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How Sheikh Mohammed turned a camel rider into a horse jockey
Ahmed Ajtebi was racing camels until he sat down to lunch with the Ruler of Dubai. Now he is a familiar face in paddocks across the horse-racing world, with his sights set on an Epsom Derby win. Jonny Beardsall meets the UAE’s only home-grown jockey.
Battle royal for Godolphin
Calming Influence takes on some of the world’s top milers today when he makes his first start in Europe since November in the Group One Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot.
Property disputes up last year
One of the biggest cases to emerge last year was between Arabtec Holding, the UAE’s largest construction company, and Meydan Group, the developer behind the Meydan Racecourse in Dubai.
Emirati jockey blazing own path
After five months of training in the stables, the Emirates Racing Authority (ERA) has chosen him to travel to Ireland for four months to study at the Racing Academy Centre for Education, the institution from which Ajtebi emerged.
Creating a horse racing city
It is hardly surprising that Mr Lee is enthusiastic about Dubai and its Ruler. His Beijing-based firm, Globe Enterprise Management, has partnered with Meydan Group, the Dubai-based developer of the Meydan Racecourse that hosted its first Dubai World Cup in late March, to create plans for Meydan Phoenix City in China.
The Meydan Hotel, Dubai
The Meydan has a total of 285 rooms and suites. On the sixth floor, like most other Meydan rooms, ours featured a balcony big enough to seat two from which you have a direct view of the finishing posts. Cam squealed on wandering into the bathroom (“the biggest bath, with a television screen”), I squealed having collapsed on the vast bed.
