Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) today announced its sponsorship of the Emirates Race Day, adopting the patronage of the largest Trotting Race in the Netherlands, which is being held in The Hague on Sunday, 19 June 2011.

TAQA pledged a donation to the Dutch Arabian Horse Racing Committee and will host the ‘TAQA Great Prize of the Lowlands’ trotting race during the Emirates Race Day at the Duindigt Racecourse in The Hague. The ‘TAQA Great Prize of the Lowlands’ race will be broadcast live to the UAE by Abu Dhabi Sports TV. Trotting racing has been a very popular sport in the Netherlands for many centuries and the race is expected to attract more than 5,000 spectators.

The Emirates Race Day is being held as part of the Global Arabian Flat Racing Festival supported by H.H. Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and H.H. Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Al Ketbi and organised by Abu Dhabi Culture and Heritage and Abu Dhabi Sports Council.

To further increase awareness of Emirati culture and heritage within the Netherlands, TAQA is also sponsoring a pavilion for art exhibitions during the Emirates Race Day. The TAQA Pavilion will provide UAE artists a podium to present their exhibitions to the Dutch public, all of which depict Arab horses as part of their art.

H.E. Abdulla Saif Al Nuaimi, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of TAQA, said: “At TAQA, we recognise the importance of embracing and celebrating international cultures to help further our ties across our global network. The Emirates Race Day does just this and we are extremely proud to be sponsoring it.”

H.E. Ali Thani Alsuwaidi, Ambassador of United Arab Emirates to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, commented: “I am delighted that TAQA, as the largest UAE investor in the Netherlands, is committed to exhibiting the heritage and culture between the Netherlands and United Arab Emirates. The Emirates Race Day should be a spectacle for all visitors.”

To date, TAQA has completed acquisitions of more than US$2 billion in Europe, and is, together with its partner EBN, currently investing US$1.2 billion in the construction and design of Bergermeer Gas Storage in the Netherlands. The project is one of the Netherlands’ largest infrastructure projects and will increase the Netherlands’ security of energy supply and provide a positive long-term boost for the Dutch economy.
 

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