The local horse racing season begins today at the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club, where the first race of the season will be held for the Al-Ghariya Cup, on the club’s Al-Rayyan sand track, with 8 rounds of various distances and classes of participating horses. This race is among 70 races during the season that were announced to be organized on Al-Rayyan and Al-Aqda racetracks, according to the racing program issued by the club a few days ago.
48 races will be held at Al Rayyan Racecourse, while 22 races will be held at Al Eqda Racecourse. The total number of races will be 518 races, including 13 races for purebred Arabian camels. The management of the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club has allocated financial prizes for the season’s races amounting to 88 million and 763 thousand riyals, while the total prize money for camel races has reached 735 thousand riyals, and the prize money for each of His Highness the Emir’s Award from the first category for horses. The purebred crossbred and the Sword of His Highness the Emir from the first category of purebred Arabian horses received two and a half million dollars each separately during the closing day of the Sword of His Highness the Emir Festival, on February 13, 2027, and they are the largest prizes in the season’s racing program.
As for the first race, the eighth main half will be held for the Al-Ghariya Cup, which is designated for purebred crossbred horses (females) (Class 2), for the age of 3 years and above, females only, for a distance of 1200 meters, and the prize money is 120 thousand riyals, and at the end of the race the winners of the first titles of the new season will be identified.
