Horsepower!

Manama : Under the patronage of HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Representative of His Majesty the King for Charity Works and Youth Affairs, Chairman of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, President of Bahrain Olympic Committee and Honorary President of Bahrain Royal Equestrian and Endurance Federation (BREEF), the late HH Shaikh Faisal bin Hamad Al Khalifa Arabian Horseshow will be held today at 3pm on the field at Bahrain Defence Force Equestrian Centre in Sakhir.

Shaikh Nasser approved the administrational and organising crew of the show, which will be headed by HH Shaikh Faisal bin Rashid Al Khalifa, President of BREEF and will include members Dr. Khalid Ahmed Mohammed Hassan, Head of the Organising Committee, Ghaleb Al Alawi, General Secretary of BREEF, Tawfeeq Al Salehi, Head of the Media Committee, Hussain Jassim Al Sakran, Head of the Hospitality Committee, Rafe’a Al Za’aby, Director of BREEF, Elias Faraj and Mahmood Mohammed Faraj.

The show will be managed by an international refereeing crew that will include Swiss Rinatta Chepler, Dutch Sids Baker, Polish Fladslao Qusiok, British Susan Mary Woodhouse and Egyptian Abdulra’oof Abu Al Hassan Abbas.

Competition today includes mares of the ages of one year, two years, three years and stallions the age of 4–6 years, 7 years and 10 years. It will also include the qualifying rounds of mares of the age of one year, two and three years.

Tomorrow contests will be held for different age groups, which will include mares of the ages of one, two and three years, in addition to stallions the age of 4–6 years and 10 years, and qualifying rounds for male mares of the ages of one, two and three years and a stallions championship.

The show will be consistent with the international standards of Arabian horseshows. 

The show is open to the public.