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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