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Text Size: A+ New Delhi: One of Pakistan’s prime exports, cotton, has witnessed a sharp decline in production over the past several years. According to a report in the Gulf News, the country saw its worst decline in cotton production in 2020-21. Another report in Geo News noted that Pakistan’s cotton stockpiling had sharply reduced by 43 per cent to 3.45 million bales in October last year, raising concerns that the country may have to spend $3 million to import at least 7 million bales of cotton to fulfill domestic demands. Till October 2020, textile companies in Pakistan bought 2.5...

Sponsored by: Jockey John Velazquez Leading US-based rider John Velazquez is the final international jockey to be confirmed for the stc International Jockeys Challenge (IJC) on Friday, Feb. 19. The 49-year-old will take on 13 other jockeys in the IJC, before partnering Tacitus, owned by the late Prince Khalid Abdullah's Juddmonte Farms, in the $20m Saudi Cup a day later. It won't be a first appearance at the King Abdulaziz Racetrack in Riyadh for the jockey from Puerto Rico: “I was last in Saudi six or seven years ago and I was very impressed with the track. The dirt was nice and ...

Prince Khalid Abdullah, who has died aged 85, created one of the most remarkable racing empires in the long history of the turf. Most owner-breeders would count themselves lucky to produce one great horse. Khalid Abdullah's green, pink and white colours (suggested by Lord Weinstock to match the prince's office curtains) were carried by four: the incomparable Frankel, unbeaten in 14 races, including 10 Group 1s; Enable, twice winner of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe; the electrifying Dancing Brave, also an Arc winner and an unlucky loser in the Epsom Derby; and the American horse Arrogate, rate...

RIYADH: The Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute, the organizer of the Kingdom’s flagship forum taking place in Riyadh this week, on Wednesday signed a number of major agreements, including a partnership aimed at protecting over 1.2 billion people from counterfeit and illicit trade in Africa. Addressing a press conference on the second day of the fourth FII forum, Richard Attias, CEO of the institute, announced the three initiatives. The first is a letter of intent between the Secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Swiss tech company OriginAll and the FII I...

Prince Khalid Abdullah, owner-breeder of champion horses including Frankel and Dancing Brave – obituary His Juddmonte Farms turned out winners of a string of British Classics and worked with trainers Sir Henry Cecil, John Gosden and many others 21 January 2021 • 2:33pm Prince Khalid Abdullah, right, and, left, the trainer Sir Henry Cecil with Frankel after winning the Queen Elizabeth II stakes at Ascot, October 2011 Credit: Hugh Routledge/Rex Prince Khalid Abdullah, who has died aged 85, created one of the most remarkable racing empires in the long history of the Turf. Most owner-breeders...