The Arabian Racehorse Spring 2026

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• Spring 2026THE ARABIAN RACE HORSE
• 'Sketch for Warrior'Bronze - Edition of 9 at Art & Horse Racing Gallery - Newmarket DEBORAH BURT
• Page 33 THE ARABIAN
• Page 44 Gharraa
• Page 5Gharraa won several races in Iraq and was imported to France to Dr Al Nujiaif's racing and breeding manager Val Bunting's farm near Bordeaux and from there went into training with Pia Hoiom in Sweden. She won four races for Hoiom, as well as being placed third in the Group 1PA UAE President Cup - UK Arabian Derby to Kiss De Ghazal when it was run at Ascot in 2011. Returning to Sweden, she won a Group 3 PA over 2000m and then faced Kiss De Ghazal again in Paris in the Qatar Total Arabian Trophy des Juments (Gr1PA), finishing third. Having shown such good form, it was decided to keep her in France where there were better races
• LONGINES manute6 A CRASTUS
• Page 7Returning the following year to Hilal Al Zaman resulted in another black type filly, Ghurat Al Zaman (2017) who raced in Italy and France, winning three times including the Qatar Prix de L'Elevage (Gr2PA) in Toulouse over 2000m in 2022 as well as the Group 3PA Prix Damas at Bordeaux before her sale later that year as a five-year-old. Rested the following year, she then visited first- season sire Al Mourtajez, producing Al Ghadeer in 2019. He is now one of the most well-known Arabian racehorses outside of the sport, and became the world's highest rated Arabian, a landmark moment for any breeder.
• Page 8This year's free nomination to the highest placed British owned mare in the race, generously provided by Al Nujiafi Racing, is to Al Agar. His sire is the American bred Burning Sand, one of the most prolific Arabian stallions who has been the leading sire in the USA for over 20 years. His pedigree is predominantly Crabbet blood blended with Polish, Russian and original Desert bred ancestry. Burning Sand's grandsire Mirzaz won the Polish Derby in 1961 and was then imported into the USA.
• AF FARMSVICTORY FROM THE DESERT AF FARMS
• Page 1010 Al Nujaifi Racing Trophy Preview
• FAREEDHAT EL IZZ6yo Gr mare OR 87 Izz Al Khail x Fareedha (Dhahman Baghdad) Al Nujaifi Racing Mrs W Hassall Billy Loughnane
• Page 1212 Hibikinada Du Mazet and Jack Mitchell at Windsor in September
• Page 1313 VICTORIA
• ZIZANIA DU MAZET5yo B mare OR 52 Rijm x Zamourehda (Saint Faust)
• Page 15Arabian Racing Did You Know? more isit QATAR ALGHADEER
• AL NUJAIFIAMIR AL ZAMAN Hilal Al Zaman x Hamya by Al Hasim