The Syrian jockey, Masa Adnan, won the women's 100 km capacity race at the opening of the Mohammed bin Zayed Endurance Festival, which was held yesterday, in the Emirates International Endurance Village in Al Wathba, Abu Dhabi, with the participation of 157 women from various stables and equestrian clubs inside the country.
Adnan's diamond was awarded the title, after she finished first on horseback "Persic", which is owned by Al-Wathba stables, registered 3:26:15 hours, while second place came in the Fares of Comoros, Khadija Yusuf, on horse "Abu Raqsouh" owned by Al-Wathba stables in time 3: 26:16 hours, and the third Emirati knight, Nouf Al-Nuaimi, came on horseback "Trouble", which is owned by Dabawi Stables, recording 3:28:56 hours.
As for the stages of the race, the first stage for a distance of 40 km witnessed strong competition, as the knight Khadija Ahmed Yusuf came in the first place, recording 1:23:09 hours, and in the second place the Syrian knight, Adnan Adnan with a time of 1:23:11 hours, and the third Hungarian Alexandra Behari on the horseback "Onka" owned by Jumeirah Stables, 1:23:16 hours.
The second stage of a distance of 25 km witnessed changes in the lead centers, with the advancement of Hanadi Al-Menhali from seventh to first on the horseback "Saab" owned by the stables of "Al-Jazeera 2" with a time of 2:14:47 hours, while the Syrian knight Massa Adnan maintained its position in the center Second at 2:15:02 hours, Khadija Youssef, leader of stage one, fell to third.
As for the third stage for a distance of 19 km, the Syrian Adnan Masa advanced to the first with a time of 2:55:09 hours, and Khadija Youssef advanced from the third to the Wasafa with a time of 2:55:14 hours. 2:55:19 hours.
Special stables race starts today
The second day of the Mohammed bin Zayed Capacity Festival will witness the establishment of the race for the special stables for a distance of 100 km, which begins at 6:30 am.
The race distance will be divided into four stages, 40 km for the first stage, 25 km for the second, 19 km for the third, and 16 km for the fourth, and the minimum for each rider and knight is not less than 60 kg.