The Lebanese jockey, Nadim Nadim, won the title of the main race for the Mohammed Bin Zayed Endurance Festival for a distance of 120 km yesterday, in the Emirates International Endurance Village in Al Wathba in Abu Dhabi, with the participation of 237 knight and knight from various stables and equestrian clubs inside the country.
The first edition of the festival witnessed a women's domination of the first three centers, after the Lebanese woman Nadim promised the first position on horseback «Kashmir» owned by Al-Wathba stables, and came in the second place the Syrian knight Massa Adnan on horseback «Malambo», owned by Al-Wathba stables, Meanwhile, the Persian rider, Khadija Ahmed, came from the Comoros on horseback, owned by Luna, in the stables of Al Wathba.
Yesterday’s race witnessed the coach Mohamed Al-Sebousi’s withdrawal of the M7 and MRM teams due to the mistakes of the Organizing Committee, where he explained in statements to the Dubai Racing and Yas channels that mistakes had become repeated from the Organizing Committee during the examination procedures Medical.
He said that last season the same problem occurred, confirming that there are inconsistencies in the results of the medical examination of horses, pointing out that the stables of "M7" and "MRM" had not decided its decision regarding participation in the President's Cup next February.
As for the stages of the race, the Syrian Adnan Diamond topped the first stage for a distance of 40 km on horseback «Malambo» owned to Al-Wathba stables recorded 1:22:33 hours, and came in second place Nadim’s promise on horseback «Kashmir» owned to Al-Wathba stables With a time of 1:22:34 hours, Sri Lankan knight Dusanthan Banner was ranked third on the horseback "Chelsea" owned by Al-Bawadi Stables, recording 1:22:50 hours.
Adnan Massah maintained her position in the lead in the second stage for a distance of 35 km after she occupied the first position recorded 2:34:53 hours, and the knight Khadija Ahmed advanced from the fourth to the Wasafa recorded at 2:35:08 hours, and the Lebanese Knight retreated from the Wasfah to the third place recorded 2:35:12 hours, while the Persian knight, Fatima Jassim Al-Marri, advanced from the tenth to the fourth on the horseback of the "Omor" owned to the stables of Dabawi, recorded 2:36:18 hours.
The excitement increased in the third stage for a distance of 25 km after the Lebanese Knight rose from the third to the fore, recording 3:30:25 hours, as Fatima Al-Marri advanced from the fourth to the Wasafa, recording 3:30:31 hours, while the leader of the first and second stages, the Syrian Massa Adnan Registering a time of 3:30:39 hours, the knight Khadija Ahmed also fell from second to fourth, recording a time of 3:30:42 hours and came in fifth place, knight Hamdan Al-Marri, ahead of the 11th position on horseback "Fagour" owned by stables (F 3).
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Knight and knight participated in yesterday's race, representatives of various stables and equestrian clubs inside the country.
The first edition of the festival saw women dominating the first 3 places.