.com/emiratesequestriancentre.
place to see the stars of the future, both party atmosphere. You don’t need to be a also operate a full calendar of equestrian
equine and human, compete in the ring. show jumping enthusiast to enjoy this event disciplines from high-level dressage at Here’s to another fantastic three days of
Since the 2014 renewal of the Dubai Show – there is something here for everyone. the FEI World Dressage Challenge and the top-flight show jumping.
Jumping Championship last January we Dubai Dressage Championship as well as
have seen members of the Dubai Show Of course none of this would be possible National Show Jumping and Dressage shows Paul McAuley
Jumping Team take part in the Asian Games without the support of many people and to eventing and our British Horse Society - Manager – Emirates Equestrian Centre
in Incheon, South Korea, as part of the UAE companies including our sponsors, the affiliated branch of Dubai Pony Club.
team where they finished a credible official airline, Emirates; Longines, the Our fully-qualified instructors can give
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high-class competitors, who include our official newspaper. There are many who work Prix St George in dressage to Grand Prix
own Abdullah Al Marri and UAE Olympian, hard behind the scenes to make this event jumping. If you are just visiting Dubai we also
Emirates Equestrian Centre
What We Can
Offer You
The Main Arena
Emirates Equestrian Centre is a top-class from training shows to top international
facility offering all you need for you and competitions such as the Dubai Show
your horse. EEC is the only fully approved Jumping Championship.
British Horse Society (BHS) riding and training
establishment in the Middle East. It offers the The Dubai Pony Club has been in existence at
highest standard of livery care to horse EEC for more than 30 years, providing riding
owners, maintains a string of classy riding lessons on the flat and over jumps,
school horses and ponies, and delivers horsemanship lessons, mounted games,
35 event days per season of jumping, treasure hunts and fancy dress. The highlight Arena Restaurant
dressage and cross country. is the annual Pony Club Camp. Youngsters
can also train towards the Pony Club exams,
More than 250 students take lessons every a series of qualifications that are recognised F&B Vendors Arena Restaurant
week at EEC with trainers catering to all worldwide. Along with lessons for our young An array of food, soft beverages and snacks The restaurant is situated in a prime location
levels of ability, from complete beginner to riders we also have the EEC Dubai Pony Club will be available for purchase to all spectators close to the main arena and offers an
advanced. Desert hacks and pony rides which is fully affiliated. who will be attending the three day event. opportunity to enjoy the event at the heart
for young children can also be arranged. of the action. Food and beverages will be
For more information Admission available on a cash basis in the family area,
The centre offers a full calendar of events in Visit www.emiratesequestriancentre.com Free admission to the event for all located on the lawn. The catering will be
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A minute with
Khalil Ibrahim
International Show Jumping Judge Khalil a long time,” he said. “Some of the younger
Ibrahim has set his sights on a judging generation do not know I was a rider myself
spot in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de and they are surprised when they see me “I’ve been very happy
Janeiro. We talk to him about his goals schooling horses now, but having been
and aspirations... a competitor helps me understand the to have achieved a lot
Khalil Ibrahim, the President of the Ground
pressures these guys are under during a
competition.
in judging and to fly
Jury at Dubai Show Jumping Championship, the flag for the UAE
is a man on a mission. He has ambitions to
be the first Arab show jumping judge at an
“After I finished competing I took my FEI
exam to become an AI [Advanced Instructor]
on the international
Olympic Games. and trained the Dubai Show Jumping Team jumping circuits.”
for a while. After that I focused on judging so
And he is heading in the right direction. I could get my qualifications and now I travel
Ibrahim is a Level 3 FEI-qualified around the world as an international judge.”
international show jumping judge and was
recently the President of the Ground Jury at Ibrahim is a regular on the top-tier Global
an Asian Games, taking a seat in the judges’ Champions Tour of show jumping, has
box in Incheon, South Korea where the UAE judged at many of the world’s biggest A judge’s role starts before the day of the on outside the show ring that may cause
team finished fourth this summer. events and also helps to train new judges competition even dawns, during the ‘Trot problems for the horses and riders. For
through Emirates Equestrian Federation-run Up’, when a veterinary official checks that example we have had loose dogs that come
A former competitor and one of the original FEI courses. none of horses are lame. On the day of the into the ring which can spook the horses
members of Dubai Show Jumping Team, event, the judges, alongside the course and cause a hazard or riders that can’t
Ibrahim has also done duty as the team’s The role of a judge, says Ibrahim, is to designer, will walk the course for each class control their horses. In that case we would
trainer in 2001 before studying to be a judge. ensure that the rules of the competition to double check the distances between ring the bell to stop the round until we have
“I’ve been very happy to have achieved a are adhered to, that safety measures fences and ensure that the jumps conform cleared the problem.”
