Hussain, Al Rumaihi triumph in juniors’ showjumping

TDT | Manama                      

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com   

Ali Hussain and Sultan Al Rumaihi of the Ministry of Interior team dominated the juniors’ contests in the Horse Pride Showjumping Championship yesterday, which was the fourth event of the showjumping season organised by the Bahrain Royal Equestrian and Endurance Federation (BREEF).

The meet featured strong competitions in the juniors’ classes, held at the Military Sports Federation, Al Raffah.

Hussain secured a narrow win in the first juniors’ competition, which featured 95/105cm hurdles as he topped the podium thanks to a 0.12-second gap from a winning time of 31.87 seconds.

Al Rumaihi took second place after clocking 31.99s, and he also came third in 32.15s, having participated on two different horses.

In the second competition for the junior category, Al Rumaihi showed another strong performance to win first place, in addition to third place, leaving second place to Hussain.

Al Rumaihi clocked 31.60s en route to a comfortable victory as Hussain was almost five seconds behind him. Al Rumaihi posted 31.52s combined with four faults to secure third.