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What is Arabian Racing?
Arabian racing is racing involving Arabian horses.
The Arabian horse is recognised worldwide as the purest and oldest of all horse breeds. Hailing from the Middle Eastern deserts its stamina was an invaluable asset, ensuring it could carry its rider at speed across miles of open desert with little food or water.
Today, almost every breed and type of horse has traces of Arab blood and all English Thoroughbreds are descended from three horses: Byerley Turk, Darley Arabian or Godolphin Arabian, which were imported to Britain in the early 1700s.
What is our role?
We have responsibility for approving the Arabian Racing Fixture List each year.
The UK Arab Racing season runs from early May until early October and features race meetings held at some of the leading racecourses across the country.
In addition, a series of Single Races will be held on Thoroughbred cards, including the Group 1 UAE Challenge Derby, which is held on the first day of the July meeting at Newmarket.
View the fixture list.
In addition, each ARO race meeting now features either 1 or 2 Open Races, including a combination of Open Handicaps, Handicaps and Conditions Races, run between 5 furlongs and 2 miles for Thoroughbreds with a BHA Handicap of 42 or less (72 or less National Hunt). To find out more about the eligibility criteria for Thoroughbreds, please call the ARO Office on 01635 524445.
The Arabian Racing Organisation
The Arabian Racing Organisation (ARO) is the sole organiser of Arabian Racing in Great Britain, and operates with the support and permission of the British Horseracing Authority.
The ARO is responsible for:
- Regulation of the sport
- Race Planning
- Publication of racing calendars
- Promotion of the sport
- Representing Great Britain at the International Federation for Arabian Horseracing Authorities.
Full details of all aspects of Arabian racing and the role that ARO plays in the sport, can be found at their website www.aroracing.co.uk/
Contact
Antonia Newman
ARO Ltd
The Racecourse
Newbury
Berkshire
RG14 7NZ
toni@aroracing.co.uk
01635 524445
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