lot in judging and to fly the flag for the UAE are observed and that the results and to the conditions of each class in terms of
on the international jumping circuits,” said distribution of prize money are correct. height and difficulty. The judges have the Just like the competitors, Ibrahim and
Ibrahim. “To be part of the Asian Games was power to insist on alterations to the course his fellow judges must also cope with the
a big honour and next I am hoping to go to “Some people see us as being against the if it does not reach the required standard. stresses of a big event.
the Olympics in Brazil as a show jumping rider but that is not the case,” said Ibrahim. Once the class starts, the President of
judge. I would become the first Arab to “We are here to interpret the rules and make the Ground Jury will ring the bell and each “There can be a lot of pressure when
achieve this and it is something that I have sure the competition runs smoothly. In some competitor then has 45 seconds to go there are large amounts of prize money
been working towards for a long time so cases competitors have trained for years for through the timing equipment before they or international honours at stake,” said
Insha’allah, let’s see what happens.” big events, the judges are trained to ensure incur penalty points. Judges will then watch Ibrahim. “But as you get more experience
that the welfare of the horse is respected each round with an eagle eye and record all you learn to deal with it better. It is a big
Ibrahim, a regular rider at the Dubai Show and that a level playing field is provided penalties or eliminations incurred for knock honour to be involved in events like the
Jumping Championship, began competing for all athletes participating in the event. If downs, refusals, falls, losing the way, circling Dubai Show Jumping Championship. This
during the 1980s and toured on the there is an altercation we can intervene with and time faults. show will always have a fond place in my
European circuit in places like the UK, Ireland an official, authoritative and fair reaction. heart as it’s our biggest show jumping event
and Germany. This experience of being a That’s why we study and take exams to “We must also be aware of the conditions and it’s where I started off as a competitor
competitor helps him as a judge. “I’ve been make sure that judges have knowledge of of the day,” said Ibrahim. “We have to and now where I am the President of the
part of the show jumping scene in Dubai for the rules and accepted behaviours.” pay attention to anything that is going Ground Jury.”
2014 Highlights
2014 Highlights
A minute with
Marion Hughes
Marion Hughes is an Irish international and She stood at just 145cm but she had a
Olympic show jumper and a regular rider high stride. “I love competing
at the Dubai Show Jumping Championship. and we were lucky to
She is married to fellow show jumper, What circuits do you currently
Miguel Bravo and they have three children, compete on? find someone here with
Molly, Marta and Matilde. When in the
UAE Hughes rides for Sheikha Maitha Bint
It’s very busy. I currently compete on the the same passion and it
Mohammed Al Maktoum’s Team Z 7.
Vilamoura Portugal Tour, the Mijas Spain
Tour, the European Circuit, the Irish Circuit
all went from there.”
and of course I am in the UAE during the
How did you become a professional
winter season, so I’m travelling a lot.
show jumper?
I have been riding since I could walk and You have had an association with
You’ve had the chance to see the should be available for everyone not just the
have always being passionate about horses. Sheikha Maitha for a number of years
evolution of the Middle Eastern show elite few. It’s a shame that nations now have
I hunted from eight years of age and was now – how did that come about?
jumping scene over a number of to qualify for the Olympics. It’s getting to be
very active in the Pony Club. This was an
Joe Conway, another show jumper from years. How has it developed, specifically nearly an impossible dream unless you have
amazing experience for me. We had the
Ireland, is a good friend of ours and he in the UAE? a very strong national team.
benefit of a great trainer for Pony Club
introduced us to this wonderful place
Games which we did at most gymkhanas. We competed in Middle East in 1995 on
five years ago. I originally came out here What advice would you give to aspiring
We also did show jumping. It was a lot of borrowed horses and it’s amazing the
to give a clinic with my husband, Miguel show jumpers in the UAE?
fun but at the same time we were learning changes that have come about in 20 years.
