Dear Members and Patrons,

Ref:
1. Temporary ban on import of horses from
Australia and Japan
2. Ban on horses' transit through Dakar

Please find the attached letters that we have received from the Ministry of Environment and Water informing of the temporary ban on import of horses from Australia and Japan.

This is for your kind information.

Hussein Mohammed Hussein
Secretary General

Eight Pure-bred Arabian horses will be vying for the UAE Equestrian and Racing Federation Arabian Stakes to be run in Delaware Park Race Course, Wilmington, Philadelphia, US, on Saturday, September 8, 2007. The races are part of The President of the United Arab Emirates Prize for Pure-bred Arabian horses.

The coveted race will be run over a distance of 2000 meters for a purse of $100,000 and will feature Pure-bred Arabian horses aged three and above. The horses include Geronimo (owned by Lonnie C. Crowell and ridden by Roberto Alvarado Jr), Fuego IA (Owned by Island Arabians and ridden by Eric C. Valles), Aim South (Owned by Bill Waldron and ridden by Enrique M. Jurado), Our Machine (Owned by Bill Waldron and ridden by Gabriel Saez), Thoroughbred (owned by William J. Hollick and ridden by Guy Neivens), Sey Spottsproof (owned by Anne Seymour and ridden by Alvaro T. Torres) Fryvolous (Owned by Dianne K. Waldron and ridden by Oliver Castillo) and Doctor (Owned by Jose Salud Rodrigues and ridden by Esteban E. Unsihuay).

The current season has already seen races in Newmarket in England, Deauville in France, Curragh in Ireland, Ostend in Belgium, Moscow in Russia and Sandown in England and will conclude with races in Baden Baden in Germany.