Within the framework of the royal patronage enjoyed by equestrian sports in the Kingdom from His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the great monarch of the country, may God protect and preserve him, and under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Representative of His Majesty the King for Humanitarian Works and Youth Affairs, Honorary President of the Royal Equestrian Federation And endurance races, the activities of the His Majesty the King’s International Endurance Cup Racing Festival will begin tomorrow at the Bahrain International Endurance Village.
Tomorrow, the village will host many races with large participation from stables and riders after the Royal Equestrian and Endurance Racing Federation completed the registration stage to participate in the races.
The Royal Equestrian and Endurance Racing Federation welcomed all the stables and riders participating in tomorrow’s races, stressing that the Federation is keen to create the ideal atmosphere for all participants in order to provide the best levels and distinguished competition that confirms that Bahraini capabilities are on the right path towards continued advancement and development.
The Bahrain International Endurance Village will be scheduled tomorrow with the start of the 120 km local race for junior and youth riders, the start of the 120 km qualifying races, the 100 km international race, and the 100 km local race, in addition to the crowning of the winners of the junior and youth rider race. The village will also witness the veterinary examination process for the stables race. The local 120 km race, which will start tomorrow, the veterinary examination for the 40 km and 80 km local qualifying races, and the veterinary examination for the 160 km international race.
The 120 km race will be held in 4 stages: the first stage (red axis) for a distance of 40 km, the second stage (blue axis) for a distance of 30 km, the third stage (green axis) for a distance of 30 km, and the fourth stage (yellow axis) for a distance of 20 km.
As for the 100 km race, it will be held in 3 stages: the first stage (red axis) for a distance of 40 km, the second stage (blue axis) for a distance of 30 km, and the third stage (green axis) for a distance of 30 km.
The Royal Equestrian and Endurance Racing Federation organized the process of veterinary examination of the horses, their numbering, and the weight of the riders, amid perfect organization from the referees and veterinary committees, which made outstanding efforts to ensure the smoothness of the veterinary examination in light of the wide participation that will be witnessed in today’s races, and the committees were keen to create the ideal atmosphere for the riders and the stables. .
The Victorious team aims to maintain the title it achieved last season by winning the junior and youth race title through the jockey Issa Humaid Al-Enezi, who confirmed that the race this season will not be similar to the last season, but rather it will be strong and exciting in light of the great preparations of the stables and riders, indicating that the team will enter with the technical plan. Through which he will strive to achieve positive results and maintain the title, he praised the support of His Highness Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa for the team, indicating that His Highness’s support is an incentive for the knights to provide the best levels.
Jockey Hamad Al Khatri from the Al Fursan team said that there are great aspirations to achieve advanced positions in the race and the honor of being on the podium in the largest endurance championships bearing the name of the first rider in the Kingdom, indicating that the readiness of the riders has been completed after continuous training throughout the past period.
As for the rider Yousef Al-Thawadi from the Al-Zaeem team, he confirmed that the team hopes to achieve positive results and rise to the podium, indicating that the team is capable of achieving outstanding results in light of its possession of distinguished riders and technical leadership that possesses a sound reading of the stages of the race, wishing success to the team and the participating riders.
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