Cyrine Cherif won the 150cm Diamond Tour on the final day of the fifth leg of the 10th Longines Hathab Qatar Equestrian Tour at the Qatar Equestrian Federation’s indoor arena on Saturday.
Cherif topped the event in 32.67 seconds aboard Triple T Calamando. Khalid Abdulaziz al-Eid finished second in 34.35 seconds on Rakar, while Abdulaziz Fahad al-Eid took third place in 36.16 seconds on Real Star.
In the 120cm Bronze Tour individual category, Abdulaziz Saud al-Fakhroo claimed first place on Valo in 48.94 seconds. Saeed Hamad Juma finished second on Duros in 49.36 seconds, while Abdullah Ahmed al-Khulaifi took third place on Quinta in 49.97 seconds.
In the team category, Team Ajwad secured first place with a combined time of 105.33 seconds, followed by Team Nujoom al-Doha in second with 134.94 seconds and Team Al Shaqab in third with 97.47 seconds.
Meanwhile, Al-Qaqa bin Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani won the 90cm Future Riders class on Nirvana in 25.63 seconds. Mashael Mohammed al-Thani finished second on Malaga in 26.27 seconds, while Noura Jassim al-Thani took third place on Gabana in 26.85 seconds.
The fifth leg concluded after three days of competition, organised by the Qatar Equestrian Federation in partnership with Al Shaqab.
Dressage competitions across the Preliminary, Introductory and Gold levels featured on the final day of the fifth leg.
Jodie Leader won the Preliminary test with 63.81 points, followed by Khalid Mohammed al-Ghanim (63.334) and Zahra Zahidi (61.31).
Michelle Grimes topped the Introductory Silver Tour with 70 points, while Hamad Nasser al-Marri won the junior category with 68.396 points.
In the Gold Round, Sheikha Maryam Hamad al-Thani claimed first place with 69.817 points, ahead of Yousef Asamlali (69.217) and Michelle Grimes (69.2).
The team competition saw Triple A take the top spot with 139.817 points, followed by Spurs (135.842) and Doha Harmony (134.413).
