On Friday, the first day of the world’s most expensive Saudi Cup tournament kicked off at King Abdulaziz Square in Janadriyah, with a total prize pool of $35.35 million.
The horse “Usfan Al-Khalidiya”, owned by the sons of Prince Khalid bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz, won the most valuable prizes today following winning the Al-Munifah Arabian Cup for purebred horses, classified in the second category, and its total prizes amounted to one million dollars. meters in 2.18.43 minutes.
During the four rounds, which were held under the name of the “Global Rider Challenge”, 4 different riders were crowned, including the British Joanna Mason, the leader of the horse “Madabas”, who ranked third in the highest riders in terms of points.
The 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 7th rounds were held under the name of the International Riding Challenge, and the second round was won by “Wajab” with the horse Louis Saez, and the third by “Madbas” with the horse Joanna Mason. After the fourth round, the challenge resumed in the 5th and 6th rounds.
The fifth round was won by “Habibi Go Leke” with fantasy Bayerzhan Murzabaev, and in the sixth round, “Starkat” with fantasy Yuga Kawada.
American Size, the 2020 champion, won first place with 37 points, while Joanna came second with 29 points, and in third place came the Japanese fantasy, Yoga Kawada, with 25 points.
“Madabas” is owned by the sons of Muhammad bin Hadi bin Khayyat, “Habibi Go Leki” is owned by Rifai Sant Al-Ghariban, and “Starcat” is owned by Nawaf Sari Rashid Al-Mutairi.
The first day of the Saudi Cup championship started with the mile race for the “imported and open-grade production” mares, which was crowned by the American mare “Alia” for its owner, Abdul-Ilah Abdulaziz Al-Mousa, following she covered a distance of 1600 sandy meters in 1:40.067 minutes, led by the imagination Victor Gutierrez and the guidance of coach Jeffreywood Ruff, ahead of 19 competitors. The total prize pool amounted to $250,000.
Electability achieved the Tuwaiq Cup, which is owned by the sons of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, and covered a distance of 1800 meters on the sandy track in a minute, 52 seconds and 64 parts of a second, outperforming 16 other horses. The age was set at 4 years or more in the round, and it was allocated to the imported and open-grade production, with a total prize pool of $500,000, half of which goes to first place.
The Irish horse “Qader” won the first place for the seventh round of the first days of the Saudi Cup Championship. The total prizes for the round amounted to half a million dollars, including 300 thousand for the first place. “Qader” is owned by the Rebekah stable and is coached by Fawzi Nass.
