Qatar Racing And Equestrian Club Re-Signs Oil Company For Fifth Consecutive Year

Qatar Petroleum has extended its association with the Qatar Arabian World Cup "by signing a sponsorship deal for another year" with the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club, according to the GULF TIMES. QP Public Relations and Communication Head Mohamed Rashid Ali al-Khater and QREC Chair Sheikh Mohammed bin Faleh al-Thani "signed the sponsorship agreement" at the QREC headquarters. Also present at the occasion were QP Protocol Head Hassan Mohamed al-Ajmi and QREC GM Sami Jassim al-Boenain. This is the fifth year in a row that QP has been the major sponsor of the Qatar Arabian World Cup, which will take place during the weekend of the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe "at the famed Longchamp Racecourse" in Paris on Oct. 7 (GULF TIMES, 9/26).