Too Hot To Trot

Abdulla Ali, astride Ghoroob, won in style the first novice class for juniors in the 9th BREEF Show Jumping Championship. In the one round with jump-off event Kate Addison took the runner-up position, riding The Chief. She also took fourth spot on Westwind. In third place was Nedhal A Nabi on Lucito Fool. 

Class two, an intermediate junior class, was an accumulator with the joker standing at an imposing 120cm. 

Addison took first place following a superb round with The Chief in a very fast time. Ahmed Essa, riding Osina took second place, with Nabi, again on Lucito Fool, this time taking third.

Promising Aimee Keen with DJ Fleur came fourth – the top four completed the course clearing the joker with no faults.

The first adult event was a novice class one round with jump-off and Basil Al Dossri bagged the first of his glorious double for the day on Dilmun Dory, pipping Ali Essa riding Alaska in the jump-off. Elyas Mohammed took third place with Ghayth.
 
Only two riders went clear in the intermediate class for adults gaining an optimum 44 points. Ahmed Akbar rode an excellent round and close on his hooves came Muslim Ali riding his lovely mare Emily. Sayed Mohammed Khalaf clinched third place.

In the final Grand Prix class, Al Dossari was back on the podium, this time with Dilmun Airforce One. They were the only ones clear in the first round to claim the top prize. F16, this time ridden by Ali Essa, took runners-up position and third was Eyad Ahmed on Barelo.

Results
BREEF Show Jumping Championship
Junior One – Novice Class: 1st Abdulla Ali/ Ghoroob, 2nd Kate Addison/ The Chief, 3rd Nedhal A Nabi/ Lucito Fool, 4th Kate Addison/ West Wind, 5th Aimee Keen/ DJ Fleur, 6th Georgia Sim/ Lucy.

Junior Two – Intermediate Class: 1st Kate Addison/  The Chief, 2nd Ahmed Essa/ Osina, 3rd Nedhal A Nabi/ Lucito Fool, 4th Aimee Keen/ DJ Fleur, 5th Charlotte Gunby/ Dilmun Boeing, 6th Georgia Sim/ Lucy.

Adult One – Novice Class: 1st Basil Al Dossari/ Dilmun Dory, 2nd Ali Essa/ Alaska, 3rd Elyas Mohammed/ Ghayth, 4th Abbas Yousif/ Argentini, 5th Bassim Mahdi/ Estrella, 6th Basil Al Dossari/ Dilmun Arko.

Adult Two – Intermediate Class: 1st Ahmed Akbar/ F16, 2nd Muslim Ali/ Emily, 3rd Sayed Mohammed Khalaf/ Denver, 4th Ahmed Essa/ Osina, 5th Ali A Rasool Ashoor/ Horse Pride Thunderbolt, 6th Ali Essa/ Valentine.

Adult Three – Grand Prix: 1st Basil Al Dossari/ Dilmun Airforce One, 2nd Ali Essa/ F16, 3rd Eyad Ahmed/ Barelo, 4th Sami Ghazwan/ Fairooz, 5th Muslim Ali/ Pascal, 6th Ahmed Al Jahromi/ Evelyn

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* On Friday afternoon, horses and jockeys strived to win two of the richest and most prestigious races in the racing calendar, namely the King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Cups. Favourite Rainbow Rock won the race for imported horses, owned by Shaikh Isa bin Duaij bin Salman Al Khalifa, trained by Sami Saloon and ridden by P Convertino. For local bred horses it was an outsider who romped to victory. Methary, owned by Shaikh Mohammed bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, trained by James Naylor and ridden by Alberto Sanna, took the title.

* Genevive Joyce, of Equine Manual Therapy, and her magic hands are here this week. If you would like to see her, call Jerri Taylor on 33309972 today or contact Gen through her Facebook page as she leaves at the end of the week.

The Muharraq Riding School organised a spectacular beach ride on Friday afternoon at Karbabad near Seef. Horses and riders in traditional Arabian costume galloped along the beach and in the sea. The beautifully adorned horses and riders could be seen for miles.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

* Don’t miss Friday’s GulfWeekly Too Hot To Trot Championships at the Dilmun Stables starting at 9am

Class One: Junior Treasure Hunt, cross poles and uprights to 80cm.
Class Two: Adult Speed Class with fences 80/90cm.
Class Three: Mixed (Junior/Adult) Accumulator, fences up to 100cm and for the Joker 115cm.

To submit entries, contact 17693766 or email dilmunstables@gmail.com

* Twin Palms Riding Centre will today be running an in-house show jumping course building seminar and a in-house show jumping will be staged tomorrow.
* Horse Racing is held at Sheikh Rashid Equestrian and Horse Racing Club every Friday starting at 2pm. Entrance will be free and there will be entertainment and attractions for all the family.