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Saudi riders dominate

Saudi riders dominate

March 06, 2015 | 11:14 PM
Saudi Arabiau2019s Fahad al-Eid was the fastest on Natal de St Martin.

By Sports Reporter/DohaThe CSI3* Accumulator with Joker was a great opener for jumping competition and a real entertaining show for a near to capacity crowd yesterday at AL SHAQAB 2015.  Saudi Arabia dominated the event by taking the first three places.The 32 riders representing four different countries lined up for a rather spectacular competition which featured nine obstacles with the bar raised at 1m30 and a twenty-point worth tenth one at 1m55.  Of all competitors only three were able to complete a flawless course and eventually earned the right to be at podium. All came from Saudi Arabia with Fahad al-Eid being the fastest, finishing in 54:35 on 2001-born stallion Natal de St Martin. Khaled Abdulrahman Almobty with Aloha ranked second with a time of 55:27, while the winner’s elder and rather more famous brother Khaled al-Eid and Dona Evita trailed in third with 59:12, to complete a clean Saudi sweep. The best among the Qataris was fourth-ranked Mohammed Said A.M Haidan on Kingdom Come.  Kuwait’s Ali al-Khorafi, who had been real effective and excelled at almost all previous CSI3* jumping events at AL SHAQAB 2015, galloped on Ungarin 4 without hitting a single fence until he reached the “Joker”, but failed to clear it. Apparently his time of 52:13 came in vain as he had to settle for the tenth place.  RESULTS 1. Fahad al-Eid (Saudi Arabia) – Natal St Martin 65/54:35 2. Khaled Abdulrahman Almobty (Saudi Arabia) – Aloha 65/55:17 3. Khaled al-Eid (Saudi Arabia) – Dona Evita – 65/59:12.

March 06, 2015 | 11:14 PM