Bravo. I have bred horses all my life and
how to be athletic and quick thinking on Riders from this part of the world are I would advise them to keep investing
then produced horses to top level. I love
the ponies. Our team, Kilkenny, which was winning individual and team medals at in good young horses as the facilities
competing too and we were lucky to find
made up of myself and five cousins, won Olympics and championships and these and infrastructure are great here in the
someone here with the same passion and it
the Dublin Show in the main arena for three achievements really drive home the fact UAE. I think a plan should be drawn up to
all went from there.
consecutive years. As show champions from that there are some really serious riders encourage this. For example there could be
Ireland, we even got to travel to Windsor in here now. There are accomplished UAE a Young Horse Finals competition, which
What has been your biggest career
England to compete. All of this was amazing riders like Abdullah Al Marri who are waiting could be based on successful models
success to date?
fun, but it also taught us how to deal with quietly to produce their own horses for a already in existence in countries like Ireland.
exposure at a high level and pressure. My biggest success so far was competing chance at world medals. I really admire the
in the 2004 Athens Olympics with a horse horsemanship that people like [Dubai Show What would you be doing if you were
Looking back at the start of your called Fortunus. We bought him when he Jumping Team trainer] Alice Debany have not a professional show jumper?
career as a junior, can you identify a was six years old and produced him to that brought to UAE.
I love horses so I would probably still be
favourite pony and what did you achieve level, so it was a very special moment.
involved in breeding and producing them.
together? Looking at the future, what challenges
My three girls, Molly, Marta and Matilde
You’ve already achieved so much, but does show jumping face as it competes
My favourite pony was Bright Ruby who won would be happy if I just got into ponies full
what are your ambitions for the future? for participation in a crowded
a gold medal at the European championships time, and dedicated all my time to them
sporting sphere?
for me in Sodar, Germany in 1984. She was a I would love to compete in next Olympics in as it feels like they want to win every pony
full Thoroughbred that never grew very big. Brazil, if Ireland qualify a team. We just need to remember that the sport class in Ireland!A minute with Equine Commentator
Steven Wilde
You may not recognise his face, but if surrounded by the greats such as David
you are a follower of international show Broome. I’ve taken after my father and
jumping you will surely know Steven been involved in running events through to
Wilde’s voice. Wilde is the man who leads international level and I am now a consultant
spectators through each class during a
show, throwing light on the mysteries of
to several large-scale events. My sister
and mother have both won classes in the
“The standard of riding
top-level show jumping. He commentated International Arena at Hickstead - one for has risen and risen
at the 2012 London Olympics and is a hunters and the other for show jumping,
regular on the Longines Global Champions which is nice, as I now head the commentary
and so has the quality
Tour. He has been involved in the Dubai team there. of the events.”
Show Jumping Championship for many
years – and he just keeps coming back How did you get into commentating? had an enjoyable day and not only have they will be based in Europe during the summer
for more… I got into commentating really on the seen good sport but also they’ve learned to develop those skills further, they are a
suggestion of other people, who all thought I something. We get a number of people who motivated group and working with trainers
How long have you commentated at the should “give it a go” and so I did, at the Winter haven’t been show jumping before and we like Alice Debany Clero to gain new steps all
Dubai Show Jumping Championship? Championships for Dressage and Jumping want to encourage them and make it fun so the time.
in the UK. I intended to cover one class and they want to come back. It’s then good for
My first was in 2007 at the old Nad al Sheba
finished up booked for the two weeks! I was everyone involved, for sponsors, organisers, You must be away from home a lot for your
site and was one of my first foreign
very nervous and I was helped every step of riders and supporters. I’m there to tell job – what’s it like to travel so much?
assignments. I was terrified!
the way by an old family friend and eventually the story and help people understand the
I’m probably away more than I’m home, but I
I got some confidence but I never intended narrative.
get to see great sport in some breathtaking
What other events do you commentate at? for it to develop into what it has. places and while I get to do that it gives
You’ve worked at a lot of show jumping
me massive motivation to get going every
I commentate full time and am lucky enough What is the biggest event you have ever events in the Middle East – how has the
day. It can be extremely tiring with quick
to have been involved in everything from commentated at and do you get nervous? scene developed over the years?
