With wide participation amid strong competitive levels, the second preliminary race for the National Day Camel Marathon, which is organized by the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Center for the Revival of Heritage, will be held in February, in conjunction with the festival of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, for authentic Arabian camels. .
The second preliminary race, which was held the day before yesterday, witnessed a large group of athletes from the age of 30 and over. And the "two brothers Al-Ketbi" imposed their control on the race after Yahya Al-Malai Al-Ketbi succeeded in achieving the first position on the ride "Al-Ramas" with a time of 10.46.18 minutes, to follow in the footsteps of his brother Khamis Al-Malai Al-Ketbi, who was ranked first in the first preliminary race, and the two brothers confirmed that they Coming hard in the National Camel Race Day.
And came in second place in the race, Hamad Muhammad Al Mazroui aboard the ride «Sogan» with a time of 11.05.86 minutes, and in the third place Hamdan Obaid Al Ketbi on board the ride «Abu Al Makarem» with a time of 11.17.09 minutes. Al-Ketbi was able to win the race after a steady performance translated by entering strongly in the last few meters, where he moved away comfortably from his pursuers, to celebrate upon his arrival the finish line as he was standing on the ride amid the interaction of the audiences present, especially since the event was attended by many visitors and residents of foreign nationalities.
The race distance spanned six kilometers, and the total financial rewards amounted to 50 thousand dirhams, 15 thousand dirhams for the owner of the first position, 10 thousand for the second position and 7000 dirhams for the third position, along with the rest of the financial rewards for the participants until the tenth place.
Al Katbi: Our ambitions are great
Yahya Al-Malai Al-Ketbi stressed that his victory in the first place after his brother's superiority in the previous version, makes their ambitions greater than ever before, in order to try to be the closing party in the next major tournament, and he said: “We thank all of our support and provide this opportunity to hold this race, And we look forward to being successful in presenting our full potential in the event amid an attempt by everyone to reach the finish line in the first place before thinking about obtaining the advanced positions. ”
The "Book Brothers" took control of the race amid the reaction of the crowd present.