The poet Mohammed bin Rashid has poems about the love of horses, in which His Highness expresses his passion for horses, the values that have always been associated with them such as nobility, a symbol of competition for victory, adherence to leadership, strength, courage and daring.
The knight, Mohammed bin Rashid, has stories with horses that do not end with the end of the race. His Highness, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, may God bless him, understands the secret of horses, and he revealed in the book “My Story … 50 Stories in Fifty Years”, the loyalty and intelligence of horses, so they named him He does not hide his love for horses that he knew and accompanied from an early age, so he became an expert in the contents of their eyes and their features, their origins, lineages and history.
Faris al-Arab, meaning by horses the greatest and fastest, explores the depths of their qualities and attributes that indicate that greatness. For the horses of Mohammed bin Rashid, as they are of the Arabs, are associated with honor, prestige and rank, storing a 9000-year-old relationship, in which loyalty and patience are exchanged with loyalty, speed and intelligence.
And with His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, each horse has its own characteristics. He visits her in the stables, exchanges secrets with her and flirts with her like a lover who sits and looks at his love for hours.
And the relationship with horses, poetry and physiognomy, reflects the position of the leader with achievements for His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, and here are the achievements translated into the development of Dubai and the United Arab Emirates, and its progress among nations, so which knight accepts other than first place? Which knight is that knight Mohammed bin Rashid?
As for poems such as “victory”, “challenge”, “the dove” and “you did not see”, here horses are passion, creativity, a journey of life and a journey of achievements.
The Arab’s Knight
Hunting and equestrian receive special attention from His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. The horse rider who raised the name of the Arabs high in international horse races is still interested in horse sports, as well as in other sports, in order to motivate citizens everywhere to perform the best to raise the name of the Emirates. High in various fields, His Highness instilled in the youth the challenge, and always put the first place in their eyes, and this is evident in His Highness’s visits to the tournaments that are held for the youth.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is considered one of the most influential international figures in the horse racing industry, and he was chosen in 1999 as the most influential figure in British horse racing, ahead of a list that included 50 famous and influential personalities in this field, and His Highness was chosen as the best owner He is a horse breeder in Britain and Ireland, and he was awarded a prestigious medal by Queen Elizabeth II of Britain.
In 2008, His Highness received the Pride of Racing Award from the British Racing Wilger Association, and was awarded the Merit Award within the prestigious European Cartier Awards, in the same year. Fares Al-Arab also won the title of “spiritual father” of world endurance racing, in appreciation of the King of Malaysia, and on behalf of the participants in the World Endurance Championship 2008.
The choice of His Highness as a member of the American “Jockey Club” is a pride for the Arabs, for his effective and appreciated role that he played, and for his contribution to the development of American races in various tracks.
Since 1995, and every year, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid honors horses, riders, and horse owners in the east and west of the earth, in the Dubai World Cup, the most expensive race in the world.
More precious than the race is the happiness of His Highness, which does not lie in winning the precious cup, nor the most expensive financial prize, but in seeing the people of the Emirates happy, as well as owners and horse lovers, trainers, riders, and the public who await the event year after year.
His Highness says, “The most important thing is the happiness of my people, and those people who share with us the joy in this global celebration here on the good land of the Emirates in the vicinity of the city of Dubai, whose fans, the people of the Emirates and all residents on its land, have returned to joy and renewal in all matters, events and events that Dubai Arabs welcome with great pleasure.” , love, and generosity ».