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Triple Header to Open the Landmark 2009/2010 Racing Season in the UAE
09. August 2009His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister of UAE and Minister of Presidential Affairs and Chairman of the Emirates Racing Authority, has approved the race fixtures list for 2009/2010 racing season at Jebel Ali, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club and the new Meydan Racecourse.
This landmark season of racing in the United Arab Emirates will commence at Jebel Ali on Friday, November 6, 2009. With the transition of racing from Nad Al Sheba to the new Meydan Racecourse, Jebel Ali will host the opening meeting for the first time since the 2002/2003 season and will see an increased number of fixtures to 14 for 2009/2010.
The opening weekend of racing will be a triple header with racing returning to the Sharjah Equestrian and Racing Club for the first time since the 2007/2008 season. The first of Sharjah’s four meetings of the season will be on Saturday, November 7, 2009.
The Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club will complete the opening weekend with the first of the 17 scheduled fixtures to be held on Sunday, November 8, 2009.
Meydan will conduct its first meeting on Thursday, January 28, 2010 and will run ten Dubai International Racing Carnival fixtures that will include the 15th Anniversary of the Dubai World Cup to be held on Saturday, March 27, 2010.
Click here to view the race fixtures for 2009/2010 racing season.