Activities & Events

HH Sheikha Fatma Bint Mubarak Ladies Fegentri Cup

Rachel King won HH Sheikha Fatma Bint Mubarak Ladies Fegentri Cup in Duindigt. Congratulation to Rachel and her Club. It was a real ladies’ day. The Dutch representative Jadey Pietrasiewicz won two races on Arabian horses including the HH Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Listed Cup with a prize money of 25,000 Euro on Poulain Kossak. Congratulation also to Jadey and her Club. This International race for lady riders was one of the important races during the afternoon on the Emirates Racing Day on 19th June 2011.

Distance: 1,900 m (Arabian Horses) Value of the Race: € 20,000 (€ 11,000 – 4,000 – 2,500 – 1,500 – 1,000) Distances: 1 ¼ – 5 ¾ – 7 ¼ – 12 ¼ – 15 ¾ Trainer of the winner: C.J.F. Nibbering Owner of the winner : C.J.F. Nibbering

7 Lady Riders from 7 different countries arrived at the Orient Lucky City Racecourse in Wuhan, Province Hubei in China. Anne-Sophie Pacault (France), Kirsten Schmitt (Germany), Serena Brotherton (Great Britain), Catherine Burri (Switzerland), Jadey Pietrasiewicz (Netherlands), Cathrine Engebretsen (Norway) and Tina Henriksson (Sweden)

Prize Award to the winning rider, trainer and owner with Jacky Wu (right), President of The Wuhan Jockey Club and Susanna Santesson, Fegentri General Secretary (4th from right)

Presentation to the winning jockey by Susanna Santesson, General Secretary of Fegentri

7 Lady Riders and Officials from Fegentri have been invited to attend the International Horse Racing Festival in Wuhan in China. It was a great experience and a wonderful opportunity, Thanks to The Wuhan Jockey Club and Government of Wuhan for this opportunity. Riders from many different countries (Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Hongkong, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, France, Germany, Great Britain, Netherlands, Switzerland, Norway and Sweden) participated and all guests enjoyed the overwhelming hospitality of their Chinese hosts. International Horse Racing Festival Orient Lucky City Racecourse Wuhan, China – some more impressions:

Fegentri at the ADIHEX (Abu Dhabi International Hunting & Equestrian Exhibition) for the second time. The Fegentri booth attracted many visitors from different countries to know more about international amateur racing and the Fegentri World Championship for Gentlemen and Lady Riders. It was a wonderful opportunity to meet new horse enthusiastic people but also to meet a lot of old friends especially from the neighbouring countries in the Middle-East. From Thursday 22nd to Saturday 25th September visitors had the opportunity to come to the stands, to see beautiful falcons, horse shows, hunting guns and facilities and different hunting and equestrian equipments. During the time of the ADIHEX the First Arabian Horse Racing Conference was organized and people from all over the world attended this meeting.

Sami Jassim Al Boenain, General Manager of The Qatar Racing & Equestrian Club (a Member of Fegentri) and IFAHR President visited the Fegentri Stand From left to right: Susanna Santesson, General Secretary of Fegentri, Sami Jassim Al Boenain, General Manager REC, Margrit de Ruiter and IFAHR Treasurer Wieger de Ruiter Impressions of the ADIHEX