CP ATTENDS LAUNCH OF HIS HORSERIDE CHAMPIONSHIP

CROWN PRINCE AND CHAIRMAN OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL FOR  YOUTH AND SPORTS SHAIKH SALMAN BIN HAMAD AL KHALIFA TODAY ATTENDED THE  LAUNCH OF THE LAUNCH OF HIS SECOND ENDURANCE HORSERIDE CHAMPIONSHIP , HELD  UNDER THE SPONSORSHIP OF DURRAT AL BAHRAIN OVER 120 KM, DIVIDED INTO 5  STAGES(30, 30, 25, 20 AND 15 KM).

ON ARRIVAL, THE CROWN PRINCE WAS WELCOMED BY BAHRAIN ROYAL EQUESTRIAN  AND ENDURANCE FEDERATION (BREEF) PRESIDENT SHAIKH NASSER BIN HAMAD AL KHALIFA,  BREEF FIRST DEPUTY PRESIDENT SHAIKH KHALID BIN HAMAD AL KHALIFA AND MEMBERS OF  THE BOARD.

SHAIKH NASSER TOOK PART IN THE SENIOR RIDERS COMPETITION WHILE SHAIKH  KHALID TOOK PART IN THE JUNIOR.

PARTICIPATING IN  THE 30-KM FIRST STAGE RACE WERE MORE THAN 60 BAHRAINI AND  GULF MALE AND FEMALE RIDERS.

ON THE OCCASION, SHAIKH SALMAN LAUDED THE EFFORTS EXERTED BY BREEF  PRESIDENT IN PROMOTING THE SPORT LOCALLY, REGIONALLY AND  INTERNATIONALLY IN LINE WITH THE ROYAL INTEREST OF HM KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL  KHALIFA AND HIS KEENNESS ON BOOSTING SPORTS IN GENERAL AND THE  EQUESTRIAN SPORT IN PARTICULAR.

HE ALSO PRAISED THE REGIONAL AND GLOBAL ACHIEVEMENTS MADE BY THE  BAHRAINI  HORSERIDE TEAM AND COMMENDED THE EFFORTS OF THE SPONSORING SIDES,  CONGRATULATING THE WINNERS.