Santa Anita to Hold Arabian Racing Festival

Santa Anita Park and HH Sheikh Mansoor Festival will hold the “HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Darley Awards Stakes” at Santa Anita Saturday, Apr. 2. This Grade I event will feature a $100,000 purse for Arabian horses competing at one-mile on the main track. The Arabian race at Santa Anita Park is part of a global series of over 100 events in 81 countries.

The day will feature a Best Fashion and Best Hat contest. Prizes will include the winner's choice of a ROLEX watch courtesy of Sheikh Mansoor Festival, a trip to Rome for the winner and a guest to the World Arabian Horse Racing Festival in Italy from May 24-30, 2016, or a CHOPARD necklace. A total of six prizes will be given away to the top three contestants in each category.

Fans in attendance at Santa Anita Park on April 2 will receive a contest card as they enter the gates with drawings held in the winner's circle throughout the day to win an all-inclusive trip to Abu Dhabi. The Santa Anita Park Infield will include Family Fun Day activities for the kids including pony rides, face painting, bounce-houses plus, free temporary tattoos as well as free popcorn and cotton candy. There will also be a special falconry exhibition with other cultural displays. There will also be a check presentation from Santa Anita Park and the Sheikh Mansoor Festival for $100,000 benefitting the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund.

 

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