SME-Coverage/ Abdullah Al-Harazi
In their first appearance in the tournament, the Italian international duo Emanuele Gudiano and the Saudi Abdullah Sharbatly presented pieces of the fine art of the sport of show jumping, concluding the competitions of the first day of the second round in the 140 cm “CSI2” Grand Prix race, sponsored by Saudi Air Cargo, where Emanuel recorded a time of 61.56 seconds with his horse. Jala remained steadfast until the end of the round in which 20 riders competed, in which Sharbatly and others sought to break the time, using his extensive experience and two participations with the horses Quincy and Casalino to break the time, but he settled in the runner-up position with the horse Quincy, with a difference of 14 hundredths of a percent of a second, 61.75 seconds, while third place was taken by the Italian Gian. Luca Craccio, and thus Emanuele received the award from the jockey Arwa Mutabbabani, head of the tournament organizing committee, on behalf of Saudi Cargo, amid a storm of warm applause for the jockeys for their outstanding performance.
After the race, the horsewoman, Arwa, expressed her gratitude and appreciation to the Saudi Equestrian Federation and its president, Prince Abdullah bin Fahd, for the great support that the organizing committee found from His Highness and from all the members of the federation, which contributed greatly to the success achieved for the tournament. She also thanked the work team of referees and designers for their efforts to make it a success. Championship.
Middle Prize
In an exciting scene of competition and tireless effort to break the time of the knight Walid Al-Ghamdi and win the Ministry of National Guard Cup, which was handed over by Major General Suleiman Al-Harithi on behalf of Prince Abdullah bin Bandar, the efforts failed and Al-Ghamdi remained in the lead with his horse Vinsa S with a difficult time of 61.20 seconds for the middle prize round with a height of 130 cm. The last rider in the race, Salman Al-Ajmi, had the most successful attempts, occupying second place with his horse Feldoko Das, with a time of 66.35 seconds, and third came the Saudi international rider, Mishari Al-Harbi, with his horse, Kant Rice.
Starting with Al-Hadi
In the beginning, the young rider, Hassan Al-Hadi, put 60 riders in the “CSI1” ambassadorial race, sponsored by Dr. Hamid Mutabaqani Hospitals, under terrible pressure with the record time he set with his horse, Jenny Fat Hut, 25.69 seconds, successfully crossing 12 obstacles with a height of 100 cm, where the rider Abdul Majeed was closest to him with a time of 26.95. With his horse, Safwan, followed by Abdul Rahman Al-Biladi, Rayan Al-Shehri, then Christoph Hegg-Doss, where Mr. Ali Al-Sahli, Chairman of the Technical Committee of the Saudi Equestrian Federation, crowned the winners at the end of the race.
Future knight saddlebag
Once again, the young Saudi rider, Abdulaziz Qahal, registered his presence in the championship by scoring the superiority cane in the second round of 115 cm, which consisted of two rounds in one round, sponsored by the National Trading Company, agents of King Long, riding the horse Angel Doss, where he finished the decisive round with a time of 29.88 seconds, with a difference of about a second, followed by the Iraqi rider. Zaid Al-Nujaifi on the horse of Sadna Hunter, and in third place was Abdullah Ibrahim on the horse Anerco. Mrs. Areej Mutabaqani, President of the Saudi Tennis Federation, crowned the winning riders.
Championship keeps pace with ambition
Mrs. Areej Mutabaqani expressed her pleasure in attending the activities of the first day and said: As President of the Saudi Tennis Federation, I extend my thanks to the wise leadership that unleashed our ambition in the sports federations to host the largest international sporting events and competitions. Here we are from one tournament to another and from one sporting event to another, including these rounds. In show jumping here in Jeddah, which will constitute a shift in the course of the sport and interest in it, the organizing committee and its head, the horsewoman Arwa, were very pleased to attend the high-level championship of its riders and its organization and management, asking God for success for all the riders.
Arwa returned with a classy performance
Veteran horsewoman Arwa Mutabaqani, head of the tournament’s organizing committee, left her many preoccupations and, for a few minutes, returned to her love. She sat on horseback in the second round on Thursday and gave a distinguished performance that qualified her to occupy eighth place amid a great welcome from the participating horsemen and the fans.
Arts, sports and entertainment
The attendees, especially the families, were moving during their hours between many accompanying activities, such as various folkloric performances that flourished in Arab, Asian and European countries, and children’s television personalities appeared more than once roaming the tournament site to bring joy and happiness to the children, and lovers of singing and singing enjoyed various performances by the singers participating in the event. the festival .
