Sharjah (WAM)
The show jumping team won the four-star Sharjah Nations Cup title, with a clean result in the competition, which came from two rounds sponsored by “Longines”, and whose track was designed on the outdoor sand field at the Sharjah Equestrian Center with hurdles reaching a height of 155 cm.
The competition was witnessed and the riders of the winning teams were crowned by Sultan Muhammad Khalifa Al Yahyai, Chairman of the Seventh Regional Group, General Manager of the Sharjah Equestrian and Racing Club, and Patrick Aoun, Regional Director of Longines, the sponsor of the Cup.
Eight teams competed for the cup title, led by the UAE national team, with a clean result, devoid of penalty points, in the two rounds. The national team no longer needed the participation of the fourth rider in the second round, which was decided by 3 of the national team’s riders on the backs of 3 of the first level’s horses at Al Sheraa’ stables, Al Daem. The president and sponsor of the first show jumping team, and the riders Omar Abdulaziz Al Marzouqi and the horse “Enjoy de la More” (10 years old), Abdullah Mohammed Al Marri and the horse “BPS McGregor” (12 years old), and Ali Hamad Al Karbi and the horse “Jarlin de Torres” » (13 years old) and the knight Abdullah Hamid Al Muhairi on the back of his horse “Shakolo” (15 years old).
The second-place medal was won by the German team, with a score of 5 penalty points (4+1), and the third-place medal was won by the British team, with a score of 24 penalty points (12+12), then the positions of the teams of Saudi Arabia, Ireland, Brazil, Belgium, and Syria took place. The Belgian horsewoman, Céline de Azevedo, with the horse “Celento TZ”, and the German horsewoman, Sophie Hinners, with the horse, “Cantreau BH”, shared the lead in a high-class competition with a four-star rating, with the specifications of one round with a round for distinction, for the Sharjah Sports Council Cup, and its course was designed. On the floor of the outdoor arena, with barriers reaching a height of 150 cm, with the participation of 52 male and female riders, 17 of whom succeeded in moving to the differentiation round with a clean performance in the main round, and 10 of them completed the differentiation without error.
The two riders completed the distinction with a time of 37.78 seconds, and the Portuguese jockey Duart Seabra came third and finished the distinction with the horse “Dourados 2” in a time competing for the lead by a fraction of a second, achieving 37.79 seconds. The winners of this race were crowned by Sultan Muhammad Khalifa Al Yahyai and Adel Saleh Al Hammadi, member. Board of Directors of the Sharjah Sports Council: Saudi rider Kamal Bahamdan won the Emirates Equestrian Federation Cup, sponsor of the penultimate competition in the four-star category, which came with the specifications of one round with a round for differentiation, and its track was designed on the floor of the outdoor field with barriers reaching a height of 145 cm, and 70 male and female knights competed in it. Of them, 27 riders advanced to the distinction round, and 13 of them succeeded in completing the distinction round without error. They were led by the knight Kamal Bahamdan in the distinction round on the horse “Quickley,” and he completed it in 38.36 seconds. The second place award went to the Irish knight Michael Bender, the first participant in the round. He competed with the horse “Shako Bai” and finished the competition, achieving 38.55 seconds. The third place award was also won by the Irish rider Shane Breen, participant No. (22), in the competition, achieving 39.23 seconds.
The UAE riders continued their brilliance in the Sharjah International Championship competitions in the one-star category, and in the two-stage competition over hurdles 130 cm high, which was held on the covered hall field under the auspices of the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The rider, Muhammad Hamad Al-Karbi, took the lead in the competition in which 77 male and female riders participated, and he succeeded. Of them, 15 riders completed the two stages without error. The winner, Muhammad al-Karbi, with the horse “Chantal,” completed the second stage, achieving 28.05 seconds. The second place award was won by the Iranian jockey, Farhang Sadeghi, with the horse, “Ghazaru VDL.” He completed the second stage, achieving 28.16 seconds, and the award was Third place went to the rider, Arhama Saif Al-Awani, with the horse “Ganga Mansis”, and he finished the second stage with a time of 29.00 seconds.
The riders of the show jumping team concluded their victories in the international championship competitions of the one-star category, which coincided with the main event of the Sharjah Nations Cup Championship. And in the competition for the Sharjah Tourism Department award according to the specifications of the two stages, and its track was designed on the hall field covered with barriers reaching a height of 120 cm, and 98 riders participated in it. Male and female, and 14 of them completed the two stages, and the emerging rider Ali Mufarrej Al-Karbi took the lead, accompanied by the mare “Saga de la Rouge”, and he completed the second stage with her, achieving 24.42 seconds. The second place award was crowned by his fellow rider, Ali Hussein Al Nowais, accompanied by the mare “Selene 267”, scoring with her. In the second stage, 25.04 seconds, and the third place award went to the Syrian jockey Hadi Nizam with the horse “Espoir de Forets,” and he finished the second stage with 25.51 seconds.
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