The HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Darley Awards and the 28th annual Darley USA Awards sponsored by the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival has been staged at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California, for the second straight year.
The Awards ceremony was attended by HE Abdulla Al Subosi, General Consulate of the UAE Embassy in Los Angeles, Mr. Arif Al Awani, Secretary General of Abu Dhabi Sports Council, Mr. Sami Jassim Al Boenain, Chairman of the International Federation for Arabian Horse Racing Authorities (IFAHR), Ms. Lara Sawaya, Executive Director of the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival, Chairman of the Int’l Federation of Horse Racing Academies (IFHRA), Chairman of Ladies & Apprentice Racing Committee in the Int’l Federation of Arabian Horse Racing Authorities (IFAHR), Mr. Adnan Sultan Al Nuaimi, Director General of the Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club, Mr. Ali Moosa Al Khamiri, Advisor at Meydan, and the Arabian Racing Cup Stewards headed by Chief Steward, Denise Gault, in addition to the Festival’s sponsors and a large number of Arabian horse racing enthusiasts including horse breeders, owners, and jockeys from around the globe.
QMS Engineers’ Top Management Team also attended this prestigious event, as the Official Management Advisor of the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival.
According to Ms. Lara Sawaya, the staging of the Mother of the UAE Darley Awards and the US Darley Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood is a landmark event as 1200 guests passed over the red carpet to the awards.
“The Awards spotlight the attention and care received by women in sports at all national, regional, continental and international levels, and such attention will play a crucial role in encouraging women to enter this field very strongly. Therefore, the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Darley Awards for the best woman providing services for the Arabian Horses represents an important turning point in the sport as it draws new lines for the future of the woman in Arabian Horse racing, ” Sawaya added.
QMS Engineers team of consultants would like to restate their admiration for the humongous efforts and outstanding achievements made by Ms. Lara Sawaya, and would like to wish the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Darley Awards and the annual Darley USA Awards as well as its sponsor namely the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival continuous success in all their future endeavors.