The Jockey Membership of Saudi Arabia was formally recognised because the hosts of the 2026 Asian Racing Convention in a ceremony marking the shut of the 2024 occasion in Sapporo, Japan.
The JCSA’s Chairman, HRH Prince Bandar Bin Khaled Alfaisal set the scene for the forty first convention throughout a speech given at a ceremony held to mark the tip of the fortieth occasion in Japan.
Organised biannually at the side of the Asian Racing Federation, is among the most vital international occasions within the horseracing business and each two years.
It performs host to racing consultants, house owners and outstanding business executives who come collectively to set the agenda and focus on challenges affecting the game internationally.
“As a comparatively new racing jurisdiction on the worldwide stage,” stated HH Prince Bander, “Saudi Arabia was delighted to be chosen because the venue for the forty first Asian Racing Convention.”
“We thank the ARF for this honour and we plan to offer this prestigious occasion the platform it deserves again house in Riyadh, taking the chance to showcase each our sport and our nation.”
“The Asian Racing Convention was first staged in Tokyo in 1960 and has been held in Japan 4 occasions in whole, the newest being in 2008, with the occasion hosted within the Center East solely as soon as beforehand, by the UAE within the thirty first operating in 2007.”
“If Japan is the place the Asian Racing Convention was given life, then the Arabian Peninsula is the place the roots of the modern-day racehorse have been established, a whole lot of years in the past via the inspiration sires.
“This deep connection to the game of horseracing is a part of our nationwide identification, with the legacy of the horse, its place in our historical past and its position in our future, is deeply embedded in Saudi tradition and heritage.”
The JCSA expects to host roughly 1,000 members from around the globe on the 2026 convention, which displays the scale of the occasion and its significance in creating and strengthening the horse racing business globally.
It additionally confirms the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s rising place as a serious horse racing vacation spot within the Center East and around the globe.
On the third day of the fortieth Asian Racing Convention titled ‘Breeding: Unpacking Future Challenges & Alternatives’, Ms. Sarah Carmichael highlighted stallion numbers and “we should at all times breed high quality over amount.”
As CEO of the Worldwide Thoroughbred Breeders’ Federation “we have to breed robust, right, sound and athletic people for the racetrack as stallion numbers are additionally a priority, going from 218 stallions in Nice Britain in 2013 to only 118 in 2023.”
Mr. Antony Thompson, as Proprietor-Director of Widden Stud Australia was very constructive concerning Australia’s breeding future, backed by sturdy prize cash development as “we’d say prize cash is the cornerstone of the Australian racing system.”
“Wagering has seen our prize cash break via a billion {dollars} final 12 months – a billion {dollars} paid out to members and there was a forty five% improve in prize cash up to now 5 years’”
”This prize cash drives possession, and there are over 100,000 registered house owners in Australia, so one in about each 250 Australians owns a share in a horse.”
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