Dubai International Arabian race day returns to European schedule at Newbury

After a few years in the wilderness, Dubai International Arabian race day again has a date set in stone to act as the regular European showcase of the sport.

Sunday's £158,000 (Dh903,000) card at Newbury Racecourse will be the first of three Dubai International Arabian race days to be staged at the track outside of London on the fourth Sunday in July.

Over the past four years the eight-race Purebred Arabian card that is still the only event to feature three Purebred Arabian Group 1s and a Group 2 has been blighted by a consistent change of dates.

The lack of a stable date in the calendar had a detrimental effect on the attendance, leading organisers to resort to staging the races in the early evening a few years ago.

Sunday will be the first weekend of the local school holidays and a bumper crowd is expected to take advantage of the free entry scheme made possible by the patronage of Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid.
Source: WAM