Ladies World series to make debut in MoroccoFROM OUR ABU DHABI BUREAUMay 03, 2012
Abu Dhabi: The Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Racing Festival’s Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship (IFAHR) series will make its debut when 12 lady jockeys vie for honours at the Anfa Racecourse in Morocco on Friday.The lady riders from UAE, Oman, Qatar and other parts of the world lining up for honours in the world’s richest women race.
Speaking to newsmen at the Casablanca Grand Hayatt on Wednesday UAE ambassador to Morocco Alsari Saeed Al Dhahri said: “Holding the fourth round of the Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Championship (IFAHR) in Morocco is of great importance for the women sports in the world in general and within the UAE and the Arab world in particular.”
Lara Sawaya, director of the Festival and Head of women races at IFAHR said: “Bringing this highly prestigious race of the series to Morocco to be held on the International Day of Purebred Arabian Horse is a new breakthrough.”
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