turnarounds and a big schedule but I’ll take
the London Olympics and several European
The biggest event was undoubtedly the The standard of riding has risen and risen that any day over being at home wondering
Championships, through to the World
London Olympics in 2012. Walking out into and so has the quality of the events. The what to do next. I’m very lucky to do what
Endurance Championships. I’m also heavily
the stadium at Greenwich was amazing, with past five years especially has seen a I do and while I’m allowed to do it and
involved in the Longines Global Champions
massive packed stands hanging on your significant rise and the level of riding has still being invited by kind and generous
Tour, which takes me everywhere from
every word. It was absolutely terrifying but developed with the use of top trainers, organisers, I’ll live with the travelling
Monaco to Shanghai. I work a lot in America
the most exhilarating and proudest thing the quality of the horses sourced and the because the rewards are far higher!
and have worked across the Middle East
I’ve done so far. Seeing so many faces you commitment of the riders involved.
from Qatar to Saudi Arabia and of course the
knew in the crowd was amazing and the If you weren’t a commentator what do you
5* Nations Cup show in Abu Dhabi in Feb.
icing on the cake came when Great Britain Who would be your ‘one to watch’ for the think you would be doing?
as a nation did so well, winning a host of future?
I would be working in some form of sports
Do you come from an equestrian gold medals.
This is a hard one as there is a host of management; that is something I find
background?
young talented riders in the region who now fascinating. Within the sport, I’m also an
How important is the role of a
My family have all been involved with horses. need continued support. Sheika Latifah international judge so I would be still around
commentator at an event like the Dubai
My mother rode on British show jumping Bint Juma Al Maktoum is one of a group I hope but in a different role and realistically
Show Jumping Championship?
squads in the 1970s and won several from the UAE who keep making big strides, it would give me chance to be at the
international titles. This meant I grew up My aim is that people come away having driving themselves to higher levels. They racetrack more often, which is a passion.Cigar To African Story -
Decades of Memorable Moments
20th Dubai World Cup
#20thDWC
March 28, 2015
Be a part of history
1996 Winner - Cigar 2014 Winner - African Story
Be a part of the world’s richest horserace There was the audacious victory of American Brit and ridden by a Costa Rican, represented Crowds are treated to the best on-track
– tickets for the Dubai World Cup start at superhorse Cigar at Nad Al Sheba in 1996, one of the race’s most international winners action as well a day of luxury and hospitality
AED450 – visit www.dubairacingclub.com whose trainer likened the journey to Dubai while the most recent winner, African Story in Meydan Racecourse’s glamourous track-
to a “trip to the moon” and Singspiel’s rain- brought the tally of Godolphin-trained Dubai side venues.
Dubai World Cup – Saturday, March 28, hit, washout year in 1997. Few race fans World Cup victors to six.
2015 will forget the record-breaking time of Opened in 2010 and built to replace Nad Al
the well-named Dubai Millennium, Sheikh So much has happened during the Dubai Sheba Racecourse, Meydan’s iconic steel and
The history of the Dubai World Cup, from Mohammed’s favourite racehorse, in 2000 or World Cup, yet there are still many stories glass grandstand provides a stage equal to
Cigar to African Story, Nad Al Sheba to the epic duel between Pleasantly Perfect and waiting to be told during the adrenalin-fueled the splendour of the Dubai World Cup and
Meydan, has taken many twists and turns Medaglia d’Oro in 2004. Sheikh Hamdan Bin two minutes between the gates springing the venue for the Dubai World Cup Ceremony
through the years. Rashid Al Maktoum’s South American raider, back and the finish line. and concert.
Invasor was key in 2007 while American
On Saturday March 28, that story will achieve darling, Curlin swept all before him in 2008. This season the Dubai World Cup will be Created through the vision of HH Sheikh
a major new chapter as the 20th winner of Well Armed still holds the record for the staged for the first time on Meydan’s new dirt Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice
the world’s richest race is anointed. biggest win with his 14-length victory in track – a fact that can’t fail to add a whole President and Prime Minister of the UAE
2009 and Brazilian runner, Gloria de Campeo new dynamic to the day. and Ruler of Dubai, Meydan is the beating
Yet it is the 19 previous renewals of the was the first Dubai World Cup winner after heart of racing in Dubai.
