Covering the two UAE President Cup series for Arabian racehorses in the UK in 2026 at Newbury and Doncaster.
Manark FR winning at Newbury in 2012
Eljas Du Bienn was the second Italian bred to score in the last twenty running s of the race allowing for the five year absence since the last DIAR in 2019 the first being Urge Di Gallura in 2016 whose presence was due in part to the generous travel incentives that the Sheikh Hamdan had established to encourage overseas participation
In 2012 owing to Shiekh Hamdan s support and the position of Ramadan in the calendar the raceday was moved outside of its traditional late July slot That it now took place in September was most fortuitous for the quality of the field with some of the best three year olds of that generation lining up for a vintage edition
Manark later to win the Dubai Kahayla Classic came home in front of Samima winner of the Juments at Longchamp the following year Al Anga was in third who two years later would go on to be second in the HH The Amir Sword Al Atique was sixth he would win the 2014 Harwood International at Doncaster in the slot now occupied by the UK Arabian Derby Mid division in seventh was one of the best mares of her time Djainka Des Forges despite a poor finishing position at Newbury she came out the following month to win the Qatar Arabian Trophy des Pouliches and would go on to win two Group 1PA Hatta International Stakes at Newbury now run in La Teste as the Liwa Oasis the 2014 Qatar Arabian World Cup and be second drawn 16 of 16 in the 2014 Dubai Kahayla Classic and then fourth in 2015 to old adversary Manark
The last winner of the DIAR edition when it was still run over seven furlongs was Methgal in 2019 He had one of the best recent pedigrees being by TM Fred Texas out of Theeba a sister to Ebraz Mared Al Sahra and Mu azzaz he then went on to win two Qatar International Cups a Group 1PA contest held over a mile as part of the HH The Amir Sword Festival
Considering the race s welcome restoration to UK Arabian racing Haynes commented further Newbury is of historic importance to both UK Arabian racing and Arabian racing globally This is the only black type race we have for exclusively for three year olds and it is an important re introduction of a race of this status to our calendar
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