Abu Dhabi (Etihad)
The horse “Johar Saafan”, which belongs to the Saafan stables, retained the title of the 13th leg of His Highness the President’s Cup for Purebred Arabian Horses, which was held on Saturday at the Al-Jazira Club Racecourse in Cairo, as part of a series of races of the 28th edition of the Precious Cup, which continues to achieve its goals every season and doubles its successes on international tracks. and Arabic.
The champion, “Johar Saafan”, led by the jockey Ramadan Muhammad, succeeded in brilliance and retaining the title of the fourth (main) round for the second year in a row at the Precious Cup Festival, as he crossed the race distance of 1600 meters, with a time of 2:02:00 minutes, a length difference from the second place holder. “Murad Safaan”, while “Guardian of the Secretary” came in third place.
The organization of the prestigious Cup series comes under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the State “may God protect him” and the support of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, and the follow-up of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President The Cabinet and Minister of Presidential Affairs, in support of the vision and approach of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, may he rest in peace, to raise the status of the purebred Arabian horse in all countries of the world.
41 horses participated in the festival in 6 runs, and the value of the races’ prizes amounted to 590,000 Egyptian pounds, which is the largest in the history of horse racing in Egypt since the establishment of the Supreme Authority for Horse Racing in 1890. And under the general supervision of Faisal Al-Rahmani, in cooperation with the Supreme Authority for Horse Racing in Egypt.
The horse “Mared Akhenaten”, which belongs to the Al-Azwa stables, won the first half title of the Emirates Cup for Egyptian Arabian horses winning a race or more, over a distance of 1200 metres. “Bint Al-Nil Badrawi” won the title of the third round of the Emirates Cup for Arab Egyptian Horses, for a distance of 1400 metres, while “Bashar Al Ali” won the title of the fifth race for a distance of 1,400 metres, which was held on the Emirates Cup for Egyptian horses, while he won “ Munadil Saafan” won the sixth race of 1,400 meters in the Emirates Cup for Egyptian Arabian horses Al Ghashima.
The festival witnessed and crowned the winners, Faisal Al Rahmani, general supervisor of the race series, Saeed Al Muhairi, representative of the Abu Dhabi Sports Council, Sherif Seif Al Nasr, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Al Jazira Sports Club, as well as representatives of the Supreme Authority for Horse Racing in Egypt.
For his part, Faisal Al-Rahmani expressed his pride and pride in the successes achieved by the Egypt station, which represents a great addition to our global racing agenda, extending congratulations and blessings to all the winners in the six rounds, which reflected the size and status of the relations, strategic ties and the common path that unites us with our Egyptian brothers, who provided us with a wonderful organizing panel in all Al-Meqayas, praising the great Egyptian efforts that were made to achieve the signs of success for the exceptional event and to enhance continued support for the Egyptian horse races and to achieve the renaissance of its march.
Al-Rahmani said: “The successes of the festival and the cohesion of the brothers in Egypt to celebrate the historical march of the precious cup is not strange or new to them by virtue of the common ties,” adding: “The UAE pays great attention to the status and preservation of the purebred Arabian horses, and upholds them as an authentic pillar of our ancient heritage. And to complete the vision of the late founder, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, “may God rest his soul”, which our wise leadership followed and contributed to raising the status of Arabian horses and supporting horse owners and breeders in all Arab and international tracks, addressing the highest expressions of thanks and gratitude to His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs.
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