2000m race that bring the 20th running into the race transferred from Nad Al Sheba Yet the spectacular race is not the whole
sharp focus. The members of the Dubai World to Meydan. In 2011 Victoire Pisa gave the story of the Dubai World Cup. The contest Get interactive with Dubai Racing Club
Cup Hall of Champions and the contribution Japanese a first Dubai World Cup win in the is the highlight of a day of racing worth a and Dubai World Cup on Twitter via
they and their connections have made to same year that a devastating earthquake and staggering $30m. Renowned as Dubai’s @DRC_Meydan or @DWC_Meydan or on
racing are responsible for the status the tsunami resulted in the tragic deaths of more biggest sporting and social event, it brings Instagram @drc_meydan and like our Dubai
US$10m contest occupies as one of the most than 15,000 in Japan. Animal Kingdom, US down the curtain on the three-month Dubai Racing Club or Dubai World Cup Facebook
famous horse races ever run. and Australian-owned, trained in the US by a World Cup Carnival and boasts a high-class, pages. We’ll keep you posted with behind-
nine-race card featuring six Group 1 races the-scenes news and pictures.
and three Group 2 races.Hall of Fame
2009 Ramzy Al Duhami riding Riverstone
2010 Abdullah Al Shabatly riding Goldex 2008 Khalid Al Eid riding Al Riyadh
2014 Hamad Ali Al Attiya riding LB Casanova 2013 Sheikha Latifa al Maktoum riding Peanuts de Beaufour
2012 Abdullah Al Shabatly riding Larkhill Cruiser 2011 Abdullah Al Shabatly riding Columbia 2007 HRH Prince Abdulla Bin Meteb Al Saud riding SaudiaA Breakfast with Champions
Kids
Meydan Entertainment
Stable Tours
The Dubai Show Jumping Championship offers fun kids activities such as pony rides,
bouncy castles, a rodeo ride and face painting.
Each tour begins with a lavish five-star buffet
breakfast at The Meydan Hotel’s Farriers
Restaurant. Guests will then be transported
to Dubai Racing Club’s stables for the start
of an approximately 1.5 hour tour. Visitors
will be shown round the stables, tack room,
feed room, farrier’s room and the equine
swimming pool or treadmill where horses
are conditioned.
The tour will then head to Meydan Grandstand,
where guests will view the Jockeys’ Dressing
Rooms, Horse Connections’ Lounge, Parade
Ring and Saddling Enclosure, which are all
used during the March 28 US$29.25m Dubai
World Cup day.
Guests can view the exact spot where the
winner of the Group 1 US$10m Dubai World
Meet Dubai Racing Club’s horses and see Cup will answer a photo call on Saturday,
how they are trained on an official Meydan March 28th before an adoring public.
Stable Tour.
Tours also take in the interactive race to
A Meydan Stable Tour gives guests access excellence exhibit which documents the
to the track’s four-legged stars and their history of the Dubai World Cup.
trainers as well as the private areas of the
grandstand including the world’s most The tour costs AED250 for adults and
luxurious jockeys’ dressing room and the AED150 for children aged four to 12. Please
weighing room. note that children younger than four years
old are not permitted on the stable tours.
Tours are now being offered each Tuesday
and Wednesday until April 8, 2015 with the Advance booking is required, please
exception of a two-week break from March contact: stabletours@meydanhotels.com
18-31, 2015. or call +971 4 381 3405.E11 – Sheikh Zayed Road
Distance from Mall Of
Mall of the Emirates The Emirates D63
Burj Khalifa
(MOE): 50k
E44 – Al Khail Road
Umm Sequim Road E66
Nad Al Sheba
E311 – Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road
Motor City Arabian Ranches
D63
E611 – Emirates Road
Al Quadra Road
Dubai
International E66
Emirates Endurance City
Equestrian
Centre Bawadi D63 Al Ain Road
D40 D40
Bab Al Shams
Al Lisaili
EEC GPS Coordinates: Latitude N24 49.286 Longitude E55 14.510
Emirates Equestrian Centre
For more information please contact:
+971 50 553 7986, +971 50 558 7656,
www.emiratesequestriancentre.com
or info@emiratesequestriancentre.com
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