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ERA ‘Oscars’ Awards Kick Off UAE Season

The first edition of the ERA Racing 'Oscars' Awards will be held at Caesars Palace Dubai, Bluewaters Island, on Sunday, Oct. 23. Beginning at 6 p.m. local time, the invitation only event will recognise Champion Jockey, Tadhg O'Shea, Champion Trainer, Bhupat Seemar, Champion Owner, Khalid Khalifa Al Nabooda, Champion Apprentice, Saif Al Balushi, as well as several other yet-to-be-revealed winners. There will also be the Pat Smullen Award for Ride of the Season, as well as the Rising Star Award, which will recognize the achievements and hard work of a valued stable staff member. There are also awards for the Best Media Analyst, Purebred Arabian Champion Stallion, sponsored by Emirates Arabian Horse Society, and Purebred Arabian Champion Breeder, sponsored by Emirates Arabian Horse Association.

Mohammad Saeed Rashid Ali Al Shehhi, Member & General Manager of the ERA, said, “We feel it's important to recognize those who contribute so much to the success of racing in the UAE.

“The ERA Oscars will be a way of showcasing the achievements of those at the very top of our sport, as well as recognizing the hard work put in by stable staff and those behind the scenes. We hope that local racing fans will support this new initiative and also that it will serve as a fitting way to launch the new season in the Emirates, which gets underway on Friday, Oct. 28.”

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Racing In Dubai Sale Topped By Western Writer

Western Writer (Ire) (Shamardal) (lot 42) stole the show at the Emirates Racing Authority Racing in Dubai Sale on Saturday, bringing AED1.8 million (£429,849/€490,499/$490,129) from Athbah Racing. A dual winner, the 3-year-old gelding counts G2 Park Hill S. heroine Echoes In Eternity (Ire) (Spinning World) as his second dam.

Second on the leader board at the end of the day, was lot 27, Thundersquall (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}). One of six purchased outright by Satish Seemar, the placed gelding brought AED600,000. His dam is the G1 Irish 1000 Guineas and G1 Yorkshire Oaks victrix Pleascach (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}).

Seemar was also in action for Star Point (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) (lot 8) (AED200,000); lot 9, Maputo (Ire) (Shamardal), for the same price; Arabian Tale (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) (lot 12) for AED320,000; the winner Mythical Dancer (Ire) (Shamardal) (lot 25) for AED375,000; and lot 26, the winning True Accolade (GB) (New Approach {Ire}) for AED320,000.

Another sophomore gelding to sell was Deciduous (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) (lot 31), who went to Salem bin Ghadayer on a bid of AED470,000. Out of the Group 3-placed Black Cherry (Ire) (Mount Nelson {GB}), the February foal and two-time winner is a half-brother to the listed-placed Little Rollright (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}).

Knocked down for AED450,000 was the winning Fall Of Rome (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) (lot 20). He was selected by Satish Seemar for Michael Burke. Border Edge (Ire) (Shamardal) (lot 15), a winner a three, was also snapped up for AED250,000 by Seemar on behalf of Burke, earlier in the sale.

Of the 43 entered, all 43 were marked as sold (100%) for a gross of AED9,572,000 (£2,285,951/€2,608,477/$2,606,398).

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Trainer Satish Seemar’s License Suspended Over Alleged Involvement With Human Rights Abuse

The Emirates Racing Authority has suspended the license of six-time champion trainer Satish Seemar over alleged involvement with human rights abuse, reports racingpost.com. The action was taken after Seemar was named as a “prominent member” of the network of Ramzan Kadyrov, Head of the Chechen Republic, on the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) list.

Kadyrov, leader of the Kadyrovtsy, is implicated in the murder of Boris Nemtsov, an opposition politician to Russian President Vladimir Putin, as well as the kidnapping, torturing, and killing of members of the LGBTI population in the Chechen Republic. The Kadyrovtsy are also accused of illegal abductions, torture, extrajudicial executions, and other abuses, including the detention of journalists and activists.

The OFAC list claims: “Seemar, a horse trainer for Kadyrov, has materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial material, or technological support for, or goods and services to or in support of, Kadyrov.”

Seemar is listed as the trainer of Kadyrov's Group 1-winning Thoroughbred North America, but told the Racing Post that he no longer trains the horse.

“The horse in question, North America, is no longer in training at Zabeel Racing Stables and has been exported from the UAE,” Seemar told racingpost.com. “My case has been submitted to lawyers in Washington DC and I'm confident my name will be removed from the list in the near future.”

Satish Seemar Temporarily Suspended By ERA

Trainer Satish Seemar has had his license temporarily suspended by the Emirates Racing Authority Stewards due to circumstances surrounding his association with owner Ramzan Kadyrov.

Kadyrov, the Head of the Chechen Republic, was added to the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office Of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)'s list for his record of serious human rights abuses in 2017. Seemar, who trained the 2018 G1 Al Maktoum Challenge Round 3 victor North America (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) for Kadyrov, was put on the list due to his connection with Kadyrov on Dec. 10, 2020.

“The status of Mr. Seemar's license will be reviewed by the ERA upon the resolution of his status with the United States Government,” the ERA said in a statement.

Seemar's string based out of Zabeel Stables will in the meantime be handled by his assistant, Bhupat Seemar.

“I have been informed by the Emirates Racing Authority that they are suspending my license temporarily, with immediate effect,” Seemar said in statement. “This is due to one of my former clients [Kadyrov] being included on the United States OFAC list. I have been placed on the list due to training the horse.

“The horse in question, North America, is no longer in training at Zabeel Racing Stables, and has been exported from the UAE. My case has been submitted to lawyers in Washington DC and I am confident my name will be removed from the list in the near future.

“Bhupat Seemar will be holding the license until further notice and he and the excellent team at Zabeel Stables will endeavor to uphold the high standards we have maintained throughout the past 30 years.”

OFAC said of Seemar at the time of his designation, that he “has materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial material, or technological support for, or goods and services to or in support of, Kadyrov.”

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