The world of horse racing and equestrian bids farewell to Prince Khalid bin Abdullah Al Saud

Bid farewell to the world of equestrian and horse racing, Prince Khalid bin Abdullah bin Abdulrahman Al Saud, at the age of 84 years, and is one of the most prominent owners and breeders of hybrid horses in the modern era, especially in Europe and America, and the owner of the global "Gedmont" brand, whose farms produced stallions of the size of the legendary others "Frankel" is defeated, and the late horse "Orgate" won the Dubai World Cup in the 2017 edition. The death was officially announced today by the Saudi Press Agency.

The international media shed light on the career of the late prince, including the British newspaper "The Sun", which dealt with the achievements of the horses owned by him at the level of global horse racing, both in Europe and America, in addition to the awards he won on the personal level, most notably his being awarded the "Eclipse" award. "The recognition in the United States of America on 17 occasions, in appreciation of his performance as a champion of the owners in America, in addition to winning the Angel Championship in Britain in 2003, 2010 and 2011.

The newspaper stated that the horse world bids farewell to a prominent figure in the world of racing, especially since the emblem of Prince Khalid bin Abdullah, represented by the famous green and pink colors of the jerseys of the knights who took over the leadership of the horses owned by the Prince, succeeded in reaping more than 500 victories on the international horse arena, which came 440 Some of them are horses produced by the prince's own farms, including 118 victories in a race classified in the first category "Group 1", the highest in the world.

The newspaper pointed out that the prince dealt with a group of top coaches in Europe and the United States, who have become part of the list of legends of this sport, most notably Henry Ssell, Barry Hills, Cricket Head Marek, Andre Faber, Pascal Barry, Dermot Wilde, Sir Michael Stout, and John Gossden In America, the most prominent of them are Bobby Frankel, and currently Bill Mott, Bob Buffett, Brad Cox, and Chad Brown.

"The Sun" extended the history of Prince Khaled's association in world horse races since 1957, and in 1977 he entered his first race as owner of horses, before becoming in 1980 the first owners in the Middle East region to crown a classic racing title, when his horse won. Toon Fake, with the title of "2000 Guineas", before continuing victories for the horses that he owned with the titles of "Guinness" with each of the horse "Dancing Brave" in 1986, "Zafunk" in 1993, and "Frankel" in 2011.

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