The late Deputy Ruler of Dubai and UAE Minister of Finance and Industry had his first brush with the sport while studying in the Bell School of Languages in Cambridge, England, in the 1960s. Sheikh Hamdan has gone on to build a racing empire that has helped transformed the equine sport and taken it to the highest levels.
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00:00It's hard to quantify Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum's contribution to the sport of
00:09horse racing.
00:11The late deputy ruler of Dubai and UAE Minister of Finance and Industry had his first brush
00:16with the sport while studying in the Bell School of Languages in Cambridge, England.
00:22Sheikh Hamdan has gone on to build a racing empire that has helped transform the equine
00:27sport and taken it to the highest levels.
00:29Sheikh Hamdan established his first racing stable there in 1981 and would begin to invest
00:34heavily in both flat racing and breeding.
00:37Through his vision and extraordinary passion for horses, he acquired major breeding operations
00:42in England, Ireland and the United States that run and manage under the Shadwell banner
00:47which is headquartered in Norfolk, England.
00:49Sheikh Hamdan has also been passionately involved in promoting the purebred Arabian across the
00:54world through his Dubai International Arabians Races and the Arabian Show Horse through the
00:58Dubai Arabian Horse Championship which is held annually.
01:02Additionally, Sheikh Hamdan's racing interests have resulted in the sustained employment
01:06of more than 200 staff around the world and Shadwell have given back to the sport through
01:10their lavish sponsorship portfolio which is dedicated substantially to the development
01:14of racing at Jebel Ali Racecourse.
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