DOHA (Qatar): The Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club’s (QREC) is committed to have its general strategy in place in line with the state’s drive to provide the best available resources to serve horse racing in Qatar as a leader in this sport.
To this end and pursuant to the directives of Minister of Culture and Sports Salah Bin Ghanem Al Ali to make the use of the facilities of the Al Uqda Complex in Al Khor, as a state-owned horse racing asset, available for the largest possible number of Qatari stakeholders, the complex will be operated in coordination with the Ministry of Culture and Sports being the authority overseeing QREC.
As part of QREC’s preparations to fulfil its duty of operating and running the Complex, the stables of the complex will be allocated for the use of trainers to train horses in favour of QREC subscribers.
This move is aimed to benefit from the complex in realising QREC’s strategy and providing trainers more opportunities to properly train and prepare horses for, and eventually enhance, racing. It, further, opens the door for more new horse owners to benefit from the Al Uqda Complex stables and, thus, eases the waiting list issue.
QREC Chairman Issa bin Mohammed Al Mohannadi said, “The Al Uqda Complex in Al Khor is a new sports asset, which will play a part in the ongoing enhancement of horse racing both at Al Uqda and Al Rayyan Park. The Complex will provide more stables and horse stalls, which will be allocated for the use of trainers according to the regulations in effect, as they are specialised in properly preparing horses for running in races.”
“This matter will also give trainers the opportunity to benefit from the facilities of the Al Uqda Complex, have more horses to train and get their horses to produce their best form. Such benefits will be in favour of horse owners, as QREC subscribers, with race meetings run at Al Uqda in the coming season and the programme and prize money for such racing events are being finalised.”
