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Dubai ruler attends Spain’s endurance horse race

UAE riders prepare for Italy’s FEI World Endurance Championship

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(Image: WAM)
(Image: WAM)

Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum on Saturday attended the VIII Raid De Tordera CEI3* 160 endurance challenge in Spain.

He followed the performance of the UAE riders at Spain’s most important endurance event, where they joined an elite group of European riders to prepare for the FEI World Endurance Championship for Young Riders and Juniors 2017, which will be held in Verona, Italy, in late September, according to state news agency WAM.

Four races were held during the two-day Tordera competition with Paula Muntala Sanchez of Spain winning the title finishing the four-stage 160-km race in 7:38.24.

Saeed Humaid Al Tayer, chairman and chief executive officer, Meydan Group, said the support extended by Sheikh Mohammed to equestrian sports and riders in the UAE should encourage them.

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